Best Communication Apps Companies in Germany
The 54 best Communication Apps companies in Germany in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Shape.
Germany's Communication Apps sector has 54 companies on our radar, and if you're trying to figure out where the real funding weight sits, this directory ranks them by disclosed equity and recent momentum. Total disclosed capital across the cohort is $18M, which sounds modest until you see how concentrated it is: Shape pulled in $10M, Tapstack $5M, Vive $2M, and CNDO $1M, leaving most of the field running lean or undisclosed.
So what's the broader pull? The global communication apps market sat at roughly $1.0B in 2021 and is forecast to reach $2.6B by 2031, a ~5.68% CAGR carried by remote-work adoption, smartphone penetration, and virtual-meeting demand. Median install growth across communication and telecom software categories is running at +16% YoY across 1,392 tracked apps, which tells you the distribution layer is still expanding fast. I'd flag security concerns as the friction point slowing enterprise deals, not product. Practitioners are already leaning on specialist tools over all-in-one suites, a shift that creates real openings for focused German players. Active backers here include DTCP, Blackbox, and Catagonia Capital, names worth tracking as this cohort matures.
- Allied Market Research
Ranked: Best Communication Apps companies in Germany
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shape Mobile app studio | $10M | 173 mo ago | Series A | — | 2002 | — | — |
| 2 | Tapstack Mobile app to shoot and share photos or short videos | $5M | 145 mo ago | Seed | — | 2013 | — | — |
| 3 | Vive Members-only video chat community | $2M | 141 mo ago | Series A | Arnd Aschentrup Co-Founder & CEO | 2012 | — | — |
| 4 | CNDO Provider of event scheduling and collaboration tools for communities | $1M | 38 mo ago | Seed | Jordi Walder Co-Founder | 2023 | Framer SitesReactPlausible+8 | — |
| 5 | KissNoFrog A video dating portal | $715K | 219 mo ago | Seed | Bennett Springer Founder | 2007 | Phusion PassengerNginxCloudflare+8 | — |
| 6 | whispeer Social communication platform for secured chat | — | 121 mo ago | Funding Raised | Martin Czuchra Co-Founder | 2014 | — | — |
| 7 | Familo Location-based discovery platform | — | 136 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2012 | SentryZendeskstyled-components+9 | — |
| 8 | AppMe Mobile app for messaging | — | 171 mo ago | Deadpooled | Heiko Hubertz CEO | 2008 | CaddyHTTP/3 | — |
Top 8 Communication Apps companies in Germany
#1
Seed · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2023$1Mraised▾
Provider of event scheduling and collaboration tools for communities. Users can discover, join, or organize events, collaborate with others, and build vibrant communities through the app. The platform streamlines event management and fosters creative connections both online and offline.
- May 2023Seed$1M
#2
Series A · Stuttgart, Baden Wurttemberg · founded 2002 · 17 employees$10Mraised▾
Shape is a mobile app studio focused on communication apps. As of December 2016, Shape has released 13 apps for iOS devices and 4 apps for Android devices. The major releases for the studio are Sicher, IM+, iDisplay, and RDM+.
- Feb 2012Series A$10M
#3
Seed · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2013 · 8 employees$5Mraised▾
Tapstack is a social sharing platform that enables users share photos or videos in one shot. Enables users shoot photos and videos of up to 10 seconds and send in one tap to friends, family or contacts. Allows users to delete photos or save them in an album shared between the sender and receiver. Reportedly raised $5M from investors including Ashton Kutcher's A-Grade Investments, SV Angel, Winklevoss Capital. The app is available for Android and iOS devices.
- May 2014Seed$5M
#4
Series A · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2012 · 30 employees$1.5Mraised▾
Vive is a live video chat app. It enables users to video chat with strangers. Instead of random connections, Vive carefully curates a community of people and use data to introduce people who have a lot to talk about with each other. So far the app has seen 150,000 signups, with over 40 percent of its members using the app to practise languages.
- Oct 2014Series A$1.5M
- Mar 2012Seed—
#5
Seed · Hamburg, Hamburg · founded 2007 · 2 employees$715Kraised▾
Kissnofrog is the German web dating portal where members date by using live flirts and video chats. Claims to add more than 25000 members every month. Offers both free and paid membership. Backed by Holtzbrinck Ventures, Stefan Glänzer, the European Founders Fund and Stefan Wiskemann. It's a part of OVC Online Video Communication.
- Apr 2008Seed—
#6
Funding Raised · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2014—raised▾
Social communication platform for a secured chat. It allows users to send private text messages to friends through the web or application. Its features include end-to-end encryption, share files and photos, the ability to create encrypted groups, and others. As of June'19, the app is available for iOS and Android devices.
- 2016Grant (prize money)—
#7
Acquired · Hamburg, Hamburg · founded 2012 · 14 employees—raised▾
Familo is an app-based platform that enables users to discover or share their location with friends and family. Automatically notifies when someone reaches their destination. Users can send a distress signal with their current location to their contacts in times of emergency. The app is available for iOS and Android users.
- Mar 2015Series A—
#8
Deadpooled · Hamburg, Hamburg · founded 2008—raised▾
AppMe is a multimedia messaging app. The users can send text, images, voice messages, and video messages through the app. The app also allows the user to post publically to all users in the user's network. The app uses the phone contacts to add them to the user's network. The app is available for iOS and Android phones.
- Mar 2012Seed—
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