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Best GRC Software Companies in Berlin, Germany

The 50 best GRC Software companies in Berlin, Germany in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Quentic.

50companies tracked
$97.5Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
16have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · GRC SOFTWARE × BERLIN

Our analysis of 50 GRC Software companies

$4.6b in tracked funding; 98% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.

50companies analysed
98%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
7unicorns
2019median founding year
66kcombined LinkedIn audience
40%of audience held by top 3
3companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best GRC Software companies in Berlin

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackRecent signals
1Quentic
Provider of software for environmental, health, safety, and sustainability management
60Tech top 29%Product top 30%Innovation top 39%Funding top 39%
All 10 signals ▾
Techtop 29%
Producttop 30%
Innovationtop 39%
Fundingtop 39%
Growthtop 45%
Markettop 46%
Fin. healthtop 49%
Talentbottom 49%
Globalbottom 45%
Newsbottom 27%
Tech: 45 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon S3, Amazon Web Services
Product: 10 distinct product lines · 2 published apps (28.8k installs)
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 60/100
$42M86 mo agoAcquiredHardy Menzel
Co-Founder
2007TYPO3 CMSSentryApple iCloud Mail+31—
2Atlas Metrics
Provider of platform for automating and connecting non-financial business data
$19M22 mo agoAcquiredWladimir Nikoluk
Founder & CEO
2021——
3Lumiform
Cloud-based quality and safety procedures software provider
$13M48 mo agoSeries A—2018HubSpot CMS HubStripeAmazon Web Services+15—
4revel8
Provider of AI-powered platform for social engineering and phishing attack simulations
40Talent top 38%AI top 45%Funding top 46%Tech bottom 49%
All 6 signals ▾
Talenttop 38%
AItop 45%
Fundingtop 46%
Techbottom 49%
Globalbottom 48%
Marketbottom 31%
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
AI: Product described with: ai-powered
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 40/100
$7M10 mo agoSeedJulius Muth
Co-Founder & CEO
2024WebflowSentryApple iCloud Mail+19—
5Daato
Provider of software for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) management
$5M28 mo agoAcquiredThilo Hitz
Founder & COO
2021WebflowApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+23—
6Briink
Provider of AI-powered platform for environmental, social, and governance data analysis
$4M22 mo agoSeedTomas Van Der Heijden
Co-Founder & CEO at Briink
2021—1 partnership
7Diligent
AI based compliance management solutions for businesses
42AI top 30%Funding top 44%Talent bottom 49%Global bottom 45%
All 5 signals ▾
AItop 30%
Fundingtop 44%
Talentbottom 49%
Globalbottom 45%
Marketbottom 37%
AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai based
Funding: Raised $3.0M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 3 yrs (0.7/yr)
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 42/100
$3M5 mo agoSeedEdoardo Maschio
Co-Founder & CEO
2023——
8Kodex
Platform offering integrated GRC solutions
$2M34 mo agoAcquired—2021WixSentryBootstrap+17—
9Aircloak
Dynamic data anonymization solution for a secure and private analytics
$1M106 mo agoSeries APaul Francis
Co-founder
2012——
10ComplyDo
Developer of automated compliance platform for security standards and regulations
$500K10 mo agoSeedMatthias Schneider
Co-Founder & CTO
2024——
11Conatix
Provider of knowledge management solutions
$135K109 mo agoSeedDavid Lehrer
CEO
2013——

Top 12 GRC Software companies in Berlin

#1
Seed · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2023
$3Mraised
▾

AI based compliance management solutions for businesses. It is a platform for fraud and AML teams to automate and strengthen customer due diligence controls in the fintech industry. It focuses on fraud prevention and anti-money laundering compliance. It strengthens KYC procedures by verifying identity documents, conducting background checks, and more.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 42how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 30%
Funding
top 44%
Talent
bottom 49%
Global
bottom 45%
Market
bottom 37%
AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai based
Funding: Raised $3.0M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 3 yrs (0.7/yr) · Last round Seed (Mar 2026)
Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated
Audience (LinkedIn): 3k LinkedIn followers — 5.1% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches · 1 partnerships (incl. Alma) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2026Seed$2.5M
  • Jun 2023Seed$500K
Founders & team
Edoardo MaschioCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Speedinvest, Shapers, Y Combinator
#2
Seed · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2024
$6.7Mraised
▾

Provider of AI-powered platform for social engineering and phishing attack simulations. The platform offers tools for threat intelligence, risk profiling, and attack simulations across multiple communication channels. It delivers security education with gamified elements and reporting to align with compliance frameworks. The platform aims to build a solid human firewall.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 40how this company ranks against its industry peers
Talent
top 38%
AI
top 45%
Funding
top 46%
Tech
bottom 49%
Global
bottom 48%
Market
bottom 31%
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
AI: Product described with: ai-powered
Funding: Raised $6.7M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Seed (Sep 2025)
Audience (LinkedIn): 4k LinkedIn followers — 5.7% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2025Seed$6.7M
Founders & team
Julius MuthCo-Founder & CEOTom MullerCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Peak, Fortino Capital, Merantix Capital
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare TurnstileCore-JsGoogle Analytics
#3
Acquired · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2021 · 27 employees
$19.2Mraised
▾

Provider of platform for automating and connecting non-financial business data. The platform delivers risk insight, measurable impact, and streamlined environmental, social, and governance compliance. It combines artificial intelligence with guidance to protect value, ensure compliance, and build trust. The platform offers features such as risk management, data aggregation, reporting, and performance monitoring.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 6k LinkedIn followers — 9.2% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 2 product launches · 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2024Series A$13.6M
  • Mar 2023Seed$5.6M
  • Jul 2021Seed—
Founders & team
Wladimir NikolukFounder & CEO
Investors
b2venture, Cherry Ventures, Redstone, Global Founders Capital, Rivus Capital, Another
#4
Seed · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2024
$500Kraised
▾

Developer of automated compliance platform for security standards and regulations. The platform helps enterprises identify compliance gaps and maintain audit readiness. It transforms complex standards, regulations, and contracts into structured tasks. The platform maps requirements to internal controls and extracts audit-ready proof from documentation. It also facilitates project compliance by detecting relevant requirements.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 1k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2025Seed$500K
Founders & team
Matthias SchneiderCo-Founder & CTOLeo SchuhmannCo-Founder & CEOMoritz MoserCo-Founder & CPO
Investors
Y Combinator, Reaktor.Berlin, Eight Capital Management
#5
Seed · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2021 · 14 employees
$4.3Mraised
▾

Provider of AI-powered platform for environmental, social, and governance data analysis. The platform extracts, structures, and analyzes data at scale in real time. It automates questionnaires, screening, benchmarking, run gap analyses for compliance, screen suppliers and investments, supports auditors with verification and assurance. It also provides features for asset managers and corporations.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 7k LinkedIn followers — 10.2% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. CDP) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2024Seed$4.3M
Founders & team
Tomas Van Der HeijdenCo-Founder & CEO at BriinkSamuel KingCo-Founder & CTO
Investors
13books Capital, EquityPitcher Ventures, Merantix Capital, Seedandspeed, Merantix
#6
Acquired · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2021 · 17 employees
$5.4Mraised
▾

Provider of software for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) management. The platform offers tools for CSRD/ESRS compliance, EU Taxonomy assessments, and CO2 footprint calculations. It also supports supply chain risk management, VSME reporting, and product carbon footprinting. The software assists with CO2 reduction management, target setting, and scenario modeling.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 5k LinkedIn followers — 7.5% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2024Seed$5.4M
Founders & team
Satya RaparthiThilo HitzFounder & COO
Investors
kopa ventures, IBB Ventures, neosfer
#7
Acquired · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2007 · 250 employees
$42.2Mraised
▾

Provider of software for environmental, health, safety, and sustainability management. The software offers tools for managing risks, audits, incidents, legal compliance, and environmental processes. It facilitates document management, action management, and root-cause analysis. The platform includes a mobile application and analytics for key performance indicators and reporting.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 60how this company ranks against its industry peers
Tech
top 29%
Product
top 30%
Innovation
top 39%
Funding
top 39%
Growth
top 45%
Market
top 46%
Tech: 45 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon S3, Amazon Web Services · Observability: Sentry
Product: 10 distinct product lines · 2 published apps (28.8k installs) · Company stage: Acquired
Innovation: 10 product lines
Audience (LinkedIn): 13k LinkedIn followers — 20.0% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • May 2019Series A$16.7M
  • May 2017Series A$24.5M
  • Apr 2008Seed$903K
Founders & team
Hardy MenzelCo-Founder
Investors
One Peak, Morgan Stanley, HTGF, Business Angels, NongHyup Financial Group, Hermes GPE
Tech stack
Amazon S3Amazon Web ServicesApache Http ServerApple Icloud MailAzureAzure Monitor
#8
Series A · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2018 · 45 employees
$13.1Mraised
▾

Cloud-based quality and safety procedures software provider. Solutions include audit management, inspection management, digital checklist, assessment management, digital documentation management, and issue management. The company caters to food & hospitality, construction, manufacturing, retail, logistics, transportation, facility management, pharma, and chemistry.

Funding rounds
  • Jul 2022Series A$6.5M
  • Apr 2021Seed—
  • Jul 2019Seed$6.5M
Investors
Capnamic Ventures, 42 Capital, EquityPitcher Ventures, WestTech Ventures, EXXETA, MK Venture Capital
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsExpressFont Awesome
#9
Acquired · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2021 · 4 employees
$1.7Mraised
▾

Platform offering integrated GRC solutions. The platform helps data scientists to focus on building AI by automating assessment, risk mitigation and compliance of users AI systems. It offers features including automatic assessment of AI systems, process management tool with configurable risk frameworks and regulatory compliance.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 1k LinkedIn followers — 2.1% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2023Seed$1.7M
  • Apr 2022Seed—
Investors
Techstars, Signals Venture Capital, Deutsche Bank
Tech stack
BootstrapCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Cloud
#10
Series A · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2012 · 6 employees
$1.3Mraised
▾

Aircloak provides dynamic data anonymization solution for a secure and private analytics to the organizations. The product Aircloak Insights is a software platform that is deployed as a transparent proxy between untrusted secondary analysts & applications and the existing primary sensitive database. Users can query the system in a traditional language like SQL, Tableau, etc. and the Aircloak writes a modified query to yield an anonymized output. Clientele includes Cisco, Telefonica, Onelife, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Data Transparency Lab, and BNP Paribas. Supported by European Union, ESF, Max Planck Institute For Software Systems, and eXist.

Funding rounds
  • Oct 2017Series A$1.3M
Founders & team
Paul FrancisCo-founder
Investors
Speedinvest, StarFish Capital, Elephant & Castle Capital, Constantia New Business, Max Planck innovation, Mpg
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpWordpress Super CacheYoast SeoApache Http Server
#11
Seed · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2013
$134.9Kraised
▾

Provider of knowledge management solutions. It offers an end-to-end business research system on a per-seat licensing basis which can also be installed on-premise. It also allows users to store previously discovered documents, integrated with note-taking and annotation functionalities, a tagging and internal search function and a discovery search component.

Funding rounds
  • 2017Seed$19.3K
  • Jun 2013Seed$65.6K
  • 2013Seed$50K
Founders & team
David LehrerCEO
Investors
MACH37, CyLon, Hasso Plattner Ventures, Goldfingr, Right Side Capital Management, The Holt Xchange
#12
Seed · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2022 · 5 employees
—raised
▾

AI-enabled credit risk software solution for commercial mortgage lending. Its offerings include automated risk evaluation and regulation compliance, real-time mortgage valuation, automated ESG & risk scoring, automated KPI-driven deal matching, automated loan documentation, risk-to-return reporting, and more. Its AI and blockchain-based algorithms help in finding out any kind of credit-related risk in commercial mortgage lending.

Funding rounds
  • May 2023Seed—
Founders & team
Maciej MerkelCo-Founder & Managing Director
Investors
Startup Wise Guys, Plug and Play Tech Center

Funding & investor landscape

$97.5Mtotal disclosed funding
11companies funded
18disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
WestTech Ventures3 rounds
APX2 rounds
Capnamic Ventures2 rounds
EquityPitcher Ventures2 rounds
Merantix Capital2 rounds
One Peak2 rounds
Speedinvest2 rounds
Y Combinator2 rounds
neosfer2 rounds
0MC1 rounds

Notable founders

Edoardo Maschio
Co-Founder & CEO · Diligent
Julius Muth
Co-Founder & CEO · revel8
Tom Muller
Co-Founder & CEO · revel8
Wladimir Nikoluk
Founder & CEO · Atlas Metrics
Matthias Schneider
Co-Founder & CTO · ComplyDo
Leo Schuhmann
Co-Founder & CEO · ComplyDo
Tomas Van Der Heijden
Co-Founder & CEO at Briink · Briink
Samuel King
Co-Founder & CTO · Briink
Satya Raparthi
· Daato
Thilo Hitz
Founder & COO · Daato
Hardy Menzel
Co-Founder · Quentic
Paul Francis
Co-founder · Aircloak
Prism market signals · Germany · country-scoped Prism corpus, 2,184,740 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of GRC Software coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · Germany

How research on Regtech & Compliance is moving in Germany

A read on the academic research around Regtech & Compliance — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 116 Germany-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
201420222025
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and softening — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 46% → 36% across 2014–2025.
top research entities
  • University of Passau8
  • Technical University of Munich5
  • Institute of Automation5
  • Karlsruhe Institute of Technology5
  • Robert Koch Institute5
leading researchers
Yvan Lucas · Pierre-Édouard Portier · Léa Laporte · Olivier Caelen · Liyun He-Guelton · Daniel Fischer · Bosnjak, Michael · Dahm, Stefan
▲ Breakthroughs43 · 37%
▲ 12%→39% share
▲3.2× share momentum2 median citations60% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (12%→39% of field), led by Money laundering.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Money laundering4
  • Feature (linguistics)4
  • Anomaly detection4
  • Graph4
  • Computer security4
Landmark An innovative RegTech approach to financial risk monitoring and supervisory reporting · 48 cites
◆ Advancements31 · 27%
▲ 25%→27% share
▲1.1× share momentum2 median citations58% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements are rising (25%→27% of field), led by Anomaly detection.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Anomaly detection6
  • Credit card5
  • Credit card fraud5
  • Identification (biology)4
  • Outlier4
Landmark Reducing false positives in fraud detection: Combining the red flag approach with process mining · 110 cites
▼ Concerns30 · 26%
▼ 62%→23% share
▼0.4× share momentum0 median citations50% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are cooling (62%→23% of field), led by Money laundering.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Money laundering9
  • Computer security6
  • Payment4
  • Context (archaeology)3
  • Key (lock)3
Landmark Inclusion complexes of buckycatcher with C60 and C70 · 106 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Germany

Where regtech is researched across Germany

Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.

Munich11 · +0.56
Opportunity · Boltzmann machine
Karlsruhe8 · +0.38
Opportunity · Enterprise resource planning
Berlin7 · +0.43
Jülich/Bonn6 · -0.10
Opportunity · Artificial neural network
PATENT SIGNAL · Germany

Who's filing regtech patents in Germany

Germany regtech patent filing is accelerating — 28 filings from 32 assignees (2016–2025), led by SAP SE, Sachcontrol, SAP; annual filings 1→3.

28 filings32 assigneespeak 6/yr2016–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2025)
top patent filers
  • SAP SE23
  • Sachcontrol5
  • SAP3
  • IBM2
  • Unify Beteiligungsverwaltung & K2
  • APTE Chidanand V1
  • Bhattacharjee Bishwaranjan1
  • IBM Deutschland1

Common questions

How many GRC Software companies are there in Berlin, Germany?
Radar tracks 50 indexable GRC Software companies headquartered in Berlin, Germany that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by GRC Software companies in Berlin, Germany?
The GRC Software companies in Berlin, Germany on this list have raised a combined $97.5M in disclosed equity funding across 11 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded GRC Software company in Berlin, Germany?
Quentic is the highest-funded GRC Software company in Berlin, Germany, with $42.2M in disclosed equity funding.
How many GRC Software companies in Berlin, Germany are funded?
11 of the 50 GRC Software companies in Berlin, Germany on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many GRC Software unicorns are there in Berlin, Germany?
None of the GRC Software companies in Berlin, Germany on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Berlin, Germany GRC Software companies?
The most active investors in Berlin, Germany GRC Software companies on this list include WestTech Ventures, APX, Capnamic Ventures, EquityPitcher Ventures, Merantix Capital.
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