What akirolabs does

akirolabs (legal entity: akirolabs GmbH) is a Berlin-based, venture-backed software company founded in 2021 that develops and sells akiro, an agentic AI platform purpose-built for strategic procurement and category management. The platform combines a guided category strategy development methodology with akiroAssist, a generative AI co-pilot trained on procurement-specific logic and proprietary datasets, supporting capabilities including Category Strategy, Supplier Strategy, Scenario Modeling, a Central Repository, a collaborative Strategy Room, and ESG-linked 'Procurement with Purpose' workflows. The product is modular, distributed via direct enterprise field sales with individually negotiated quote-based annual subscriptions, and targets Chief Procurement Officers, category managers, and procurement excellence teams at large organizations; named customers include Axpo, Haleon, UCB Pharma, Raiffeisen Bank International, Kearney, and EIPM.

The company monetizes exclusively through enterprise SaaS subscriptions (no public pricing, no free trials, no PLG motion), supports enterprise security requirements with ISO 27001, UKAS-accredited, and GDPR compliance, and operates with approximately 11-50 employees (around 20 engineers) out of Berlin and a registered office in Bocholt. It has raised $5M in seed funding (January 2024, HTGF, OTB Ventures, D11Z Ventures) plus a ~€1M grant from Investitionsbank Berlin and the European Regional Development Fund (July 2024), and in 2025 launched akiro V3 with a rebrand from 'akirolabs' to 'akiro' alongside a partnership with H&Z Management Consulting to extend go-to-market in DACH and the UK.

Revenue is not disclosed; the company is privately held, has no parent or subsidiaries, and its sales motion is consultative enterprise field sales rather than self-serve, with limited public visibility into active customer count, ARR, or renewal cohorts.

Name

akirolabs

Legal name

akirolabs GmbH

Website

https://akirolabs.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

akirolabs (akiro) is a Berlin-based AI SaaS company that sells an agentic, AI-powered platform for enterprise strategic procurement and category management, serving CPOs and category managers at large organizations across energy, life sciences, banking, and consumer health.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Strategic Procurement Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Sourcing Support & RFx Administration (RFI/RFP/RFQ) (BPAAAJAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

iBPMS (Intelligent BPM Suites) & Process Automation Suites (HDAEAHAG)

Keywords

• Strategic procurement software
• Category management platform
• AI procurement solutions
• Spend analysis software
• Supplier strategy tools

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. SaaS Subscription: Annual billing subscription model with subscription terms negotiated individually via quote based on the size and revenue of the client organization. Modular, quote-based software-as-a-service product for enterprise-level strategic procurement workflows.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

akirolabs develops and sells "akiro," an Agentic AI-powered SaaS platform for next-generation category management. The platform enables enterprise procurement teams to collaboratively develop, execute, and track category strategies, supported by akiroAssist AI (a generative AI co-pilot trained in procurement logic), scenario modeling, supplier strategy workflows, central strategy repository, and embedded maturity assessment.

Product overview

akirolabs offers akiro, an Agentic AI Platform for Next Gen Category Management. The platform consists of a unified core product with integrated modules including Category Strategy, Supplier Strategy, Scenario Modeling, Central Repository, Strategy Room, Procurement with Purpose, and Collaborative Workflow. The platform is powered by akiroAssist AI, a generative AI co-pilot trained in procurement logic and proprietary datasets that automates manual tasks and augments complex decisions. The product architecture is modular and quote-based, tailored for enterprise-level strategic procurement workflows. Supporting resources include a Maturity Assessment tool, ROI Calculator, Content Hub with eBooks and guides, and the Gen AI Playbook for Procurement.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• akiro: AI-powered category management and strategic procurement SaaS platform

Products and services

• akiro Platform

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 90% faster time to strategy
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

AI capability5 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• H&Z Management ConsultingcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerH&Z Management Consulting, a management consulting firm with offices in the DACH region and UK, has entered into a partnership with akirolabs. The partnership combines H&Z's procurement strategy and transformation expertise with akirolabs' technology platform to enhance category and supplier management services for clients. The collaboration aims to help organizations improve spending insights, supplier relationships, and resilience amid supply chain disruptions and market volatility.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• SAP Ariba: SAP Ariba is the largest enterprise procurement suite globally, offering sourcing, contract management, supplier management, and category management. It is a broad incumbent whose installed base and ERP integration represent the primary competitive moat akirolabs must navigate or layer atop.
• GEP: GEP combines procurement technology (SMART by GEP) with managed procurement services for large enterprises. The combination of software and services is a relevant comparison point for akirolabs as it builds out its consultancy partnership model (e.g., H&Z).
• Ivalua: Ivalua provides a unified source-to-pay procurement platform with strong category management and supplier management capabilities. It serves large global enterprises and competes for the same strategic procurement transformation budgets as akirolabs, particularly in European accounts.
• Zycus: Zycus is a procurement software suite covering sourcing, contract management, supplier management, and spend analysis, with growing AI capabilities (e.g., Merlin AI). It competes for global enterprise category management spend and is investing in AI-augmented strategic procurement features adjacent to akirolabs' positioning.
• Jaggaer: Jaggaer offers an end-to-end procurement platform with sourcing, category management, supplier management, and analytics. It targets mid-market and large enterprises with complex indirect spend, overlapping with akirolabs' category strategy wedge but with a broader suite footprint.
• Coupa (Workday): Coupa, now part of Workday, is one of the largest cloud-based business spend management platforms covering procurement, invoicing, and expense management. It is a broad incumbent with category management capabilities that compete for the same enterprise procurement budget as akirolabs, but at much greater scale and with a transactional P2P focus.

Direct peers

• Arkestro: Arkestro is an AI-native procurement decision platform focused on predictive sourcing and category management. It is the closest direct competitor to akirolabs in bringing AI-driven strategic recommendations to enterprise procurement teams, with overlapping target customers (large enterprise CPOs) and a similar AI-first positioning.
• Keelvar: Keelvar provides AI-powered sourcing optimization and autonomous sourcing for enterprise procurement. It is a direct peer in AI-augmented procurement software, and akirolabs' Director of Customer Success previously held a procurement transformation role there, indicating close market overlap.

Emerging players

• SpendHQ: SpendHQ provides spend analysis and category management software that helps enterprises classify spend and build category strategies. It targets the same strategic procurement pain points as akirolabs but with an analytics-first approach rather than an agentic AI / workflow platform.
• Beroe: Beroe provides procurement market intelligence, category insights, and supplier risk data to enterprise procurement teams. It overlaps with akirolabs in supporting category strategy decisions, though from an intelligence/data angle rather than a workflow/AI agentic platform angle.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors6 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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