projo

What projo does

Projo GmbH is a privately held, self-financed Berlin-based software company founded in 2016 by Benedikt Voigt that builds a cloud-based SaaS platform for project management and office controlling in architecture and engineering firms with 10 to 500 employees. The product is a single integrated suite covering time tracking, project and contract services management, personnel deployment planning, project controlling with real-time profitability and overhead allocation, offer and invoice generation, and liquidity planning with scenario modeling. The platform is built on Ruby on Rails and hosted on Heroku (Europe region), with AWS S3 for document storage, Stripe for payments, and Intercom for support; no public API, SDK, or AI/ML capabilities are disclosed.

Projo operates exclusively in the German market and deliberately restricts its scope to the planning-office vertical, positioning vertical specialization and community-driven development as core differentiators versus generic ERP or PSA tools. Its go-to-market is community-led and product-led: customers can self-onboard with guided setup and a library of 24 YouTube webinars, while a monthly UserGroup, an Ü100 community for firms above 100 employees, and an annual Summer Summit drive peer referrals and feature co-development through a Canny-based request board. Pricing is a per-seat subscription billed monthly with annual options, migration services are charged one-time, and first-year pricing is locked with subsequent increases capped at the IT services producer price index.

The company has 300+ customer firms including Kinzo, GRAFT, Hillig Architekten, D/Form, Fourmove, IFB, Gröticke & Partner, Phase 10, Capatti Staubach, and swp, with named customers ranging from 20 to 130 employees. It has never raised external funding and is led by founder Benedikt Voigt alongside co-Managing Director Arne Semmler, a practicing architect and pilot customer since 2016 who joined full-time in 2023. The company explicitly rejects exit-driven scaling in favor of long-horizon, owner-operated growth.

Name

projo

Legal name

projo GmbH

Website

https://projo.berlin

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

projo GmbH is a Berlin-based, self-financed SaaS company that provides an integrated project management, controlling, and liquidity planning platform exclusively for architecture and engineering firms with 10 to 500 employees, serving 300+ German planning offices via a per-seat subscription and community-led model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architecture and Engineering Office Management Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210), Software Publishers (5132)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) & Document Generation/Templating (HDAEAGAL)

Keywords

• Project management software
• Architecture office software
• Engineering firm controlling
• Cloud SaaS planning tools
• Office administration software

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. SaaS Subscription: Monthly or annual subscription based on number of users. Core features include time tracking, project management, resource planning, invoicing, and liquidity planning. Onboarding and support included in subscription price.
2. Migration Services: One-time fees for data migration from legacy systems. Standard migrations priced according to price table; custom migrations quoted separately. Migration service helps transfer historical data from previous software.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Projo sells a cloud-based, all-in-one SaaS office and project management software for architecture and engineering planning firms with 10 to 500 employees. The single unified platform bundles time tracking, contract services, personnel deployment planning, project controlling, offer and invoice generation, and liquidity planning into one subscription product, accessible via web browser without local installation. Customers can additionally purchase one-time data migration services from legacy systems.

Product overview

projo offers a single unified cloud-based SaaS product—a comprehensive all-in-one office software solution for architecture and engineering firms. The core platform integrates all essential modules under one roof: time tracking (Arbeitszeiterfassung), project management via contract services (Vertragsleistungen), personnel deployment planning (Personaleinsatzplanung), project controlling (Projektcontrolling), offer and invoice generation (Angebots- und Rechnungsstellung), and liquidity planning (Liquiditätsplanung). The product is designed to be intuitive with no training required, operates entirely in the cloud without on-premise installation, and supports firms across specialties including architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, structural engineering (Tragwerksplanung), and technical building equipment (TGA).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• projo (cloud-based all-in-one office and project management software) A cloud-based all-in-one project management and office software for architecture and engineering firms with 10 to 500 employees, integrating time tracking, project management via contract services, personnel deployment planning, project controlling, offer and invoice generation, and liquidity planning under a single subscription. Designed for intuitive use without training, accessible via web browser without on-premise installation, and supporting architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, structural engineering, and technical building equipment (TGA) specialties.
• Data Migration Service

Quantifiable outcome

• User satisfaction rating of 4.22/5 from leadership users and 4.17/5 for project management features
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Heroku InccoreTechnology or IntegrationCloud hosting infrastructure provider. Projo runs on Heroku's platform-as-a-service with data processed exclusively in the 'Europe Region'. EU Standard Contractual Clauses and Salesforce Corporate Binding Rules provide legal framework for data protection compliance.
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)coreTechnology or IntegrationFile storage and document management system provider. AWS S3 used exclusively in EU Region for storing uploaded files in the document management system. EU Standard Contractual Clauses and extensive encryption capabilities provide data protection.
• Stripe InccoreTechnology or IntegrationPayment processing provider for credit card transactions. EU Standard Contractual Clauses in place. Stripe implements high security standards and encryption for data transfer and storage.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• sevDesk: German cloud SaaS for SME accounting and invoicing. Targets the same German SMB customer segment with a community- and content-led growth approach analogous to projo's; comparable profile in product-led German SME SaaS even if the primary function differs.
• Cosuno: Berlin-based vertical SaaS for construction/AEC procurement and subcontractor management. Targets the same German AEC mid-market as projo with a subscription SaaS model, and competes for the same office-management budget of architecture and engineering firms.
• PlanRadar: Austrian-headquartered SaaS for construction and AEC project documentation and defect management. Directly comparable vertical SaaS serving DACH architecture and engineering firms with a subscription model, overlapping with projo's project-management scope in a complementary way.
• 123erfasst: German SaaS for construction time tracking, workforce, and project management. Serves the same German construction and AEC customer base with a subscription SaaS model; narrower scope than projo but competes for the same controlling/billing workflow.
• Lexoffice: German cloud SaaS for SME accounting, invoicing, and business management. Same geography, same mid-market target customers, and similar self-serve SaaS motion as projo; competes for the same back-office software budget within German SMEs.
• Monsum (Lucanet Group): German SaaS for subscription billing and financial controlling targeting SMBs and mid-market firms. Now part of Lucanet, Monsum shares projo's focus on controlling for German SMEs with a subscription SaaS model and serves an overlapping customer profile.

Broad incumbents

• RIB Software (Schneider Electric): Leading construction project management and ERP software vendor with strong DACH roots, now part of Schneider Electric. Competes for the same AEC office-management spend with a much broader enterprise-focused product suite than projo's mid-market positioning.
• Procore: Global leader in construction project management SaaS. Targets the same AEC industry but skews to larger general contractors and enterprise projects rather than 10-500 employee planning offices; represents the broader incumbent benchmark for AEC vertical SaaS.
• DATEV: Dominant German cooperative software provider for tax, accounting, payroll, and business management. Targets the same German SME base as projo and overlaps in invoicing/controlling functionality, but at vastly larger scale and with a much broader portfolio.
• Nevaris (Nemetschek Group): Major AEC software vendor within the Nemetschek Group serving architecture and engineering firms in DACH with a broad portfolio (CAD, BIM, estimating, project management). Much larger scale than projo and a broad incumbent in the same vertical, though projo's niche in office/controlling is distinct.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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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