Univativ

Name

Univativ

Legal name

univativ GmbH

Website

https://univativ.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Staffing Services

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Talent Acquisition (Recruiting) & Applicant Tracking (ATS) (BPACAPAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Student Recruitment & Lead Generation Agencies (EDAIACAA), Career Exploration & Job Shadowing Programs (EDAMAKAC)

Keywords

• Talent staffing services
• Graduate recruitment
• Career placement
• Student employment
• Project staffing

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices12 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Staffing and Recruitment Services: Univativ places qualified talent (students, graduates, career starters) with client companies on project or permanent basis. Companies engage univativ to find suitable project staff and pay for recruitment/staffing services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Univativ is a German personnel services company that recruits, qualifies, and places students, graduates, and career starters with client companies on project-based and permanent assignments. It pairs a digital job portal (Jobbörse) with a curated Talentpool, enabling one-click applications and personalized consultant matching. Companies across Germany, including approximately 80% of DAX-listed corporations, contract Univativ to source pre-screened young professionals for project staffing needs.

Product overview

Univativ operates as a unified job portal and career services platform for students, graduates, and career starters in Germany. The core offering consists of the Jobbörse (job exchange), which serves as the primary marketplace for job listings and applications, supplemented by the Talentpool—a registration-based network that connects candidates with personalized job recommendations. Additional services include the e-Academy for continuing education and personal consulting support. The platform integrates these components so that once users register in the talent pool, they can access One-Click job applications through the job exchange while receiving personalized career guidance and training opportunities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Staffing and Recruitment Services
• Jobbörse (Job Exchange)
• Talentpool
• e-Academy
• Persönliche Betreuung (Personal Consulting)

Quantifiable outcome

• 87% of talents would recommend univativ to others
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• provativ GmbHminorOthersPartner company whose logo is displayed in the footer section of the univativ website under 'Our Partners'. provativ GmbH appears to be a related staffing or recruitment company.
• QISS IT B.V.minorOthersPartner company whose logo is displayed in the footer section of the univativ website under 'Our Partners'. QISS IT B.V. appears to be an IT-focused company based in the Netherlands.
• OPUS ONE Recruitment GmbHminorOthersPartner company whose logo is displayed in the footer section of the univativ website under 'Our Partners'. OPUS ONE Recruitment GmbH appears to be a recruitment services company.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• DIS AG: DIS AG is a major German personnel services provider placing candidates in commercial, IT, and engineering roles across industries. It competes with univativ for both candidates and corporate clients in the German staffing market.
• PageGroup (Page Personnel): PageGroup's entry-level brand Page Personnel places graduates and early-career professionals into permanent roles, directly overlapping with univativ's graduate and career-starter segment in Germany.
• GULP (part of Randstad): GULP is a leading German IT and engineering staffing platform, originally independent and now part of Randstad. It directly competes with univativ for project-based and entry-level IT and engineering placements with corporate clients in Germany.
• Academic Work: Academic Work is a Swedish-headquartered staffing firm specializing in young professionals, graduates, and students, with a German operation. Its focus on the early-career segment is highly comparable to univativ's niche.
• StepStone: StepStone is one of Germany's leading online job boards, particularly strong in professional and graduate positions. It competes with univativ both as a candidate acquisition channel and as a direct sourcing alternative for corporate clients.
• Hays: Hays is a UK-headquartered global specialist staffing firm with a large German operation (Hays Deutschland), placing professionals across IT, engineering, and corporate functions. It is a direct competitor to univativ in the professional and entry-level staffing market in Germany.
• Hays Recruitment Solutions (entry-level programs): Hays operates graduate and career-entry programs in Germany that directly compete with univativ's positioning around young professionals. Both serve DAX-level corporate clients with similar talent pools.

Broad incumbents

• Indeed Germany: Indeed is the world's largest job search engine with a strong German presence. It competes with univativ on candidate acquisition and as a sourcing channel for corporate clients, though it does not offer univativ's personal consulting or talent pool model.
• Robert Half Germany: Robert Half is a global staffing firm with a German presence focused on finance, accounting, IT, and administrative roles. While it overlaps with univativ in entry-level professional placements, it is a broader incumbent rather than a pure-play competitor.
• Adecco Group Germany: Adecco is one of the world's largest staffing firms with a significant German operation across general staffing, professional staffing, and entry-level placement. It competes with univativ broadly but is not specialized in the early-career niche.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/univativ
• Facebookfacebook.com/univativDeutschland
• LinkedInde.linkedin.com/company/univativ-gmbh
• Instagraminstagram.com/univativ_de
• TikToktiktok.com/@univativ
• Xx.com/univativ

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A2 records

Investments

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

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