Nissen and Velten

What Nissen and Velten does

Nissen & Velten is a German software company headquartered in Stockach that develops enterprise ERP software for medium-sized businesses. Following its acquisition by enventa Group in February 2022 and legal rebranding to enventa financial solutions GmbH in July 2024, Nissen & Velten now operates as the technical trade product line within a multi-brand German ERP vendor serving four core verticals: technical trade and industrial wholesale, fashion and textile, construction and building materials, and energy utilities. The product suite is led by the Trade ERP platform with specialized variants for steel trading, SHK wholesalers, and bending operations, supported by Fashion ERP and Construct ERP for adjacent industries.

The technology foundation is a cloud-native, KI-native (AI-native) ERP architecture deployable on-premise, in a private cloud, or as SaaS, with all data hosted exclusively in ISO 27001-certified data centers in Frankfurt am Main. The enventa Business Hub provides a centralized AI platform connecting applications, data, and processes across the suite. Industry-specific interfaces for EDE, NORDWEST, and nexmart are pre-integrated for technical trade customers, while a multi-product SAP integration layer enables drop-in extension of existing SAP estates via dedicated add-ons covering treasury, payment, accountbook, and receivables management. The company holds ISO 27001 certification and operates under full GDPR compliance as an architectural decision rather than a retrofit.

Commercially, Nissen & Velten follows a sales-led, consultative go-to-market with direct field sales for enterprise customers and an inside sales motion for the mid-market, complemented by webinars, events, content marketing, and newsletter lead capture. Pricing is quote-based, varied by deployment model and module scope, with annual billing and recurring subscription dynamics on the SaaS side. Revenue is concentrated on DACH mid-market and enterprise customers in vertical-specific segments, with no public revenue disclosure and a parent-group structure that obscures subsidiary-level financials.

Name

Nissen and Velten

Website

https://nissen-velten.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Nissen & Velten develops vertical-specific ERP software for German mid-market companies in technical trade, fashion, construction, and energy utilities, operating as the technical trade product line of enventa Group with KI-native architecture and German-hosted infrastructure.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (5415), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Distribution & Wholesale ERP (Inventory, Order, Warehouse) (HDAEAEAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Manufacturing ERP (Discrete, Process, Batch) (HDAEAEAB), Industry-Specific ERP for Utilities & Energy (HDAEAEAN), ERP Implementation & Systems Integration Services (BPAEAGAA)

Keywords

• Enterprise resource planning
• Technical trade ERP
• Fashion industry ERP
• Construction ERP systems
• AI-native business platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Stockach

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. ERP Software Licenses and Subscriptions: Enterprise ERP solutions sold as subscriptions (SaaS) or traditional licenses (on-premise/private cloud) to technical trade, fashion, and construction companies.
2. Professional Services: Implementation, consulting, and support services for ERP deployment and customization.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Nissen & Velten, now operating as part of the enventa Group, develops and sells modular enterprise resource planning (ERP) software for medium-sized B2B companies. Its portfolio centers on industry-specific ERP solutions for technical trade (steel, SHK, bending operations), fashion/textile, and construction, supplemented by treasury, accounting, business intelligence, warehouse management, and SAP-integrated add-on products. All offerings are being evolved toward KI-native (AI-native) ERP architecture, hosted exclusively in Germany, and delivered as on-premise, private cloud, or SaaS deployments.

Product overview

Nissen & Velten, now part of enventa Group, offers a modular ERP platform for technical trade with specialized industry solutions. The portfolio includes Trade ERP as the core product for B2B technical trading, supplemented by industry variants (Trade ERP Tech. Handel, Trade ERP Stahlhandel, Trade ERP SHK-Handel, Trade ERP Biegerei), Fashion ERP for textile/fashion industry, and Construct ERP variants for construction (Construct ERP Beton, Construct ERP Fertighaus). The platform integrates treasury management (enventa Treasury/enventa Treasury in SAP®), accounting/finance solutions (enventa Accounting, enventa ProFI, enventa EURO FIBU, enventa Accountbook), Business Intelligence (enventa BI), warehouse management (enventa LVS, Fashion WMS), and SAP®-integrated payment/receivables solutions. All systems are being developed as KI-native (AI-native) ERP solutions with an AI platform (enventa Business Hub) connecting all enterprise applications, data, and processes. Deployment options include on-premise, Private Cloud, or SaaS, with all data hosted in Germany.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Nissen & Velten Technical Trade Solution: ERP solution specifically designed for technical trade companies.

Products and services

• Trade ERP Core smart ERP solution for B2B trading companies in the technical sector, providing comprehensive ERP functionality with industry-specific interfaces and processes.
• Trade ERP Tech. Handel Trade ERP variant with industry-specific interfaces (EDE, NORDWEST, nexmart) for industrial and technical trading companies.
• Trade ERP Stahlhandel ERP solution specialized for steel trading companies with industry-specific features for steel wholesale operations.
• Trade ERP SHK-Handel ERP industry solution for wholesalers in sanitary, heating, and air conditioning technology (Sanitär-, Heizungs- und Klimatechnik).
• Trade ERP Biegerei ERP industry solution tailored for iron bending operations (Eisenbiegereien).
• Fashion ERP Industry-specific ERP for the fashion and textile sector, covering collection planning through to delivery and multi-channel distribution.
• Construct ERP Beton Specialized ERP software for the concrete industry and building materials: precast concrete, concrete goods, prefabricated garages, bulk goods, and more.
• Construct ERP Fertighaus ERP solution specifically for the prefabricated house industry combining project planning, manufacturing, logistics, and sales in one system.
• Fashion WMS Fashion warehouse management system for logistics service providers, retailers, or manufacturers, designed to be flexible and easy to integrate.
• enventa LVS Warehouse management system fully integrated into enventa ERP, optimized for Technical Trade and related industries.
• enventa BI Self-service Business Intelligence solution with Quickstart function for data visualization and decision support. Ranked #1 in BARC study.
• enventa Treasury Cash management and liquidity control (Liquiditätssteuerung) solution for treasury operations.
• enventa Treasury in SAP SAP-integrated Treasury Management System (TMS) with modular structure, flexible and fully integrated into SAP environments.
• enventa Accounting Modern, browser-based accounting software, easy to integrate, designed for growing medium-sized companies.
• enventa Accountbook Standalone accounting tool that makes processes more efficient through automatic advice processing (Avisverarbeitung).
• enventa Accountbook NEO in SAP Automatic advice processing (Avisverarbeitung) solution natively integrated into SAP.
• enventa ProFI Accounting software for the midmarket (Mittelstand).
• enventa EURO FIBU Financial accounting software for small and medium-sized companies.
• enventa Payment in SAP Maximum-security payment transactions solution integrated within SAP.
• enventa Receivables Energy in SAP Enables energy providers and municipal utilities to manage outstanding payments in SAP with effective receivables management.
• enventa Business Hub AI platform connecting all enterprise applications, data, and processes on a central, secure platform hosted in Germany.

Quantifiable outcome

• BI project implementations completed in under 6 months (enventa BI - BARC study

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability3 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• SAPcoreTechnology or IntegrationSAP integration partnership providing specialized add-on solutions for SAP customers. Products include enventa Treasury in SAP, enventa Payment in SAP, enventa Receivables Energy in SAP, and enventa Accountbook NEO in SAP. Seamless integration without system migration required.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• proALPHA: German mid-market ERP vendor serving discrete manufacturing, wholesale and engineering SMBs—direct overlap with Nissen & Velten's Trade ERP and Technical Trade positioning in the DACH Mittelstand.
• Abas Software GmbH: Mid-market ERP for small and medium-sized manufacturers and traders in German-speaking regions; closely comparable customer size, deployment model and vertical focus to Nissen & Velten.
• PSI Software AG: German industrial software vendor with industry-specific ERP for wholesale, energy and discrete manufacturing—directly competitive with Nissen & Velten's trade, energy and construction verticals.
• Diamant Software: German mid-market financial/accounting-ERP provider; overlaps with Nissen & Velten's enventa Accounting, ProFI and EURO FIBU portfolio within the same Mittelstand segment.

Broad incumbents

• SAP: Global ERP incumbent whose SAP Business One and S/4HANA Cloud target the same mid-market customers; also a named integration partner of enventa, defining both the competitive ceiling and the channel opportunity for Nissen & Velten.
• Microsoft Dynamics 365: Broad mid-market ERP/CRM suite challenging vertical ERPs as a horizontal platform of choice for DACH Mittelstand; relevant incumbent comparable on customer profile.
• Oracle NetSuite: Cloud-native mid-market ERP competing for the same growing Mittelstand customers seeking SaaS deployments as an alternative to on-premise solutions like Nissen & Velten's Trade ERP.
• Sage Group: Global SMB-focused accounting and ERP player targeting the same Mittelstand / mid-market tier; comparable on customer size and competitive bidding scenarios even if less specialized in technical trade.

Emerging players

• Infor: Industry-specific cloud ERP with deep vertical templates (industrial, distribution, fashion) comparable to Nissen & Velten's verticalized approach—closer in philosophy than in geography.
• WECLAPP: German cloud-based ERP for SMBs in trade, manufacturing and services; represents the cloud-native SaaS threat displacing on-premise ERP installations like Nissen & Velten's Trade ERP.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/erp_mittelstand

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

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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