clarait

What clarait does

Clarait (clarait GmbH) is a Leipzig-based HR- and Legal-Tech SaaS company founded in March 2023 that builds compliance-driven digital workflows for the interface between HR departments and works councils (Betriebsräte) in German companies. The company operates three product lines developed entirely in-house: BRbase, a SaaS platform for works councils covering meeting preparation, member substitution via a rule-based Nachrücker-Manager, and automatic generation of legally compliant minutes; HRflows, a SaaS solution that digitizes co-determination HR processes from hiring to termination, integrates with SAP SuccessFactors and Workday, and tracks deadlines under §99 and §102 of the Betriebsverfassungsgesetz; and PRbase, an announced product for public-sector employee representation bodies (Personalräte). All products embed domain expertise in German labor law contributed by co-founder Thilo Haase alongside technical development led by co-founder/CTO Miriam Amin.

Clarait generates revenue through recurring SaaS subscriptions on a quote-based, organization-size pricing model, sold via a hybrid go-to-market combining direct enterprise field sales (led by Head of Sales Jan Reichert, targeting DAX and Fortune 500 accounts) and channel distribution through Bund-Verlag, Germany's leading labor law publisher, which acts as official reseller of BRbase to its works council customer base. Bund-Verlag is owned by DGB, IG BCE, IG Metall, and ver.di, lending political and trust credibility in the employee representation community. Marketing is multi-channel, combining content in legal-tech publications, Google Ads, SEO, earned media, and Calendly-driven consultation bookings.

As of February 2026, the company has raised over €1.6M in total funding, including a €100K pre-seed round from Business Angels (Frankfurt, Leipzig, Munich) in March 2024 and a €1.5M+ seed round led by TGFS Technologiegründerfonds Sachsen with HR Angels Club and MYPEGASUS as co-investors. The seed capital is earmarked for platform development, AI-assisted feature integration, sales organization expansion, and DACH internationalization preparation. Headcount remains small (1–10), but the company has added named Heads of Sales and Marketing and is actively hiring SDR and marketing roles.

Name

clarait

Legal name

clarait GmbH

Website

https://clarait.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Clarait is a Leipzig-based SaaS company that digitizes legally compliant co-determination workflows between HR departments and works councils in German companies via its BRbase and HRflows platforms, serving enterprise customers including DAX and Fortune 500 firms.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

HR Compliance Software / Legal-Tech SaaS

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) & Document Automation (BPAEAPAD)

Keywords

• Works council software
• Co-determination compliance
• HR legal tech
• Labour law workflows
• Employee representation platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Leipzig

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, Others

Revenue model

1. SaaS Subscription – BRbase: BRbase is sold as a SaaS subscription to works councils, enabling them to manage committee work digitally on a per-seat or organization-size basis. Revenue is recurring in nature.
2. SaaS Subscription – HRflows: HRflows is sold as a SaaS subscription to HR departments for managing co-determination HR processes. Revenue is recurring, typically on an annual contract basis.
3. Bund-Verlag Reseller Revenue Share: Bund-Verlag acts as official reseller of BRbase, creating a channel revenue stream through distributor/reseller arrangement with a leading trade publisher for employee representation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

clarait sells two subscription-based B2B SaaS applications — BRbase for works councils to manage committee work, meeting preparation, and automatic protocol generation, and HRflows for HR departments to digitize co-determination HR processes from hiring to termination. Both products embed the legal logic of Germany's Betriebsverfassungsgesetz into ready-to-use, legally audited workflows and integrate with enterprise HR systems such as SAP SuccessFactors and Workday.

Product overview

clarait operates as a unified platform for compliance-driven digital workflows between HR departments and employee representations. The product ecosystem consists of BRbase (for works councils), HRflows (for HR departments on the employer side), and upcoming PRbase (for public sector employee representations). All three products share a common technology platform but are positioned separately to address the distinct needs and trust requirements of each user group. The company develops all products in-house, from legal workflow logic to technical implementation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• BRbase: SaaS solution for professional works council committee work - from meeting preparation to automatic minutes generation. Provides legally verified workflows and templates for works councils.
• HRflows

Products and services

• BRbase SaaS application for professional works council (Betriebsrat) committee work — from meeting preparation to automatic protocol generation. Includes automated processes, legally audited workflows such as the Nachrücker-Manager for compliant member substitution, and legally compliant templates; adaptable to the requirements of larger committees.
• HRflows SaaS application for digitizing all co-determination HR processes from hiring to termination. Provides ready-to-use, legally audited workflows for HR departments; integrates with enterprise HR information systems such as SAP SuccessFactors and Workday; tracks §99 and §102 BetrVG deadlines automatically.

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 100–200 co-determination matters per week in larger enterprises are managed through the platform
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

AI capability3 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered major, core and minor.

• MYPEGASUSmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2026MYPEGASUS (Reutlingen/Darmstadt) participates in clarait's seed round and establishes a strategic cooperation. MYPEGASUS brings experience from 2,000+ projects and 30+ years working with HR professionals and works councils. Practical use cases from MYPEGASUS projects feed into platform development; clarait gains access to pilot projects and enterprise customers.
• Bund-VerlagcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2025Long-term strategic cooperation: Bund-Verlag (Germany's leading specialist information provider for works constitutions and labor law, owned by DGB, IG BCE, IG Metall, and ver.di) serves as official reseller of BRbase. The partnership extends distribution to Bund-Verlag's established customer base and combines leading specialist content with innovative technology.
• BVAU (Bundesverband der Arbeitsrechtler in Unternehmen)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2024clarait is a supporting member of BVAU since May 2024, gaining deep insight into the challenges of HR departments in large corporations, which directly influences product development. BVAU represents labor law specialists in companies.
• HTWK Leipzig (Faculty of Business Administration)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2024Master's students at HTWK Leipzig conducted an innovation project for BRbase, including comprehensive potential analysis and many interviews with companies, identifying concrete approaches for how digital technologies and AI can support works council work in the future.
• German Legal Tech HubminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a partner on the clarait website. The German Legal Tech Hub is a network of legal technology companies and stakeholders in Germany.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Workday: Workday is a Fortune 500 HR and finance platform that Clarait's HRflows integrates with. While Workday does not natively address German co-determination, it serves the same enterprise customers and could in theory add co-determination features, making it a strategic incumbent comparable.
• Wolters Kluwer: Wolters Kluwer is a global legal and regulatory compliance powerhouse with strong German presence (including Smartlaw and Lexware products). It provides legal content and compliance software that overlaps with Clarait's regulatory moat, though as a much broader portfolio offering.
• SAP SuccessFactors: SAP SuccessFactors is the HCM platform of choice for many DAX companies and integrates with HRflows. It serves the same enterprise customer base as Clarait and could theoretically add native co-determination functionality, representing a strategic incumbent risk.

Direct peers

• Haufe Group: Haufe is a major German provider of HR, legal, and compliance content and software, with solutions like Haufe Compliance and Haufe Personal Office. It is the most direct domestic competitor in the German HR/legal compliance software space, addressing similar enterprise customers with overlapping functional scope.
• Personio: Personio is a leading European HR SaaS platform serving SMBs and mid-market companies, with strong German market presence. While Personio does not address works council co-determination specifically, it is a direct comparable in the European HR SaaS category and serves a similar customer base of German enterprises.
• DATEV: DATEV is a German cooperative providing payroll, HR, and legal software/services to enterprises and tax advisors. It serves a very similar German enterprise customer base around HR and compliance workflows, representing a potential incumbent competitor in the digital works council space.
• Kenjo: Kenjo is a European HR SaaS platform headquartered in Germany serving SMBs. It is a direct comparable in the European HR SaaS segment addressing similar functional categories (HR processes, time off, document management).
• Factorial: Factorial is a fast-growing European HR SaaS platform serving SMBs and mid-market companies. While it does not specialize in German labor law compliance, it is a direct comparable in the European HR SaaS category with overlapping customer segments and GTM motion.

Emerging players

• Ironclad: Ironclad is a legal tech platform for contract lifecycle management (CLM) and document automation. It is comparable to Clarait's document automation roots (meeting minutes, resolutions) and represents an emerging player in legal tech workflow automation that could expand into broader compliance workflows.
• Diligent: Diligent (formerly including Boardvantage) provides board management and governance software for committees and boards. It is comparable to Clarait's BRbase works council committee management functionality, addressing similar committee-meeting workflows and document automation, though at a larger board/governance scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors2 records

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M&A

Investments

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

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