PROUNIX

What PROUNIX does

PROUNIX Gesellschaft für Softwareentwicklung mbH is a Bonn, Germany-based software company founded around 1995 that develops and operates PROANDI, a modular Low-Code/No-Code SaaS platform for end-to-end grant and subsidy management (Fördermittelmanagement). The platform is sold to public-sector bodies, foundations, and large organisations across the DACH region that administer subsidy, scholarship, and funding programmes; named customers include the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB), Aktion Mensch, Flughafen Wien AG, Stadt Magdeburg, the Stiftung Deutsche Fernsehlotterie, Possehl-Stiftung, DSEE, Baden-Württemberg Stiftung, and SEZ Baden-Württemberg. Across its customer base the platform supports more than 70,000 active funding projects.

PROANDI is configured per customer through a low-code environment and ships with modules covering applicant portals, eligibility checks, document management, workflow and approval logic, audit-compliant bookkeeping, and reporting. Adjacent products include PBP for personnel and budget planning at universities, PROANDI Förderfinder for funding-opportunity search, PROANDI Siegel as a quality seal for funding programmes, and PROANDI APPs for mobile access. The platform is hosted exclusively on German servers operated under a partnership with Claranet and is positioned as BSI-compliant. In 2025 the company launched PROANDI KI, a sovereign AI assistant providing knowledge retrieval and process automation within the platform, aligned with EU AI Act principles and UNESCO AI ethics.

PROUNIX sells PROANDI through direct, consultative enterprise sales with no public pricing; contracts are negotiated based on modules, users, and organisation size under a recurring SaaS model. The company is privately held as a GmbH, has not raised external funding, and reports a headcount in the 11-50 range. It is ISO 9001 certified, claims compliance with GoBD, DSGVO, WCAG, and the EU AI Act, and operates with managing-director Alexander Decker as its named principal.

Name

PROUNIX

Legal name

PROUNIX Gesellschaft für Softwareentwicklung mbH

Website

https://prounix.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

PROUNIX is a Bonn-based software company that develops PROANDI, a modular low-code SaaS platform for grant and subsidy management. It serves public-sector bodies, foundations, and large organisations across the DACH region via recurring subscriptions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Bonn

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. PROANDI SaaS Subscription: PROANDI is offered as a modular SaaS solution with configurable features. Organizations pay for access to the platform, hosted in Germany, with support and updates included. The software is licensed on a subscription basis, with the scope determined by modules, users, and organizational scale.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

PROUNIX develops and sells PROANDI, a modular SaaS platform for digital grant and application management (Fördermittel- und Antragsmanagement). The platform covers the end-to-end grant process — application submission, review, approval, fund disbursement, and proof of use — for foundations, universities, public administrations, and corporate grant programs. It features Low-Code/No-Code configuration, embedded German Förderlogik (funding logic), and an integrated AI assistant (PROANDI KI), with 100% data hosting in Germany on BSI-compliant infrastructure.

Product overview

PROUNIX offers PROANDI, a modular Low-Code/No-Code software platform for digital grant and application management, complemented by the PROANDI KI AI assistant. The platform handles the complete grant process—application, review, approval, fund disbursement, and proof of use—digitally without media breaks. Additional offerings include PBP (Personnel and Budget Planning) for universities, PROANDI Siegel (quality seal), PROANDI APPs (mobile applications including session management), and PROANDI Förderfinder (funding search tool). All solutions are developed in Bonn, Germany with 100% data hosting in Germany and ISO 9001 certification.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• PROANDI: Modular Low-Code/No-Code platform for grant management and application management (Fördermittel- und Antragsmanagement) used by foundations, public administrations, universities, and corporations.
• PROANDI KI
• PROANDI Siegel
• PROANDI APPS
• PBP – Personal- und Budgetplanung

Products and services

• PROANDI Modular Low-Code/No-Code software platform for digital grant and application management, enabling end-to-end digital processing from application submission through approval, fund disbursement, and proof of use—without media breaks. Targeted at foundations, universities, public administrations, and corporate grant programs.
• PROANDI KI AI-powered assistant embedded within PROANDI that provides a chatbot for applicant guidance and process-near assistance for application pre-screening, organizational checks, and duplicate funding detection. Operates on German servers with human-in-the-loop controls and ethical guardrails aligned with UNESCO and EU AI Act principles.
• PBP (Personal- und Budgetplanung) Personnel and budget planning software for universities and higher education institutions, supporting financial, personnel, and teaching load planning.
• PROANDI Siegel Quality seal/certification program for funding organizations that have digitized their grant management with PROANDI, demonstrating compliance with digital standards.
• PROANDI APPs Mobile applications extending PROANDI functionality, including a session app for digital committee work, application review, and decision documentation.
• PROANDI Förderfinder Search and filtering tool within PROANDI that enables applicants to find suitable funding programs using category filters, target groups, handlungsfelder, and other criteria defined by the funding organization.

Quantifiable outcome

• Application processing time reduced by up to 50% with PROANDI's automated workflows and integrated validation
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability5 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Claranetcore infrastructure partnerTechnology or IntegrationClaranet provides ISO-certified German hosting infrastructure for PROANDI, operating the platform's data centers. Claranet holds certifications including ISO/IEC 27001, 27017, 27018, and IDW PS 951, ensuring BSI-compliant, high-security hosting for PROUNIX's grant management platform. This partnership ensures that all PROANDI data is stored exclusively in Germany with 24/7 monitoring.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Fluxx: US-based grant management platform for foundations and nonprofits. Comparable to PROANDI at the use-case level (end-to-end grant lifecycle, application, review, disbursement) but operates in the US/UK markets rather than DACH.
• Foundant Technologies: US-based SaaS for community foundations and grantmakers covering application, review, and reporting workflows. Directly comparable on the foundation-segment use case (Stiftungen), though focused on the US market.
• Camunda: German-headquartered process orchestration and workflow automation vendor used in public-sector and enterprise environments. Comparable as a DACH-based BPM platform that could be configured for grant management workflows, though without domain-specific Förderlogik.
• SmartSimple Software: Canadian grant, research, and corporate-giving management platform with strong foundation and government footprint. Comparable core offering to PROANDI for end-to-end grant lifecycle management, with deeper corporate-giving modules.

Broad incumbents

• Microsoft (Power Platform / Dynamics 365): Low-code/no-code application platform (Power Apps, Power Automate) and ERP/CRM suite increasingly used by German public administrations for custom workflow solutions. Comparable as a competing low-code/no-code platform that public-sector IT teams could substitute for PROANDI.
• SAP (Public Sector / S/4HANA for Grants Management): Global ERP incumbent with public-sector and grants-management extensions used by German Förderbanken and ministries. Comparable as a broad-platform alternative in public-sector funding workflows, typically at much larger deployments than PROANDI targets.
• Salesforce (Nonprofit Cloud / Grants Management): Large incumbent CRM and vertical cloud suite that includes grants management for nonprofits and foundations. Comparable on customer base overlap and workflow automation, but is a generic platform adapted for grants rather than purpose-built for Förderlogik.

Regional players

• Haus des Stiftens / Stifter-helfen: German nonprofit supporting foundations and grantmakers with software, consulting, and digital tools. Comparable as a DACH foundation-services provider offering grant-management-adjacent tooling, though more focused on enablement than packaged workflow software.

Direct peers

• AKDB (Anstalt für Kommunale Datenverarbeitung in Bayern): Municipal IT service provider for Bavarian and other German cities, offering software for public-administration processes. Comparable as a German public-sector software vendor selling workflow and case-management solutions into municipal customers with sovereignty requirements.
• Fabasoft: Austrian-headquartered provider of digital workflow and e-government software (Fabasoft eGov-Suite) sold to DACH public administrations and foundations. Closely comparable to PROUNIX in target customers (DACH public sector), sovereignty/compliance positioning, and document-centric process automation.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@PROUNIX
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Compliance9 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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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