Wehrspohn Gmbh & Co. Kg

What Wehrspohn Gmbh & Co. Kg does

Wehrspohn GmbH & Co. KG is a privately held German software and consulting firm founded in 2005 and headquartered in Mannheim that develops quantitative risk management software for corporate risk and finance teams, banks, and insurance companies. Its product architecture centers on Risk Kit, an Excel-based add-in that runs Monte Carlo simulations, scenario analyses, risk aggregation, and distribution fitting directly within Excel — the working environment of its target specialist departments. Risk Kit is extended by two free add-on modules: Risk Kit R (integration of the R programming language for advanced statistical analyses) and Risk Kit Data (live connectivity to ECB, FRED, World Bank, Eurostat, and Marketstack). At the enterprise level, the company offers the Enterprise Risk Explorer (ERE) covering the full ERM process from identification through reporting with audit-grade documentation compliant with IDW PS 340, StaRUG, KonTraG, and AktG; specialized Credit Risk Evaluator (7 credit models including CreditMetrics and CreditRisk+) and Market Risk Evaluator modules serve banking and treasury customers. ERE is also delivered as a cloud solution through wholly-owned subsidiary Benchmark Management GmbH & Co. KG (founded March 2022), hosted in an ISO 27001-certified German data center with pay-per-use pricing.

Commercially, Wehrspohn operates a hybrid sales-led and product-led model: Risk Kit is sold directly via website with a 4-week free trial download and publicly disclosed tiered annual subscriptions (Professional from €1,350/year through Enterprise Premium at €29,990/year with onboarding workshops at €39,990). Enterprise Risk Explorer pricing is not publicly disclosed and is sold as on-premises license or cloud subscription. Coaching and in-house training services are delivered personally by founder and Managing Director Dr. Uwe Wehrspohn, creating a high-touch consulting layer. The company targets enterprise risk managers, CFOs, treasury teams, and consulting partners implementing risk solutions for clients, with named customers including DATEV eG, Vantage Towers AG, Krieger + Schramm, dph Consulting, Governance Solutions GmbH, BIG4 Beratungsgesellschaft, and KRIO Intézet Zrt. Operations remain primarily DACH-focused through direct sales and a partner channel of consulting firms and integrators (including a ServiceNow integration used by Vantage Towers).

Name

Wehrspohn Gmbh & Co. Kg

Legal name

Wehrspohn GmbH & Co. KG

Website

https://wehrspohn.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Wehrspohn GmbH & Co. KG is a Mannheim-based German firm that develops Excel-based quantitative risk management software, consulting, and training for risk and finance teams, banks, and insurers across the DACH region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Enterprise Risk Management Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210), Computer Systems Design Services (541512)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Risk Management (ERM), Operational Risk & Business Continuity (BPAEAPAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Risk Management Consulting (Enterprise & Operational Risk) (FSAEADAG), Risk Management (Enterprise, Operational, Model) (EDABAJAF)

Keywords

• Quantitative risk management
• Enterprise risk software
• Monte Carlo simulation
• Credit risk analytics
• Risk management consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Mannheim

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Software Licenses: Annual subscription-based licenses for Risk Kit software with tiered pricing for Professional, Enterprise, and Enterprise Premium plans. Includes free extensions Risk Kit R and Risk Kit Data.
2. Enterprise Software (ERE): Enterprise Risk Explorer sold as software license or cloud/SaaS subscription.
3. Coaching Services: Personalized coaching conducted by Dr. Uwe Wehrspohn, tailored to industry, topics, and company-specific models.
4. In-House Training: Team training sessions conducted personally by Dr. Uwe Wehrspohn, focused on company-specific models and questions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Wehrspohn develops Excel-based quantitative risk management software — including the Risk Kit add-in for Monte Carlo simulation, the Enterprise Risk Explorer for end-to-end ERM, and the Credit and Market Risk Evaluators for banks and treasuries. The firm complements these software products with personally delivered coaching, in-house training, and consulting services targeted at risk and finance teams in companies, banks, and insurance companies.

Product overview

Wehrspohn Risk Management offers a platform-plus-modules product architecture centered on Excel-based Risk Kit for Monte Carlo simulation and quantitative risk analysis. The core Risk Kit product is extensible through two complimentary add-on modules: Risk Kit R for advanced statistical analysis using the R programming language, and Risk Kit Data for live connectivity to international financial data sources (ECB, FRED, World Bank, Eurostat). Enterprise-grade risk management is provided through the Enterprise Risk Explorer (ERE), a comprehensive ERM solution available as on-premises or cloud deployment. Specialized domain-specific modules include the Credit Risk Evaluator for banking institutions and the Market Risk Evaluator for treasury and investment risk management. All products are complemented by professional coaching and in-house training services personally conducted by Managing Director Dr. Uwe Wehrspohn.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Risk Kit Excel-based Monte Carlo simulation and quantitative risk analysis add-in enabling specialist departments to analyze, quantify, and visualize risks directly in Excel using simulation, aggregation, and scenario analysis.
• Enterprise Risk Explorer (ERE) Comprehensive Enterprise Risk Management software supporting the complete ERM process from risk identification and assessment through measures, reporting, and monitoring, with model-based evaluation and audit trail compliance (IDW PS 340, StaRUG, KonTraG, AktG).
• Risk Kit R Free extension to Risk Kit integrating the R programming language into Excel for sophisticated statistical analyses, with cell functions for automated calculations and two-way data exchange.
• Risk Kit Data Free extension to Risk Kit providing live access to international financial data and social statistics from ECB, FRED, World Bank, Eurostat, and Apilayer Marketstack, with automatic data synchronization in Excel models.
• Credit Risk Evaluator Specialized credit portfolio management tool providing risk and return analyses at all portfolio levels from individual clients to entire portfolios, including seven credit models such as CreditMetrics and CreditRisk+.
• Market Risk Evaluator Automated market risk management solution covering interest rate risks, foreign currency risks, and other market factors, enabling daily automatic calculations, scenario analyses, stress tests, and regulatory backtesting.
• Enterprise Risk Explorer Cloud Solution Software-as-a-Service deployment option for Enterprise Risk Explorer, available as Private or Public Cloud, hosted in an ISO 27001-certified German data center with automatic backups, updates, and scalable storage.
• Coaching and In-House Training Professional development and consulting services led personally by Dr. Uwe Wehrspohn covering quantitative risk management methods, model building, and software implementation — from fundamentals of risk measurement to advanced Monte Carlo simulation.

Quantifiable outcome

• Decision-making improvement through visible risk clarity
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

AI capability5 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Benchmark Management GmbH & Co. KGcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2022Founded in March 2022 for the operation of Wehrspohn's cloud solutions. This subsidiary handles the company's SaaS/cloud offerings for the Enterprise Risk Evaluator, including private and public cloud deployments.
• Dresdner Kleinwort Investment BankminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDevelopment partnership starting in 2006 for the development of Risk Kit together with Dresdner Kleinwort Investment Bank, which was later acquired by Commerzbank.
• University of Würzburg (Risk Management Research Centre)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDr. Uwe Wehrspohn is a Research Fellow at the Risk Management Research Centre at the University of Würzburg, indicating academic collaboration and research partnership.
• ServiceNowcoreTechnology or IntegrationVantage Towers AG uses the Enterprise Risk Evaluator as calculation engine integrated into their ServiceNow solution, demonstrating platform integration capability.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• SAP: SAP GRC and process risk management solutions compete for the same ERM budget at large enterprises that Wehrspohn targets via Enterprise Risk Explorer.
• MSCI: MSCI's RiskMetrics suite addresses market risk, credit risk, and enterprise risk for institutional investors — overlapping with Wehrspohn's market and credit risk modules.
• Resolver: Resolver provides cloud-based enterprise risk management and GRC software — directly competing with the Enterprise Risk Explorer cloud offering for mid-market and enterprise ERM buyers.
• Moody's Analytics: Moody's Analytics provides credit risk (RiskFrontier, RiskCalc) and market risk solutions to financial institutions — comparable domain to Wehrspohn's Credit/Market Risk Evaluators but at far greater scale.
• SAS Institute: SAS offers enterprise-scale credit, market, and operational risk analytics platforms used by banks and insurers — overlapping with Wehrspohn's Risk Evaluator products but serving a much larger enterprise tier.
• ServiceNow GRC: ServiceNow's Integrated Risk Management (IRM) suite is an established enterprise GRC platform; Wehrspohn's ERE is already integrated as a calculation engine within ServiceNow (per Vantage Towers), making ServiceNow both a partner and a competitor.
• IBM OpenPages: IBM OpenPages is a GRC platform with operational risk and ERM modules — a broad incumbent alternative for the same enterprise governance, risk, and compliance use cases.

Direct peers

• Lumivero: Lumivero (formerly DecisionTools/Risk Simulator) sells Excel-based quantitative risk analysis, Monte Carlo simulation, and decision analytics add-ins — directly overlapping Risk Kit and Risk Kit R use cases.
• Palisade: Palisade's @RISK is the most direct competitor — Excel-based Monte Carlo simulation software for risk analysis in specialist departments, mirroring Risk Kit's core positioning and target user.

Others

• MathWorks: MATLAB/Simulink is used by quantitative risk teams for Monte Carlo simulation and statistical modeling — an adjacent technology stack that competes for the same analytical workflows in banks and insurance firms.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/Wehrspohn

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 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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