Certivity
Certivity is an AI platform that helps regulated industries manage product compliance by digitizing regulatory requirements. The 77-person Munich startup raised $17M in a July 2025 Series A from investors including Earlybird and Plug and Play.
The growth story
Certivity grew from 27 to 77 employees between 2023 and 2026, raising $17M along the way, most recently a Series A in July 2025.
About
Certivity sells software that converts complex industry regulations into structured, machine-readable formats for compliance and engineering teams. It replaces manual tracking across documents and spreadsheets with automated impact assessment and requirement tracing for product development.
The company has grown to 77 employees since its 2021 founding, with engineering making up over a quarter of staff. Its $17M Series A suggests active expansion in the regulatory technology space for manufacturing and other controlled industries.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is Certivity's largest department with 21 staff, representing over 25% of total headcount. The Munich-based team has a median tenure of 2 years, indicating relatively recent scaling.
The Certivity org chart
Nico Wägerle (CEO & Co-Founder) leads 22 mapped leaders with 6 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 34 (+62% YoY), Legal 9 (0% YoY), Business Development 5 (-17% YoY), Administrative 5 (+25% YoY), Human Resources 4 (+33% YoY), Entrepreneurship 4 (0% YoY).
Talent flow
Certivity recruits heavily from Autonomous Intelligent Driving and Kosovo's electricity sector, with multiple hires from Mercedes-Benz and Microsoft. Alumni have moved to SAP, Amazon, and AI startups, though outflow remains limited given the company's youth.
Most common previous employers of Certivity staff: Autonomous Intelligent Driving (3), Kosovo Electricity Distribution Company - KEDS (3), Mercedes-Benz (2), Technical University of Munich (2), PRIOS (2), Microsoft (2). Former Certivity employees most often moved to New (1), SAP (1), Lightspeed Commerce (1), GHARAGE Ventures (1), Vyam.AI (1), Amazon (1).
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Web traffic
Traffic mix: 0% direct, 0% search, 0% social, 0% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Certivity: Microsoft Office (26), Python (Programming Language) (21), Java (21), Project Management (20), SQL (19), C++ (17), JavaScript (17), English (16).
Where the team actually sits
Certivity people are concentrated in Bavaria, Germany (26), District of Pristina, Kosovo (16), Germany (5), Greater Munich Metropolitan Area (2).
Search footprint
Certivity attracts about 2 organic search visits a month. It gained 0 ranking keywords and lost 0 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 3.70 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 4.00 / 5
- Senior management
- 3.40 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.90 / 5
Frequently asked
Certivity has 77 employees as of September 2026.
Certivity has raised $17M in total, most recently a Series A round in July 2025.
Certivity was founded in 2021 by Nico Wägerle, Bogdan Bereczki, Sami Vaaraniemi, Jörg Ulmer.
Nico Wägerle (CEO & Co-Founder) sits at the top of Certivity's reporting structure, with 6 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Certivity staff are Autonomous Intelligent Driving (3 people), Kosovo Electricity Distribution Company - KEDS (3 people), Mercedes-Benz (2 people).
Former Certivity employees most often move to New (1), SAP (1), Lightspeed Commerce (1).
Certivity attracts about 2 organic search visits a month.
The most common skills among Certivity staff are Microsoft Office, Python (Programming Language), Java, Project Management, SQL.
Certivity staff are concentrated in Bavaria, Germany (26), District of Pristina, Kosovo (16), Germany (5).
Certivity has about 34 people in Engineering, up 62% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Certivity has about 9 people in Legal, up 0% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 61 current and 13 former Certivity profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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