Munich-based Certivity, a RegTech (Regulatory Technology) startup, has raised €13.3M in a Series A funding round to scale its AI-driven platform for managing technical compliance.
The round was led by Almaz Capital and UVC Partners, with support from existing investors Earlybird X, High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), and Plug and Play.
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“Certivity is setting a new standard for how compliance is integrated into product development,” says Amanda Birkenholz, Principal at UVC Partners. “They solve a large and tedious problem for any company with regulatory requirements. Compliance challenges are no longer the exception – they are the norm. Instead of asking which products are subject to regulation, it’s nowadays more accurate to ask: which products aren’t?”
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Certivity aims to set a new standard in regulatory compliance with its structured, AI-powered solution. It will use the funds to accelerate its go-to-market efforts, enhance product development, and expand into new industries and international markets.
Nico Waegerle, CEO and co-founder of Certivity, says, “With this funding, we’re scaling our platform to become the category leader in technical compliance – starting in automotive and expanding into heavy machinery, consumer goods, defence, aerospace, and beyond.”
“We’re broadening regulation coverage, enhancing AI, and deepening tool integrations. Thus, we are turning compliance from a mandatory requirement into a competitive advantage for our customers.”
Aniruddha Nazre, General Partner at Almaz Capital, adds, “With some of the largest and most innovative OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers as customers, Certivity has established itself as the leader in the automotive industry for regulatory compliance. With this funding, the goal is to expand in two dimensions: 1) in addition to regulatory compliance, Certivity also wants to cover technical specifications and industry standards; and 2) enlarge footprint to a diverse set of industries such as heavy machinery, aerospace and defence and eventually medtech. We are very excited about this growth prospect.”
A B2B automotive RegTech solution provider
Founded in 2021 by Nico Waegerle, Bogdan Bereczki, Jörg Ulmer, and Sami Vaaraniemi, Certivity addresses regulatory compliance in engineering.
Engineers often spend 30–50 per cent of their time handling legal and regulatory requirements, with mistakes leading to recalls, system failures, and financial penalties. Certivity provides an AI-based SaaS platform that converts regulatory documents into machine-readable formats, automates compliance tasks, and integrates with engineering workflows.
The platform digitises and structures regulatory content from over 50 jurisdictions through a proprietary ingestion pipeline and regulatory knowledge graph. This gives teams traceability and visibility into legal changes.
AI modules consolidate amendments across regulatory versions and classify, extract, generate, and test requirements from unstructured legal texts. Teams manage compliance through product-specific projects rather than separate documents or spreadsheets. Integrations with tools such as Jama, Polarion, and DOORS connect compliance work with engineering processes, supporting consistent and auditable workflows.
