How many total SaaS companies are there in DACH?

As of October 2025, DACH has 10027 active SaaS companies.

How many SaaS companies in DACH are funded?

As of October 2025, 2570 companies have received funding in this sector.

What is the total funding raised by SaaS companies in DACH?

SaaS companies in DACH have collectively raised $26.3B in funding till date.

Who are the top investors in SaaS companies in DACH?

The top investors in SaaS companies in DACH by number of investments are General Catalyst and Plug and Play Tech Center.

Which is the highest funded SaaS company in DACH?

As of October 2025, Celonis has raised $1.77B in funding, highest among the funded SaaS companies in DACH.

How many SaaS unicorns are there in DACH?

DACH has produced 14 unicorns in the SaaS sector till date.

SaaS in DACH - 2025 Market & Investments Trends

The SaaS sector in DACH comprises 11.4K companies, including 2.57K funded companies having collectively raised $26.3B in venture capital money and private equity. Out of these, 1.26K are Series A+ funded, and 14 have achieved unicorn status.

SaaS sector in DACH has seen 718 acquisitions and 123 IPOs. This represents almost 7.3% of all such companies - which is higher than the 5.3% exit rate of tech companies in general.

This sector includes companies providing cloud-based, multi-tenant and subscription or on-demand B2B software applications.

Companies included in SaaS

All B2B software that offers cloud-based, multi-tenant solutions for business functions like Marketing, HR, Sales, Business Intelligence, etc.

Companies excluded in SaaS

1. All On-premise B2B software are excluded. 2. All companies that do not offer their own proprietary software are excluded. 3. Services and Consulting firms are also excluded. 4. Resellers are also excluded.

Key Metrics

Total Companies

11.4K

Top Companies

Proton, Personio & more

Total Funding

Funded Companies

Series A+ Companies

Series C+ Companies

Unicorns Created

IPOs

123

Acquisitions

718

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There are more than 11.4K companies in SaaS in DACH. Proton is the top SaaS company in DACH, ranked using Tracxn Score (what's this?).

Here are 5 of the top SaaS companies in DACH:

Company	Description	Location	Founded	Current Stage	Private Funding Raised
Proton	Provider of encrypted data solution	Geneva (Switzerland)	2014	Seed	$2M
Personio	Cloud-based HRMS platform for SMBs	Munich (Germany)	2015	Series E	$772M
Sportradar	Developer of AI and subscription-based data solutions for multiple sports applications	St Gallen (Switzerland)	2001	Public	$98M
AMBOSS	Mobile & cloud-based educational resources for medical exams	Berlin (Germany)	2012	Series C	$292M
TeamViewer	Cloud-based enterprise collaboration platform for remote desktop	Goppingen (Germany)	2005	Public	-

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Companies founded year-on-year in the SaaS sector in DACH

1,043 SaaS startups in DACH were founded in 2020 - this is the most number of startups founded in any year in the last 10 years.

Total Number of Companies

Year	No. of companies
2025	56
2024	242
2023	449
2022	475
2021	760
2020	1,043
2019	783
2018	715
2017	622
2016	616

Stage-wise distribution of SaaS sector companies in DACH

Out of the total 11,443 SaaS companies in DACH, 2,570 have secured funding. Among them, 1,258 have reached Series A or higher, and 1,001 to Series B or beyond.

Founded - 11,443

Funded - 2,570

Series A+ - 1,258

Series B+ - 1,001

Series C+ - 908

Company Stage	No. of companies
Founded	11,443
Funded	2,570
Series A+	1,258
Series B+	1,001
Series C+	908

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Total funding year-on-year in the SaaS sector in DACH

The SaaS sector in DACH saw a total funding of more than $25B in the last 10 years. The most amount of funding was in 2021 at more than $5.88B.

Total Funding

Year	Total Funding
2025	$2.77B
2024	$2.02B
2023	$2.86B
2022	$5.06B
2021	$5.88B
2020	$1.9B
2019	$2.08B
2018	$1.01B
2017	$980M

Recent Funding Rounds in SaaS in DACH

In the year 2025, till October 2025, SaaS companies in DACH have raised $2.41B in equity funding across 124 rounds. In the same period last year (i.e. till October 2024), SaaS companies in DACH had raised $1.71B across 163 rounds. So, 2025 has seen a 40.9% rise in funding in SaaS companies in DACH as compared to 2024.

Here are some recent, important funding rounds in SaaS companies in DACH:

Company	Round Raised	Amount Raised	Funding Date	Investors
N8n	Series C	4646	Oct 09, 2025	Accel and 8 more
Energy Robotics	Series A	3671	Oct 07, 2025	Blue Bear Capital and 4 more
Kapnative	Seed	7916	Oct 07, 2025	First Rate
Resourcly	Seed	1732	Oct 07, 2025	Project A and 6 more
Viboo	Series A	8508	Oct 01, 2025	Realyze Ventures Management and 3 more

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General Catalyst is the top investor in SaaS companies in DACH based on number of companies invested.

Here are some top investors in SaaS companies in DACH:

Investor	Location	Top Portfolio Companies
General Catalyst	Cambridge (United States)	Gitpod, Parloa Technologies, Localyze and Contentful
Plug and Play Tech Center	Sunnyvale (United States)	Parloa Technologies, ACCURE Battery Intelligence, Omnius and Hypatos
Index Ventures	London (United Kingdom)	Personio, DeepL, Pitch and Nexthink
Felicis Ventures	Menlo Park (United States)	N8n and Flower
Headline	San Francisco (United States)	Staffbase, PlanRadar, RobCo and TVSMILES

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In the year 2025, till October 2025, 47 acquisitions happened in SaaS sector in DACH. Last year, in 2024, a total of 75 acquisitions happened in SaaS sector in DACH.

Here are some recent, important acquisitions in SaaS sector in DACH:

Company	Acquisition Type	Acquisition Date	Acquirers
Adata	Business Acquisition	Oct 13, 2025	Zvoove
Jina AI	Business Acquisition	Oct 09, 2025	Elastic
SecuLution	Business Acquisition	Oct 08, 2025	Securepoint
Eucon	Business Acquisition	Oct 06, 2025	InfoPro-Digital
Localyze	Business Acquisition	Oct 01, 2025	Boundless

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Acquisition trends in SaaS sector in DACH

Here are the acquisition trends in SaaS sector in DACH:

Total Number of Acquisitions

Year	No. of companies
2025	47
2024	75
2023	95
2022	110
2021	99
2020	60
2019	51
2018	42
2017	35
2016	41

In the year 2023, till December 2023, 1 IPO happened in SaaS sector in DACH.

Here are some recent, important IPOs in SaaS sector in DACH:

Company	IPO Date	Exchange Symbol
Northern Data	Dec 01, 2023	Euronext Exchange (Euronext)
Northern Data	Oct 18, 2022	OTC Markets (OTCMKTS)
Astrocast	Jul 28, 2022	OTC Markets (OTCMKTS)
Sportradar	Sep 14, 2021	National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ)
Sophia Genetics	Jul 23, 2021	National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ)

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Companies founded by alumni from top colleges in the SaaS in DACH

Most number of SaaS startups in DACH have been founded by alumni from London School of Economics and Political Science, Technical University of Munich and University of Oxford.

College	No. of companies
London School of Economics and Political Science	23
Technical University of Munich	23
University of Oxford	19
INSEAD	18
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	17
HEC Paris	16
Harvard University	15
Stanford University	15
Bocconi University	14
Imperial College London	12

Total funding in SaaS companies founded by alumni from top colleges in DACH

In the last 10 years, Technical University of Munich graduates' SaaS companies in DACH have raised the most funding among top colleges. London School of Economics and Political Science alumni are second, and INSEAD alumni are third.

College	Total Funding
Technical University of Munich	$872M
London School of Economics and Political Science	$621M
INSEAD	$262M
University of Oxford	$255M
Stanford University	$206M
IIT Madras	$192M
Carnegie Mellon University	$169M
University of Cambridge	$144M
Columbia University	$138M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	$129M