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Celonis acquires Ikigai Labs and expands its partnership with Coupa. The Munich-based software decacorn is thus expanding its platform with forecasting, AI-driven process control, and decision intelligence.

Munich remains a unicorn hotspot: based on a current evaluation of our Munich Startup Insights, we show you which startups have crossed the billion-euro valuation mark. Click through the unicorn gallery and discover the most exciting scaleups in the city right up to true icons of the scene.

What began as a simple idea in a Munich student dorm has revolutionized the world of enterprise processes: Celonis. Three students, a problem at Bavarian Broadcasting, and the start of a multi-billion dollar company. Today, 14 years later, Celonis stands at the center of global AI transformation with its process intelligence platform. At Celosphere 2025, the Munich decacorn shows where the journey is headed: under the motto “Return on AI,” founders, innovators, and industry leaders discuss how artificial intelligence can create real business value – and why process intelligence is the key. First published on: November 6, 2025

ClearOps and Celonis launch a partnership to strengthen machinery manufacturers and their dealer networks with data-driven processes. The goal is to maximize machine operating time and make supply chains more efficient worldwide.

Celonis and MINT, a provider of advertising resource management (ARM) software, are entering into a partnership. The collaboration will enable MINT to embed process intelligence into its own software. The goal is to provide advertisers with data and insights into how marketing and media processes work and how they can be optimized to create added value.

Celonis not only makes it onto this year’s Forbes Cloud 100 list again, the Forbes ranking of the 100 most successful private cloud companies worldwide, but also improves by four places to 13th position compared to the previous year.

Remy Lazarovici, one of Celonis’ first employees and an expert in process mining, is Managing Director DACH of the Munich decacorn. He started in 2012 as Celonis’ first full-time employee and has since shaped the company’s growth in various leadership positions. In this update interview, he reflects on Celonis’ development and explains where the company is headed next.

The Aschheim-based company Symbio has established itself as a leading provider of AI-powered software for business process management (BPM). With this acquisition, Celonis intends to merge this offering with its process mining expertise.

Blickfeld, Kertos, Celonis – several companies from Munich have won the Best of Technology Award 2023. The Wirtschaftswoche award honors companies for their most innovative IT applications and most disruptive digital solutions.

Process mining company Celonis strengthens its leadership team and appoints industry veteran Carsten Thoma as president. Together with co-CEOs Alexander Rinke and Bastian Nominacher, he is to further drive innovation and sustainable growth in his new position.

Munich unicorn Celonis has expanded its headquarters on Theresienstraße by two floors. The resulting Executive Briefing Center is designed to make the software provider’s technology tangible through practical experience and promote knowledge sharing with customers and partners.

On July 19, the Munich Startup Festival takes place at Backstage in Munich. High-caliber speakers, workshops, VC networking, and much more await visitors. For all readers who haven’t yet checked out our own festival website, here’s a little insight into what the festival will have to offer.