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Munich startups expand to the UK: Microagi creates 180 jobs, Proxima Fusion grows. A new tech alliance aims to strengthen cooperation between both countries.

Celonis is bringing its platform to Schwarz Digits’ Stackit cloud. The partnership focuses particularly on public authorities and the defense sector.

Europe boasts cutting-edge research, strong companies, and excellent talent – yet too few global technology leaders are created here. At the Munich Startup Festival, Celonis co-founder Bastian Nominacher, CK Ventures investor Katja Ruhnke, Edurino co-founder Irene Klemm, and entrepreneur Magdalena Oehl discussed why Europe has so far failed to systematically leverage its innovation potential and what role Munich can play in the process.

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: We show you which startups have cracked the billion-dollar valuation. Click through our unicorn gallery and discover the city’s most exciting scaleups through to true scene icons. (As of October 22, 2026)

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.