Source: News Desk/Global Village Space
Deeploi, a German startup that is developing an IT-as-a-Service platform, has announced that it has raised €3 million in seed funding. The round was led by Berlin-based Cherry Ventures, with participation from a group of angels that includes the founders of Taktile, Moss, Vay and sennder.
The company was founded by Julian Luebke and Philipp Hoffmann. Luebke previously worked at Rocket Internet and later joined real estate startup McMakler as its first employee, focusing on operations. Hoffmann founded an IT company ten years ago, which started out as a traditional IT service provider and then moved toward becoming a managed service provider with a focus on Apple’s platforms. For that, Hoffmann also created the company’s own mobile device management system (MDM).
Deeploi describes itself as an all-in-one IT platform that combines standard IT functions and the company’s premium support with IT agents to answer support calls. The team will cover everything from onboarding, support, endpoint management, network management and offboarding. For its security offering, Deeploi will partner with a cybersecurity company.
The founders note that Deeploi can pull in data from existing systems (say HR) and then integrate this into its platform, allowing businesses to automate a lot of functions. When a new employee gets onboarded in an HR system, for example, the company can then automatically send out a new Macbook to them and set up access to certain SaaS tools.
Luebke noted that modern, cloud-native companies with modern tech stacks are Deeploi’s ideal customers, including brand agencies, marketing firms and D2C companies. For the time being, the company plans to focus on the Western European market, where it is now starting to test its service with a select number of users. The plan is to launch the platform to a wider audience in June. “Once we have established market dominance in Western Europe and have really built out our product then we don’t really see any limiting factors of going to the US,” said Luebke.
The main difference between Deeploi and other business models is that it offers companies IT as a service. This means that companies don’t have to build up an IT department by themselves. Deeploi can take over completely or boost existing setups if they already have an IT department. Companies can use Deeploi’s platform and premium support, and Deeploi can take over easy, repetitive, redundant tasks for them.
Deeploi’s founders believe that their platform will be particularly attractive to modern, cloud-native companies with modern tech stacks. These include brand agencies, marketing firms and D2C companies. The company plans to focus on the Western European market for now, where it is testing its service with a select number of users. Its plan is to launch the platform to a wider audience in June.
Deeploi’s platform is designed to help businesses automate many of their functions by pulling in data from existing systems and integrating it into the platform. For example, when a new employee gets onboarded in an HR system, the company can automatically send out a new Macbook to them and set up access to certain SaaS tools.
Deeploi’s founders are confident that once they have established market dominance in Western Europe and built out their product, there will be no limiting factors preventing them from expanding into the US market.
Source: News Desk/Global Village Space
