Live from ARRtist Summit 2025 with Florian Heinemann, Werner Rickinger of Warburg Pincus, and Johan von Mil of PEAK Capital.

In this episode of ARRtist On Air, host Matthias Ernst sits down with Martin Harder, co-founder of Sequa to discuss how their AI-native startup is redefining developer productivity by deeply understanding complex codebases. Martin shares insights into their founding journey—from a high-growth Web3 marketplace with 50+ hires to launching Sequa with a focus on code documentation and AI context engines. Martin explains how Sequa enables AI agents and developers to operate more effectively by delivering contextual knowledge of interconnected code structures. The conversation touches on product evolution, GTM lessons, and why AI-native thinking changes everything—from team structure to funding dynamics. They also explore how founders should approach AI adoption in existing SaaS companies, emphasizing hands-on experimentation and human-centric enablement as key to transformation.

Chaos is a world leader in design and visualization technology. It develops technology for architecture, engineering, construction, product design, manufacturing, and media and entertainment. With their research and development, they are revolutionizing the creative process with their integrated end-to-end ecosystem. By streamlining and accelerating workflows, they empower their customers to enhance creativity and drive innovation.

Qwist is a regulated financial institution pioneering the future of Open Finance by connecting third-party providers with bank account data. With over a decade of experience, Qwist enables access to 99% of customer bank accounts and supports businesses—even those without a financial license—with secure data services. Their platform powers over €374 million in annual loans, helping finance 6,400+ high-value purchases per quarter, making it a key partner for online retailers and marketplaces. With 120 employees, Qwist serves 100+ clients across the DACH region, Spain, and Portugal, including top banks, insurers, and automotive platforms.

Bereit für den ARRtist Summit 2025? In dieser kompakten Folge bekommst du von Matthias Ernst und Jannis Bandorski die wichtigsten Insider-Tipps: Welche Speaker du nicht verpassen darfst, wie du dich als Founder ideal vorbereitest, wo echtes Networking stattfindet – und wie AI aktuell in B2B-SaaS-Lösungen integriert wird.

Omnisend is an ecommerce-tailored email & SMS marketing automation platform built to help nimble teams drive more revenue without increasing their workload. One-click ecommerce stack integrations, pre-built workflows, and intuitive drag & drop editing make it easy to get up & running without diving into the smallest details, unless you want to.

Hauke berichtet, wie er mit sieben Mitgründern aus einem kleinen Team heraus ein Softwareunternehmen bootstrappte, das schließlich an Aptean verkauft wurde. Er teilt wertvolle Learnings über vertikales SaaS, den Aufbau einer kundenorientierten Lösung auf Microsoft Business Central, die Bedeutung von John Deere als strategischem Partner sowie die Herausforderungen von Change-Management in traditionellen Branchen. Hauke gibt tiefe Einblicke in Bootstrapping-Strategien, Pricing-Logiken, den Übergang zur Cloud und den sorgfältig abgewogenen Exit-Zeitpunkt.

GAIA provides fast-growing startups as well as small and mid-sized companies with a platform to automate their legal work with the power of AI Imprint: https://gaia.law/imprint Privacy Policy: https://gaia.law/privacy Website https://www.gaia.law

Shop Circle is a London-based B2B SaaS platform that powers over 100,000 enterprises globally through a portfolio of 30+ software tools, focusing on both business applications and infrastructure.

Pliant is a European fintech specializing in B2B payment solutions. Our modular, API-first platform helps businesses streamline spending, improve cash flow, and integrate payments into their financial workflows. Designed for industries with complex payment needs, such as travel and fleet, Pliant enables greater efficiency, control, and profitability.

Personio's Intelligent HR Platform helps small and medium-sized organizations unlock the power of people by making complicated, time-consuming tasks simple and efficient. Cello is the only all-in-one referral platform that lets you launch a partner & user referral program on autopilot. Industry leaders like Miro, Typeform, and VEED rely on Cello's platform to accelerate their flywheel.

What kind of leadership lets you disappear for six months without things falling apart? In this episode of ARRtist on AIR, Agur Jögi, CTO of Pipedrive, shares his approach to building empowered engineering teams, navigating AI transformation in software engineering organizations, and scaling Pipedrive’s CRM business in a highly competitive market and super-dynamic era of software engineering. We talk about how to guardrail AI agents, how Pipedrive develops and retains top engineering talent, how they structure their teams for experimentation and performance, and what it takes to build software that feels personal to 100,000+ customers.

SIDES has developed an innovative, cloud-based software package that is precisely tailored to the requirements of gastronomic delivery services. Due to its modular software architecture, it is flexibly adapted to the needs of the respective company.

In dieser Folge von ARRtist on Air spricht Host Matthias Ernst mit Constantin Wehmschulte, CEO von MPMX, einer Process Intelligence Software, die als Spin-off aus Mehrwerk hervorgegangen ist. Constantin schildert seinen Weg vom Werkstudenten zum CEO und wie er aus einem SAP-nahen Beratungshaus ein internationales B2B-SaaS-Produktunternehmen mit aufgebaut hat.

TradeLink wurde Anfang 2020 von Frederic Krahforst gemeinsam mit Tobias Nendel und Prof. Michael Bücker in München gegründettrans.infotradelink.co. Das Startup bietet eine digitale Kollaborationsplattform für Logistik und Lieferketten, um Abläufe wie z.B. Anlieferungen und Abholungen am Lagerhaus einfacher und effizienter zu koordinierentradelink.co. Ziel ist es, Transparenz entlang der Supply Chain zu schaffen und Ineffizienzen – etwa lange LKW-Wartezeiten oder Leerkilometer – durch bessere Abstimmung zu reduzieren. TradeLink hat in kurzer Zeit über 10.000 Unternehmen auf seiner Plattform versammelttradelink.co und arbeitet mit einem vollständig Remote-First-Team, das mithilfe eines virtuellen Büros (via Gather-App) eine starke Unternehmenskultur aufbauttrans.info. Renommierte Geldgeber aus der Tech- und Logistikbranche – darunter der US-VC Insight Partners sowie Branchenexperten wie sennder-Mitgründer David Nothacker – unterstützen das Unternehmen finanziell und strategischtrans.info.

Fabian erklärt, warum viele KI-Ansätze an der Realität scheitern und wie ein smarter „Human-in-the-Loop“-Ansatz die Brücke zwischen Skalierbarkeit und Zuverlässigkeit schlägt.

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Compliance, Datenschutz und Informationssicherheit sind oft komplex. Warum eigentlich? Alexander Ingelheim, Gründer und CEO von Proliance (u.a. bekannt durch datenschutzexperte.de), erklärt, wie sich SaaS, Beratung und Purpose zu einem skalierbaren Geschäftsmodell vereinen lassen. Im Gespräch mit Jannis Bandorski geht es um Product-Market-Fit, Pricing, Positionierung und die nächste Evolutionsstufe des Marktes und sich ergebende Chancen für Konsolidierung und M&A. Das ist Proliance’s Plan zum europäischen Compliance-Champion aufzusteigen.

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Puzzle Ventures is a €21.5M early-stage venture fund that partners with exceptional European entrepreneurs building transformational B2B software businesses.