Who is Xentral?

Team, Software & Mission 
Made in Germany 

Xentral builds a cloud-based, AI-native ERP for small and mid-sized commerce businesses in the DACH region. Since 2017, we've worked from our headquarters in Augsburg to automate processes, enable growth, and create digital jobs and customer wins. Today, we're a team of 200+, and more than 2,000 merchants rely on our software every day.
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What makes Xentral different? 

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    Cloud-ERP

    Built for growing commerce businesses that need flexibility without complexity. Scales with your business and easy enough for the whole team to use from day one.
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    Automated workflows

    Repetitive tasks run automatically, so your team stops doing things manually. Fewer errors, less busywork, more time for the work that actually moves the needle.
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    One system

    Orders, warehouse, payments and shipping all live in one central platform. No data silos, no double entry, no jumping between tools to get a complete picture.
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    Quick setup

    Pre-built integrations and an open API mean you're up and running fast. Xentral fits into your existing tech stack without requiring you to start from scratch.
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    Strong community

    Certified partners and an experienced support team are there when you need them. From implementation to day-to-day operations, you've got people in your corner.
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    AI Agents in Your ERP

    Xentral is evolving into a natively AI-powered ERP. Specialized AI agents handle routine tasks in the background, while you stay in control and make the final call.

Our Story 

When Benedikt Sauter and his wife Claudia couldn't find an ERP that fit their microcontroller business (Embedded Project GmbH), they decided to build one themselves. Benedikt developed his own inventory management system on an open-source foundation, designed to be extended flexibly whenever new needs came up. What started as an internal tool quickly caught the attention of their first hardware customers. Benedikt kept adapting the system to new requirements, and before long, demand for the software outpaced demand for the microcontrollers. In 2017, the two decided to wind down the hardware business and focus entirely on the ERP. That decision became Xentral ERP Software GmbH, headquartered in Augsburg — today an internationally growing software company backed by investors including Freigeist Capital, Sequoia Capital, Tiger Global, and Meritech Capital.

  • Benedikt Sauter, Founder & Co-CEO Xentral

    Benedikt Sauter

    Founder & Co-CEO

  • Claudia Sauter, Founder:in Xentral

    Claudia Sauter

    Founder

  • Domenico Cipolla, Co-CEO Xentral

    Domenico Cipolla

    Co-CEO

  • Dr. Moritz Lukas, VP Commercial Xentral

    Dr. Moritz Lukas

    VP Commercial

  • Thomas Wallraff, VP Customer & Partner Success Xentral

    Thomas Wallraff

    VP Customer & Partner Success

  • Günter Pecht, VP Product Xentral

    Günter Pecht

    VP Product

  • Alex Koch, Senior Technical Advisor Xentral

    Alex Koch

    Senior Technical Advisor

Xentral by the numbers 

Founded:

2017 in Augsburg, Germany

Founders:

Benedikt Sauter & Claudia Sauter

Headquarters:

Augsburg, Germany. Additional offices: Berlin, Munich, Lohne, Amsterdam

Employees:

200+ people across 17 locations in Europe, representing 32 nationalities

Customers:

2,000+ merchants in the DACH region with 10–250 employees, across fashion, food, cosmetics, home & garden, pharma, and more

Integrations:

200+ ready-to-use connections to shops, marketplaces, shipping carriers, and accounting

Markets:

Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Netherlands

Investors:

Freigeist Capital, Sequoia Capital, Tiger Global, Meritech Capital

Legal entity:

Xentral ERP Software GmbH

Deployment:

SaaS only, cloud-based

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