Munich startup Pactos has completed a pre-seed financing round of €2.7 million. The round is led by High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), and is also joined by personalities from industry and the startup scene. Pactos develops an AI-powered platform that helps companies manage external workers.
Digitizing a billion-euro market
The European market for contingent workforce has a volume of more than €230 billion. Yet the organization of external employees is often still based on spreadsheets and emails. This analog system costs time and involves legal risks. Pactos wants to close this gap and thereby offer clear added value.
The software automates contract reviews, controls deployments in real-time, and documents all relevant data in a legally compliant manner. Procurement, HR, legal, and finance receive analyses and concrete recommendations for action. Furthermore, the solution can be integrated into existing IT systems such as Zvoove. According to its own information, Pactos already manages several thousand external workers and is certified according to recognized standards and fully GDPR-compliant.
Björn Sykora, principal at HTGF, explains:
“Managing external workers is a major challenge for companies: complex, time-consuming, and full of compliance risks. Pactos digitalizes the entire process. This gives it the potential to become the leading system in a billion-euro market.”
Support from industry and startup scene
In addition to HTGF, other players in the startup scene are also investing. These include Sebastian Dettmers, CEO of Stepstone, Jens Bender, initiator of the HR Angels Club, and Alexander Schwörer, owner of the Peri Group. Representatives from the tech and startup scene are also expanding the investor consortium. Among them are Robin Haak, managing partner at Robin Capital, and Franzi Majer, founding partner of Superangels:
“We are excited to support Pactos on their journey. The AI-powered operating system brings transparency, control, and efficiency to an often neglected area for the first time. It also has the potential to define a new category in the B2B SaaS space.”
With the capital, the Munich startup plans to further develop its AI functionalities. It also plans to expand its developer team in the DACH region and accelerate B2B growth. Antonio Zill, co-founder and managing director of Pactos, explains:
“We want to build a true European powerhouse for managing contingent workers. This enables companies to respond quickly and efficiently to the need for external resources. Thanks to the funding, we can refine our software in a targeted manner. In this way, we better deliver on our performance promise: to make the deployment of external resources as simple and efficient as possible.”
Pactos was founded in 2023 by Antonio Zill and Philipp Eckert. The startup is active throughout the DACH region. With its platform, it aims to replace previously analog structures in contingent workforce management with a digital and legally compliant solution.
