Kyrok
Category: AI Agents
Kyrok develops an AI operating system for supply chain management in European pharmaceutical and chemical SMEs, layering industry-specific AI agents over existing ERP systems. Kyrok was founded in 2025. The company is led by Daniel Hofinger. Based in Berlin, Germany. Team size: 11-50. Total funding raised: $3.4M. Latest round: Pre-Seed. Key investors include Speedinvest (lead), Arve Capital (Sanner family office), Dr. Marcell Vollmer (ex-SAP CPO), Dr. André Heeg (BCG Partner), Dr. Stephan Rohr (CEO TWAICE), Langdock founders (Jonas Beisswenger, Tobias Kemkes, Lennard Schmidt), Rodrigo Martinez (HelloWorld).
- Founded
- 2025
- Headquarters
- Berlin, Germany
- Team size
- 11-50
- Total funding
- $3.4M
Value proposition
AI operating system that layers over existing ERP systems (no migration needed) to automate supply chain workflows for pharma and chemical SMEs, capturing institutional knowledge from an aging workforce while keeping humans in control of decisions.
Products and solutions
AI Operating System for Pharma & Chemical Supply Chains — an application layer over existing ERP systems (SAP S/4HANA, SAP R/3, Microsoft D365, Infor, Applus). Modules: (1) Customer Service / Order Intake (live pilot) — AI agents handle order entry, email sorting, ERP transaction creation, master data enrichment, (2) Production Planning (coming soon), (3) Material Planning (coming soon), (4) Procurement (coming soon). Human-in-the-loop design: AI assists, people decide.
Unique value
Industry-specific AI agents purpose-built for pharma and chemical supply chains that plug into existing ERP without rip-and-replace, capturing retiring workforce expertise while reducing routine task time by 80%+ and error rates significantly.
Target customer
Mid-sized pharmaceutical and chemical companies in Europe (SMEs with 50-500 employees), particularly those running legacy ERP systems (SAP R/3, etc.) facing workforce retirement and supply chain complexity.
Industries served
Pharmaceutical, Chemical
Technology advantage
Industry-specific AI agents trained on pharma/chemical supply chain workflows; plug-and-play integration with any ERP via API; handles messy/imperfect master data; processes plain-text and handwritten orders; ISO 27001 & 42001 certification in progress; GMP and GAMP 5 compliant; hosted on European infrastructure (Frankfurt am Main) in Azure/AWS.
How they differentiate
Deeply vertical-specific AI agents for pharma/chemical supply chains (not horizontal); no-rip-and-replace ERP overlay (works with existing SAP, D365, Infor); human-in-the-loop design (AI assists, people decide); captures retiring workforce knowledge into the system; GDPR-compliant on European infrastructure (Frankfurt); built by founders with 200+ operator interviews and deep industry domain expertise.
Main competitors
o9 Solutions (horizontal AI supply chain planning), Blue Yonder (AI-driven supply chain management), Kinaxis (supply chain planning & analytics). Kyrok differentiates by focusing exclusively on pharma/chemical SMEs with a no-migration ERP overlay approach.
Key partnerships
Integrated with SAP S/4HANA, SAP R/3, Microsoft D365, Infor, Applus, hosted on Microsoft Azure and AWS (German data centers), ISO 27001 & 42001 certification in progress
Notable customers
AnalytiChem (international chemicals company, Duisburg), Konapharma (Swiss pharmaceutical SME)
Major milestones
Founded 2025 by Daniel Hofinger and Lukas Bierfreund, 200+ operator interviews conducted before writing code, Pilot launched with multiple pharma/chemical SMEs achieving 80%+ complex order capture rate and significant time savings, €3.1M pre-seed raised June 2026 led by Speedinvest
Growth metrics
Pilot customers: AnalytiChem (85% of orders go into SAP with no edits needed); Konapharma (order processing time reduced from hours to minutes); 80%+ complex order capture rate without errors
Market positioning
Early-stage niche player targeting the underserved European pharma and chemical SME segment (31,000 chemical companies + 950,000 pharma jobs in Europe). Competes against horizontal giants (SAP, Oracle, Blue Yonder, o9, Kinaxis) by offering deep vertical specialization, no-migration deployment, and human-in-the-loop AI agents.
Geographic focus
Europe (primarily Germany, DACH region, expanding across EU)
About Daniel Hofinger
Co-Founder & Strategy/Sales at inga. (staffing & recruitment automation, served 1,200+ SMEs); Co-Founder at Magni & Tude; Visiting Venture Capital Analyst at Cherry Ventures; B.Sc. Business Informatics, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management; WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management. Previous software ventures generated eight-figure revenues.
Official website: https://www.kyrok.com