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Apaleo

API-driven hospitality platform

Apaleo logo
21-100 employees
  • Hospitality
  • B2B
  • Travel
  • Marketplace
  • Analytics
  • SaaS
  • eCommerce
Maxvorstadt, Munich, Germany

Company mission

To give every hospitality business the freedom to create their own vision.

Our take

Apaleo is a cloud-based open management platform that helps businesses in the hospitality industry cater to their guests - enhancing their experience and optimising staff efficiency, as well as maximising revenue.

A huge hurdle for hotels is the lack of seamlessly integrated applications, due to mission data standardisation and limited integration capabilities. Apaleo aims to change this, through its open platform and API-first approach which makes implementation easy for its clients.

The company has been received well by the industry, in part showcased by its collaboration with hotel review and recommendation platform Hotelhero in 2021, as well as the substantial funding it has received. The latest investment is cited to support product development plans and help consolidate Apaleo's market-leading position in Germany, while also accelerating its expansion throughout other countries across Europe.

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Benefits

  • 30 vacation days: You'll get 1,5 months to recharge your batteries every year.
  • Work from anywhere: Office or home, you can choose it every day depending on your mood.
  • Flexible hours: No need to clock in or clock out, you choose the best time for you to get grinding and your schedule is 100% flexible.
  • Transparent pay grades: With constant peer-to-peer feedback and ranking reviews, you won't be kept in the dark about how you and your colleagues are doing.
  • Team events: Company get-togethers, spontaneous nights out in Munich, and offline initiatives, you'll have a lot of fun with us.

Company values

  • Ambition: We strive to be smarter and more successful. As problem solvers, we’re motivated to continuously improve ourselves and our teams. Driving the future requires us to stay humble and know that there’s always more to learn
  • Community: Apaleo is built on the premise that people working together can create something bigger than the sum of its parts. Diverse thought, communication, and collaboration are the keys to our future
  • Freedom: Great ideas can come from anyone, so everyone needs the autonomy to test their hunches. We encourage bold thinking and respect acts of leadership. We trust each other and expect each other to act like owners
  • Agility: Change is the only constant in life, so we stay open to new ideas and new ways of working. We move quickly, fail fast, and pride ourselves on our ability to change course with changing times
  • Impact: Our march into the future is happening one step at a time. While every step will not be perfect, we strive to make every step solid. We favor progress over perfection and action over ideas

Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)

Nov 2024

$21.1m

SERIES B

Mar 2023

$4.8m

SERIES A

Total funding: $30.6m

Leadership

Martin Reichenbach

(Co-CEO & Co-Founder)

Worked as a management consultant in marketing and pricing, starting their career at Simon-Kicher & Partners before moving on to THE VENTURE.

Ulrich Pillau

(Co-CEO & Co-Founder)

Previously a managing director at Hetras GmbH. Also has professional experience as the Vice President of Major Accounts for Fidelio and Micro Fidelio.

Vasily Geyer

(CTO & Co-Founder)

Over 10 years of experience in the IT industry, with a work history including software development for both ETNA Software and Hetras GmbH.

Stephan Wiesener

(Co-Founder)

Also a mentor at Founders Institute, coaching product, and tech startup teams.