Kyrok, a Berlin-based industrial AI startup developing an operating system for pharmaceutical and chemical supply chains, has raised €3.1 million in pre-seed funding. The round was led by Speedinvest, with participation from Arve Capital and several industry and technology investors. The funding will support product development, new AI modules, and team expansion.
Modernizing Industrial Supply Chains
Kyrok is building an AI-powered operating system that sits on top of existing ERP platforms without requiring system replacement. The platform provides a modern interface where AI agents assist supply chain teams with workflows, capture operational knowledge, and automate routine processes while remaining compliant with European data regulations.
“We visit production sites where order lists are printed out in the morning, carried into the next room and typed back into another system. The people doing this work are extraordinary, holding disjointed systems together by hand. They deserve tools from this century,” says Daniel Hofinger, CEO and Co-founder of Kyrok. “Our goal is to make a concrete contribution to a competitive European SME sector.”
Early Pilot Results
The first module focuses on customer service and order management, with future expansion into production planning, procurement, and material planning. Pilot projects with pharmaceutical and chemical companies have shown that the platform processes more than 80% of complex orders without errors while reducing manual work and improving efficiency.
“Kyrok takes a huge amount of work off our shoulders. We get back the time we need for the things that genuinely matter to our customers. What convinced me is that the system makes suggestions, but the final call stays with the employee who carries the responsibility,” says Christoph Staub, CEO at Konapharma.
Supporting Europe's Industrial SMEs
The founders developed the platform after conducting more than 200 interviews with pharmaceutical and chemical manufacturers to understand operational challenges. The company aims to help European SMEs modernize supply chain management while preserving existing ERP investments.
“Daniel and Lukas have already shown that they can make industrial companies more competitive through technology. With Kyrok, they are modernising an entire sector without taking it offline to do it. That is exactly the kind of leverage Europe needs to keep its SMEs competitive and its pharma and chemical supply chains resilient,” says Florian Obst, Partner at Speedinvest.