Zive, a Hamburg-based enterprise AI platform, has raised €2.8 million in a growth capital round led by Headline, a European and US venture capital firm. The funding will help to accelerate the growth, enhance the product offerings, and maintain the leadership in AI-driven enterprise solutions.
The firm from Germany aims to address the challenge of unstructured company knowledge, which accounts for 80% of workplace information. Employees often waste time searching through scattered data across various business apps. Traditional tools rely on keyword search, while large language models have introduced safety and compliance risks. Zive solves this by providing employees with secure access to company knowledge through an AI-driven platform that integrates seamlessly across web, mobile, and desktop.
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Innovative AI Modules
Founded by Jan Marius Marquardt and Piers Wermbter, the company offers several key modules:
- Zive Search: A unified, hyper-personalized search tool, described as “Google for business.”
- Zive AI Assistant: A secure AI assistant that leverages a company’s full knowledge base.
- Zive Hub: A structured platform where employees can explore company knowledge based on their access levels.
Compliant and Secure Operations
The german startup operates within the EU to comply with GDPR and the upcoming AI Act regulations, ensuring no customer data is accessible to third-party large language models (LLMs) like OpenAI or Mistral AI. This guarantees a secure and reliable AI-driven solution for enterprises.
Investor Support for Innovation
Headline, the lead investor, highlighted the firm’s ability to address long-standing issues in enterprise knowledge management while allowing companies to leverage AI safely. Jonathan Becker, General Partner at Headline, praised the Zive team for quickly building a real, functioning product that aligns with Europe’s high standards for data privacy and AI use.
