Venta AI raises $2M to build Germany’s first AI sales employees

The Munich-based startup Venta AI has successfully closed a $2M pre-seed round to transform the European sales industry.

Venta AI introduces a powerful sales platform designed to streamline and accelerate customer outreach. Tailored specifically for the German market, the platform brings together high-quality data, advanced AI models, and integrated access to marketing channels, including postal mail. This unified approach enables sales teams to identify high-potential accounts and engage them with personalised outreach in just minutes.

Lucas Spreiter, Co-Founder & CEO of Venta AI, explained:

You wouldn’t hire an English-speaking salesperson to sell to German customers - and the same principle applies to AI. While working in the U.S. during Y Combinator, we saw how fast the sales automation market is progressing. But the existing tools weren’t built for the German language or compliant with local regulations.

That’s why we decided to build the first AI sales employee specifically built with German language data and focused on compliance. We’re proud to have the backing of renowned investors who share our vision of localised AI employees.

Venta AI's digital workers help companies identify their market potential by finding new customers based on individual criteria. Then, they contact leads through compliant channels, increasing meeting bookings by 30 per cent.

Venta AI puts a strong focus on compliance. The product is hosted entirely in European data centres and uses only GDPR-compliant data providers. This ensures it meets local and European ePrivacy laws.

Established companies, like UnternehmerTUM or ARNO Group, already use Venta AI to automate their cold outreach campaigns. Venta AI is especially useful for trade fairs and new business activities. It handles everything from research to outreach, saving hundreds of hours of preparation. This helps teams book meetings more easily and reliably.

The round was led by Gradient with participation from Y Combinator, Orange Collective and Gaingels. A renowned business angels, Gleb Tritus, Julian Borg, Göran Göring and Freddy Martin, also participated.

Eylul Kayin, Partner at Gradient, commented:

Venta AI is tackling one of the most overlooked gaps in AI adoption: regional specificity. They’re building a truly localized sales platform by not just translating workflows, but aligning with regional buyer behavior, data standards, and compliance frameworks. That kind of contextual intelligence will separate winners from noise in the next wave of sales automation. We’re excited to back Lucas, Stefan, and the Venta AI team as they build AI employees that actually work for Europe.

The Venta AI team will use the fresh funding to expand the capabilities of its AI employees to automate repetitive tasks along the entire customer buying journey and subsequently maximise the time for face-to-face interactions.

In the future, Venta AI’s employees will not only be able to run outreach campaigns, but also handle incoming requests, follow up on leads or analyse the CRM to find the next best customer.

Lead image: Venta AI co-founders | Photo: Uncredited