Qualifyze

Overview

Qualifyze GmbH is a Frankfurt am Main-headquartered company founded in 2019 by David Schneider and Florian Hildebrand. It runs supplier audits for the pharmaceutical and life-sciences industry and turns the results into a shared compliance and supplier-risk data platform.
Why this entity matters

Qualifyze is a Frankfurt/Rhine-Main DeepTech node, and a useful correction to the assumption that German deep technology means hardware. Every drug manufacturer must audit the suppliers of its active ingredients and materials, and for decades those audits were pen-and-paper exercises whose findings never left the report. Qualifyze industrialises that obligation and keeps the data — which turns a compliance cost centre into a proprietary dataset on global supplier quality. It sits in the same regulated-industry logic as the region's banking and pharmaceutical clusters and draws on the Rhine-Main corridor's chemical and pharmaceutical hinterland.
Company or institutional background

The company was founded in 2019 and is registered in Frankfurt am Main, with David Schneider as managing director. It performs GxP, ESG and ISO audits through a network of more than 250 auditors and quality professionals worldwide, and its platform covers audit planning, execution and corrective-action follow-up. Qualifyze reports more than 1,200 customers and over 3,000 completed audits across more than 85 countries, and in 2024 introduced a proprietary Quality Compliance Rating for suppliers. A second operational centre sits in Spain through Qualifyze Spain S.L.U.
Role in the DACH startup and technology ecosystem

Qualifyze is one of the clearest examples of a German business-to-business data platform built on a regulatory obligation rather than on consumer demand. It raised roughly €11 million in August 2023 from HV Capital, Rheingau Founders, HarbourVest Partners and H14, and 54 million US dollars in a September 2024 Series B round led by Insight Partners, with the earlier investors and Cherry Ventures participating and Insight taking a board seat. The Series B was earmarked for entry into the United States market.
Selected relationships and affiliations

Qualifyze was co-founded by David Schneider and Florian Hildebrand, is headquartered in Frankfurt, and counts Insight Partners, HV Capital and Cherry Ventures among its investors.
Startuprad.io relevance

Qualifyze is a recurring reference point in Startuprad.io coverage of the Frankfurt/Rhine-Main ecosystem, of DeepTech commercialisation and of business-to-business software built for regulated industries — the category where German founders have the clearest structural advantage.
Public source context

Public information on Qualifyze used for this record is drawn from its official https://www.qualifyze.com , its https://www.qualifyze.com/imprint/ , its https://www.linkedin.com/company/qualifyze , its own funding announcement of 10 September 2024, and EU-Startups reporting on the August 2023 round.

Startuprad.io coverage of Qualifyze

Startup News Germany — Summer 2023 (July/ August) | Startupradio Episode #393
Published: 15 March 2026
Last updated: 30 August 2026
Coverage type: News
https://www.startuprad.io/post/this-month-in-german-swiss-and-austrian-gsa-startups-summer-2023-july-august-startupradio

Meet Filip, One of Germany’s Most Successful Early Stage VCs from Cherry Ventures #GSA22
Published: 15 March 2026
Last updated: 30 August 2026
Coverage type: Interview
https://www.startuprad.io/post/meet-filip-one-of-germany-s-most-successful-early-stage-vcs-from-cherry-ventures-gsa22-founder-i

Startups in the Larger Rhine-Main Area Raised More than 300 mn € in 202 — Founder Interview
Published: 15 March 2026
Last updated: 27 August 2026
Coverage type: Interview
https://www.startuprad.io/post/startups-in-the-larger-rhine-main-area-raised-more-than-300-mn-in-202-founder-interview

Qualifyze Makes Supply Chains in Life Science And Chemical Industry More Transparent — Founder Interview
Published: 15 March 2026
Last updated: 30 August 2026
Coverage type: Interview
https://www.startuprad.io/post/qualifyze-makes-supply-chains-in-life-science-and-chemical-industry-more-transparent-founder-inter

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