Kyrok raises €3.1M pre-seed to bring AI to pharma and chemical supply chains

What's the deal? Berlin-based startup KyrokDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → has raised €3.1 million in a pre-seed round led by Speedinvest.

It is building an AI operating system for supply chain management, tailored to Europe's pharmaceutical and chemical SMEs and powered by industry-specific AI agents.

Founded in 2025 by Daniel Hofinger and Lukas Bierfreund, Kyrok wants to help smaller manufacturers modernise workflows and preserve operational knowledge.

Other backers include Arve CapitalDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, former SAP chief product officer Marcell Vollmer, BCG partner André Heeg, TWAICE chief executive officer Stephan Rohr, the founders of LangdockDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, and Rodrigo Martinez via HelloWorldDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →.

Why now? Much of Europe's pharma and chemical manufacturing still runs on legacy systems, spreadsheets, and knowledge held by employees nearing retirement.

Both sectors face supply chain disruptions, international competition, and workforce shifts, creating urgency for SMEs to modernise and capture critical expertise.

"We visit production sites where order lists are printed out in the morning, carried into the next room and typed back into another system," said Hofinger.

Kyrok's platform sits on top of existing ERP systems, avoiding costly migrations. Teams work through a single interface where AI agents guide workflows and learn from user interactions over time.

Its first module targets customer service and order intake. Future modules will cover production planning, material planning, and procurement.

What could go wrong? Adoption is the open question. Convincing tradition-bound SMEs to trust AI agents with core operations is a steep climb.

Several pharma and chemical SMEs are already running pilots. Kyrok says the system captures more than 80% of complex orders without errors.

The signal: The pre-seed round leans heavily on operator credibility, pulling in a former SAP chief product officer, a BCG partner, and the TWAICE chief executive officer alongside lead investor Speedinvest. For an early-stage company founded only in 2025, that concentration of enterprise software and industrial expertise signals a bet that domain knowledge, not just AI capability, will decide who wins in vertical supply chain software.

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