Let's end manual ERP work.

Let’s end manual ERP work.

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OUR MISSION

The physical economy still runs on software like this.

Millions of people spend their days working manually inside ERP systems - invaluable systems of record, but often not very user-friendly tools to actually work in.

Our north star is simple: No human should ever have to work manually in an ERP system again, so experts can get back to what they actually got hired for.

We start with quoting for industrial suppliers. A large quote can take a skilled salesperson a full day. Mercura turns that into minutes.

COMPANY VALUES

If you also believe in these principles, you belong here.

The work is the point

We work intensely because we want to build something meaningful with our time. Our worst nightmare would be to spend our best years on a nice-to-have tool that no one actually needs.

We love “boring” industries

We go where real work and real money are hidden, because we believe that's where you build a category-defining company, instead of a nice-to-have.

Growing by building

We are convinced: there is no way to grow as fast as you will when you build a company from scratch. We give you the responsibility, autonomy, and trust for this.

Ownership > comfort

You get real responsibility for a real area here, not a small cog in a big apparatus. No one will ever stand between you and your problem.

Down to earth

We want to build the biggest European company of our generation. But that does not mean we leave our roots. We hate arrogance and don't tolerate egos, decadence, or waste of resources.

We want to build the biggest European company of our generation. But that does not mean we leave our roots. We hate arrogance and don't tolerate egos, decadence, or waste.

We believe in presence

We think extraordinary things happen when extraordinary people work closely together on hard problems. That's why we work fully in person and with high intensity.

Substance > status

We don't care who proposes an idea. Junior people push back on founders here, and founders change their minds when the argument is better. Seniority gives you earned trust, but never the final word.

THE TEAM

We all came here to build a company that actually matters.

Lars Leinen

Business Development

Prev. Business Development at Tacto

“I joined Mercura because the problem is painfully real: industrial teams deserve tools that make their work faster, clearer, and more human.”

Julia Kessler

Customer Success

Prev. Customer Success Manager at Personio

“Mercura is the rare place where you can sit close to customers, understand their real workflows, and immediately turn that into better product.”

Kolya Krafeld

Engineering

Former Full-stack developer at Etleap (YC W13) & SAP

“I joined for the technical depth: messy industrial data, high-stakes workflows, and a team that wants to solve the hard parts properly.”

Gabriel Hauss

Engineering

Physicist & Software Engineer, University of Oxford

“Mercura has the ingredients I was looking for: ambitious engineering, a huge overlooked market, and the freedom to build with ownership.”

Admir Zatega

Engineering

Bronze Medallist at International Olympiad in Informatics

“I joined because Mercura combines speed with substance. We are building something technically serious for customers who truly need it.”

Nico Bergmann

Product

Prev. Product Manager at Celonis

“I joined because the workflow problem is so clearly broken, and we get to redesign it from scratch with real customers.”

Sophie Wagner

Operations

Prev. Operations Lead at Forto

“Mercura moves faster than anywhere I've worked, but every decision still stays close to what customers actually need.”

Elena Brandt

Engineering

Prev. Machine Learning Engineer at DeepL

“The data here is messy and industrial, which is exactly the kind of hard problem I want to spend my time on.”

OUR STORY

From the industry, for the industry

My family has been active in the plumbing and electrical trades for over 115 years. As the youngest in a fourth-generation trades business, I grew up bending pipes on construction sites. I experienced first-hand how slow and manual quoting in our industry is.

As an engineer at Google, I used data and AI to solve tough problems. This is when I teamed up with my co-founders Stefan and Sean to set out on a deeply personal mission: bring cutting-edge AI from Silicon Valley to the backbone of our economy. For the companies that keep our world running. For hard-working people like my family.

Co-founder & CEO

What this means for you

/01

Grow at the frontier of applied AI

Grow at the frontier of AI

Grow on hard problems that only recently became solvable.

/02

Have real ownership

Your work will directly shape the company we become.

/03

Learn at crazy speed

Take on challenges far beyond most roles.

WHY NOW

$2M ARR

in under two years

60+ customers

60 clients

across industrial commerce

across DACH &

Backed by YC

YC W25

Batch W25

Backed by Y Combinator

LIFE AT MERCURA

Great work should also be a great time.

We spend a lot of time building together. We also make time to enjoy it, whether at our upcoming San Francisco offsite, weekly Lunch & Crunch sessions, or BBQ evenings.

Join us & build something legendary.

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