Mercanis Empowers Procurement Teams to Have a 10x Impact on Their Organisation.

The story behind Mercanis, the AI-native procurement platform, and the people writing it.

Europe's leaders trust Mercanis

Our Story and Recognition

Founded in 2020 by Fabian Heinrich and Moritz Weiermann, Mercanis has rapidly evolved from a bold idea into one of Europe's leading AI-driven procurement platforms. Recognised as a Gartner® Cool Vendor™, Mercanis is trusted by innovative companies such as GASAG, BASF, Goldbeck, Brose and Amer Sports.

Our vision is to empower organisations to move beyond automation, combining human expertise with autonomous intelligence. By turning procurement into a connected, data-driven ecosystem, we enable teams to achieve faster and smarter results across their entire value chain.

Empowering Procurement with Intelligent Automation

At Mercanis, we're transforming how organisations create value through procurement. Our Agentic-AI Procurement Suite connects every step, from sourcing and supplier management to contracts and spend analytics, within one autonomous ecosystem.

Driven by intelligent agents, Mercanis automates repetitive work, uncovers opportunities, and enhances decision-making through real-time insights. The result: up to 40% faster cycles, 2.5× higher efficiency, and measurable savings of up to 12× ROI.

By combining human strategy with autonomous intelligence, Mercanis empowers teams to move beyond administration, enabling procurement that's faster, smarter, and truly strategic.

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Our values

Entrepreneurial spirit drives us.

We embrace the entrepreneurial mindset that fuels innovation and progress. For us, success means creating tangible value every day, building technology that redefines how procurement works and delivers measurable impact for our customers.

We achieve excellence together.

True innovation happens when people collaborate. At Mercanis, we celebrate teamwork, curiosity, and shared victories, knowing that our collective strength pushes boundaries and turns ambition into results.

Customer success is our foundation.

Our customers are long-term partners, not transactions. We listen, learn, and take full ownership of outcomes, transforming challenges into opportunities and enabling organisations to achieve smarter, faster, and more strategic results.

Sustainable growth is our promise.

We believe progress should be lasting. That's why we pursue innovation responsibly, focusing on learning, improvement, and technology that creates sustainable impact for our customers, our team, and our industry.

Meet our founders

Driven by a shared vision to redefine procurement through intelligent technology, our founders combined their expertise in operations, finance, and digital transformation to build Mercanis.

Today, they lead the company with a clear mission, to innovate continuously, enhance efficiency, and empower organisations to achieve faster, smarter, and more sustainable procurement outcomes.

Fabian Heinrich, CEO & Co-Founder

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Moritz Weiermann, COO & Co-Founder

Meet our Investors

Backed by leading venture capital firms and strategic investors who share our vision for the future of procurement technology.

Guidance

Meet our strategic advisors

At Mercanis, we're guided by a board of strategic advisors who bring decades of experience in technology, procurement, and business transformation. United by a shared vision for the future of AI-driven procurement.

Dr. Marcell Vollmer

CEO Prospitalia Group, Former COO Ariba & CPO SAP

Dr. Ulrich Piepel

Senior Advisor Ariba & BCG, Former CPO RWE

Companies close deals faster with Mercanis

Oventrop

“With Mercanis, we can automate and optimise many processes in sourcing and supplier management. This saves us process costs, allows us to obtain four times as many quotes, and gives us more time for important strategic tasks.”

Marcel Schröder, Head of Strategic Purchasing at Oventrop

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Amer Sports

“The simplicity of Mercanis has enabled us to integrate our stakeholders into the tendering process by allowing them to use the platform as a self-service solution for smaller tendering projects.”

Sven Novak, Head of Indirect Procurement at Amer Sports

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Schill+Seilacher

“We are very satisfied. For us, as central procurement, it was essential to have a central tool that supports all stakeholders, including controlling and the commercial end result.”

Marius Falk, Head of Procurement at Schill+Seilacher “Struktol”

GASAG

“Thanks to Mercanis, we have significantly fewer manual tasks and greater transparency across our supplier base. This saves us time and our team can focus more on strategic tasks.”

Uwe Krepelin, Head of Procurement at GASAG