Founded by Hanno Renner, Roman Schumacher, Arseniy Vershinin and Ignaz Forstmeier in Munich, Personio digitizises the entire employee lifecycle from recruitment and onboarding to people development and payroll. Aimed at European SMEs, 5000 customers spanning 80 countries rely on the all-in-one platform for their major HR functions. Personio is now focusing on People Workflow Automation: connecting with other tools to further streamline HR processes, freeing up HR teams to focus on their people and strategy. Early investors include Greenoaks Capital Partners, Altimeter Capital, Alkeon, Index Ventures, Accel, Meritech, Lightspeed, Northzone and Global Founders Capital.