# Staffbase (Staffbase)

> Staffbase is an AI-native employee-experience and communications platform that unifies intranet, employee app, email, SMS, digital signage, and Microsoft 365 delivery for office and frontline workforces.

## Facts
- **Website:** https://staffbase.com/
- **Headquarters:** Annaberger Straße 73, 09111 Chemnitz, Germany
- **Country:** Germany
- **Founded:** 2014
- **Founder:** Frank Wolf, Martin Böhringer, Lutz Gerlach
- **Employees:** 501-1000
- **Funding stage:** Series E
- **Total funding:** $307M
- **Service regions:** 190 countries
- **Categories:** Communication & Collaboration, Intranet

## Overview
Staffbase was founded in Chemnitz in 2014 by Frank Wolf, Martin Böhringer, and Lutz Gerlach to make trusted internal communication reach every employee, including frontline and deskless teams. Its current AI-native employee-experience platform connects Communications, HR, and IT through a multichannel source of truth spanning intranet, branded employee apps, email, SMS, digital signage, and Microsoft 365. Staffbase reports 1,500 customers, 14 million users across 190 countries and 75 languages, and a team of more than 750 employees. The company converted to Staffbase SE in 2024 and remains headquartered in Chemnitz, Germany. Official announcements disclose $35 million raised through July 2019, another $12 million in 2020, a $145 million Series D in 2021, and a $115 million Series E in 2022, totaling $307 million of disclosed equity funding; a separate €50 million credit facility was announced in 2024.

## Products
Staffbase AI-native employee experience platform; employee app; intranet; internal email and newsletters; SMS; digital signage; Microsoft 365 integrations; multichannel campaign planning; content studio; personalized communications; frontline communications; analytics; AI Companion; governance and employee journeys.

## Leadership
- Frank Wolf — co-founder ([profile](https://www.dhrmap.com/people/frank-wolf))
- Martin Böhringer — co-founder ([profile](https://www.dhrmap.com/people/martin-bohringer))
- Lutz Gerlach — co-founder ([profile](https://www.dhrmap.com/people/lutz-gerlach))

## Sources
- [Staffbase official about page](https://staffbase.com/about-us) — official
- [Staffbase official careers page](https://staffbase.com/jobs/associate-customer-care-agent-R1161-chemnitz-8374475002/) — official
- [Staffbase legal imprint](https://staffbase.com/de/legal/impressum) — official-legal
- [Staffbase SE conversion announcement](https://staffbase.com/press/releases/staffbase-converts-into-staffbase-se) — official
- [Staffbase 2019 funding announcement](https://staffbase.com/press/releases/staffbase-raises-23m-to-fight-worker-shortage) — official
- [Staffbase 2020 funding announcement](https://staffbase.com/press/releases/staffbase-acquires-employee-survey-company) — official
- [Staffbase Series D announcement](https://staffbase.com/press/releases/series-d-financing-round) — official
- [Staffbase Series E announcement](https://staffbase.com/press/releases/staffbase-raises-115m-at-1-1b-valuation) — official
- [Staffbase 2024 credit-facility announcement](https://staffbase.com/press/releases/50-million-euro-credit-facility-to-drive-growth) — official
- [Staffbase official about page](https://staffbase.com/about-us) — official

## FAQ
**What does Staffbase do?**

Staffbase is an AI-native employee-experience and communications platform that unifies intranet, employee app, email, SMS, digital signage, and Microsoft 365 delivery for office and frontline workforces.

**Where is Staffbase headquartered?**

Staffbase is headquartered in Annaberger Straße 73, 09111 Chemnitz, Germany.

**When was Staffbase founded?**

Staffbase was founded in 2014.

**Who founded Staffbase?**

Staffbase was founded by Frank Wolf, Martin Böhringer, Lutz Gerlach.

**How many employees does Staffbase have?**

Staffbase has 501-1000 employees.

**How much funding has Staffbase raised?**

Staffbase has raised $307M (Series E) to date, per DHRMap records.

**What kind of HR technology is Staffbase?**

Staffbase is categorized under Communication & Collaboration, Intranet on DHRMap.

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