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Kertos co-financed by the European Union

Kertos received 2.2 million euros in funding from the European Union in 2024 as part of the EUPROFIT project! These funds support our mission to automate manual and often costly compliance with data protection regulations through innovative AI solutions.

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Dr. Kilian Schmidt
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3.7.2024
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10.7.2025
Kertos co-financed by the European Union

We are pleased to announce that in 2024, Kertos received €2.2 million in funding from the European Union as part of the EUProFIT project! This funding supports our mission to automate the manual and often costly compliance with data protection regulations through innovative AI solutions.

EUProFIT: A Gamechanger for Data Protection Compliance

The EUProFIT project was launched to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) simplify GDPR compliance. Our solutions minimize the need for expensive external legal advice and make compliance processes more efficient.

Our Innovations Under EUProFIT

To make data protection compliance simpler, faster, and more cost-effective, we are developing the following technologies as part of the project:

  • Knowledge Graph: An intelligent tool that maps a company’s data protection policies, partners, and data flows. It provides context-driven, precise answers to GDPR-related questions without requiring businesses to sift through complex legal texts.
  • Chatbot & Autofill: Our AI-powered solution automates the completion of forms and documents by extracting relevant information from the Knowledge Graph. This saves valuable time and ensures all entries are accurate and compliant.
  • Compliance Monitor: This tool continuously monitors a company’s internal processes for GDPR compliance. When new software is introduced or processes change, it automatically audits them, identifies risks, and provides corrective measures.

Why Is This Important?

Manual GDPR compliance is a major challenge for many businesses. High costs, complex regulations, and an ever-growing administrative burden make it difficult, especially for SMEs, to stay on top of requirements. With EUProFIT, we focus on automation, helping businesses not only remain compliant but also gain competitive advantages through more efficient processes.

Thanks to the EU funding received in 2024, we are well on our way to becoming a leading force in AI-driven compliance in Europe. The future of AI-powered compliance is promising, and we are excited to drive this transformation forward!

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Kertos co-financed by the European Union
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Dr. Kilian Schmidt

Dr. Kilian Schmidt

CEO & Co-Founder, Kertos GmbH

Dr. Kilian Schmidt developed a strong interest in legal processes early on. After studying law, he began his career as Senior Legal Counsel and Data Protection Officer at the Home24 Group. After working at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, he moved to TIER Mobility, where, as General Counsel, he was significantly involved in expanding the legal and public policy department - and grew the company from one to 65 cities and from 50 to 800 employees. Motivated by limited technological advances in the legal sector and inspired by his consulting work at Gorillas Technologies, he co-founded Kertos to develop the next generation of European data protection technology.

About Kertos

Kertos is the modern backbone of the data protection and compliance activities of scaling companies. We enable our customers to implement integrated data protection and information security processes in accordance with GDPR, ISO 27001, TISAX®, SOC2 and many other standards quickly and cheaply through automation.

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