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Out now! The exclusive billwerk Subscription Industry Report 2021.
Unleash the full potential of your Subscription Business Model with billwerk and us.
45 Colleagues, 3 Locations, one Mission.
From start-up to one of the leading European platform providers for Subscription Management & Recurring Billing. Over the past years, we at billwerk have developed a unique innovative advantage and competitive edge for you – an open and GoBD-certified platform with a strong REST API and 3rd party integrations. A platform that meets the highest requirements for European data protection and financial accounting. Today, a large number of German and European medium-sized companies trust in the benefits and reliability of our platform … and hopefully yours soon!
Your Goals, Our Mission
billwerk supports European subscription providers to be successful worldwide with the billwerk platform.
Our platform meets the requirements of highest innovation level, quality and corresponds with all European standards and norms.
Become part of the billwerk-Story
2021
May
PSG acquires majority stake in billwerk
Welcome PSG. Welcome Future. Here is billwerk.
PSG, a leading growth equity firm focused on partnering with mid-market software and technology-based services companies, aims to support billwerk’s international growth plan both organically and through strategic M&A activities. Learn more.
April
billwerk Subscription Industry Report 2021
The subscription model – in times of crisis
For subscription providers, subscription models are proving to be true bulwarks and growth accelerators in the Corona crisis. Get exclusive insights with current key figures on the status quo and development of the German subscription industry (available in German).
March
The billwerk Team keeps growing
Gdansk – our new location
2020
November
With the support of billwerk, Bedrocks technology operates the French streaming platform Salto
October
Denmark’s major Newspaper chooses billwerk
October
Innovative Research Project | AI-based Subscription Business Automation
The next evolutionary stage of Subscription Business Models
Together with the University of Kassel, billwerk is developing a prototype as part of the project “KIBA – AI-based Business Automation of Recurring Business Models” (available in German), which will automate processes around Subscription Business Models using AI (KI in German) technology.
October
Research project: SubaSa – Subscription based Sales
Go-to-Market Navigator for Industrial Subscription Business
Together with IPRI, FIR at RWTH Aachen University and well-known industrial companies, billwerk is developing a market introduction navigator for the simple and straightforward introduction of industrial subscription business models as part of the BMWi-funded SubaSa project (available in German).
July
billwerk becomes a Resident of Belarus Hi-Tech Park!
Europe’s Own Silicon Valley
We have offically joined the Belarus High Technologies Park (HTP), a special business environment for IT innovation companies. The membership at HTP is a further truly important step in the evolution journey of our office in Minsk.
June
billwerk Subscription Industry Report 2020
Exclusive insights from the Subscription Business Industry of the DACH region
Learn all about the driving industries, the best payment providers, the right prices and payment methods that lead to success! And much more in the new billwerk Subscription Business Industry Report 2020 (available in German).
February
The foundation of “OOO billwerk“ in Belarus
A milestone for billwerk: The foundation of the limited liability company “OOO billwerk” in Belarus and appointment of Andrei Mikhniuk as director.
2019
December
The Team in Minsk keeps growing
New office in Minsk – Vol. 2
November
Welcome onboard! Leigh Hooper
Chief Financial Officer
Leigh is an internationally experienced CFO with strong capital markets and financing expertise – not to mention his sailing expertise.
October
Subscription Leaders Summit #SLS19FFM
First German conference on subscription business.
A unique platform and an exclusive network for the German Subscription Economy – with the Subscription Leaders Summit 2019, billwerk and its partners GoCardless, paydirekt, KSP Rechtanwälte und das FiR-Institute of RWTH Aachen University are organizing the first independent conference of its kind in Germany.
September
billwerk Offsite in Schmilka
Team spirit inside and outside the office
June
Bonjour! M6 from France chooses billwerk
April
Whitepaper “Subscription Based Services“
Market data for Germany for the first time
In the Whitepaper „Susbcription Based Services“ billwerk for the first time publishes data describing the development and status quo of the Subscription Economy in Germany beschreiben.
April
Digital Forum Frankfurt 2019
Keynote: Subscription Business in Germany by billwerk CEO Dr. Ricco Deutscher
With the key note by Dr. Ricco Deutscher on „Subscription Based Services in Germany – Status Quo and Outlook“ (available in German) the Digital Forum Frankfurt 2019 starts with a much discussed topic.
January
With E-Mobility and our new customer into the future
2018
November
GoBD conformity certified for billwerk
The perfect solution for European subscription companies.
GoBD conformity has been certified by independent auditors. billwerk complies with the strict requirements of German data protection, the EU-DSGVO and the Special Features for Financial Accounting (GoBD).
November
E-Learning for the future with our new customer
November
ZUGFeRD standard for billwerk
We are the first European Subscription Management & Recurring Billing Provider to support the ZUGFeRD standard.
November
Welcome into the heart of “MainHattan”
Our new office in Frankfurt
October
Dr. Ricco Deutscher at SaaStock Berlin
An insightful keynote on “5 traps you should avoid building a SaaS business” from our CEO at SaaStock Berlin.
October
The Team in Minsk is growing!
The new office in Minsk – Vol. 1
October
Industry leader relies on billwerk
October
billwerk integrates Zapier
With Zapier integration, billwerk underlines its claim to be the largest Subscription Business Ecosystem in Europe: A variety of third-party SaaS applications such as HubSpot, MailChimp and Zendesk can be easily connected with Zapier.
October
Welcome onboard! Andreas Schmidt
Head of Software Engineering
Andreas is not only a tango dancer, but also an experienced team leader for software architecture, product owner and scrum master.
October
billwerk is PCI DSS-compliant
We protect your sensitive customer data at the highest level of compliance. billwerk is PCI Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) compliant with the globally accepted security standard for credit card transactions.
September
With our new customer we support the education
June
Customers from the mechanical engineering and cloud computing industries choose billwerk
May
Exciting new customers from SaaS & IaaS dock at billwerk
2017
December
In-App Purchases Integration
For Apple App & Amazon App Store
waipu.tv! Our first customer who actively used both.
With In-App-Purchases you expand your target groups and simplify access to your subscription offers for mobile users, which can have a lasting positive effect on the conversion rate and thus on sales.
September
Welcome onboard! Pierre Schramm
Chief Marketing Officer
Pierre has held the digital DNA for 25 years. In various Internet start-ups, media companies and FinTechs in the area of marketing, product and portal development, business development and sales.
January
Welcome onboard! Jonas Hornung
Chief Information Officer
Jonas is an expert in application administration and a fan of Linux, GIT, open source, Jenkins, automation – and mountain biking.
2016
July
Welcome onboard! Andrei Mikhniuk
Head of Minsk Team
Andrei is an experienced software engineer and now leads our team in Minsk! Besides experience as a team leader, he also brings further experience as a father of three children.
April
waipu.tv takes off in the streaming market – with support from billwerk
2015
October
The creation of billwerk GmbH
With a shared mission, billwerk is founded by former McKinsey manager and physicist Dr. Ricco Deutscher and co-founders Steffen Mey, Thomas Tauber and Christian Winnerlein.
Customers who already trust us
We ask for your understanding that we do not list all our customers here. Thank you very much! Here you can find more billwerk case studies
In the beginning there were four – our founders
Today: 45 Colleagues, 3 Locations, one Team!
Everyone in Team billwerk is an experienced expert in their field. Together we work on the mission to make European subscription providers successful worldwide with the billwerk platform. You are very welcome too!