Peec AI, the German startup building an AI search platform for marketing teams, has raised €7 million in funding just five months after the company was founded in order to help companies improve their Generative Engine Optimisation (GEO).
After closing their €1.8 million pre-Seed round in April the company raised a €5.2 million Seed round led by 20VC less than 4 weeks later due to a rise in revenue growth. The Seed round saw participation from Antler, Foreword VC, Identity.VC, Combination VC, and S20.
Marius Meiners, Co-founder of Peec AI, comments, “Companies have to adjust to a world where people are asking ChatGPT and Perplexity which TV to buy or where to go for vacation, while searches on Google are going down. We want to give marketers the tools to win on these new platforms and drive growth for their companies.”
Founded in 2025 by Marius Meiners, Tobias Siwona, and Daniel Drabo, Peec Ai is building an analytics platform that enables marketing teams to analyse and improve their brand visibility in AI search. Since launching the product four months ago, Peec AI has reportedly generated €650k ARR, and is growing by €80k every week.
The founding team met during a Founder residency run by Antler in Berlin in late 2024 and they combine startup, engineering and marketing expertise.
Meiners was a professional esports athlete. After his esports career, Marius built products as a software engineer and worked in PwC’s Venture Deals practice on startup financing rounds, M&A, and LP investments. Siwona is a serial entrepreneur who has Co-founded a number of AI and consumer tech startups. Drabo ran a business selling ramen from a foodtruck while he was a law student. After graduating, he founded a LegalTech startup that helped laid-off employees secure severance payments.
Kieran Hill, Partner at 20VC, comments, “Peec’s growth is obviously phenomenal, but early-stage venture ultimately comes down to two key elements – is this a world-class team and are they directionally right? In the case of Peec, this team is the most cracked I have met in 2025. A+ product taste, insane work ethic and talent that runs deep throughout the company. Writing this check was a no-brainer for 20VC.”
Whereas the vast majority of searches used to be conducted through Google, now people are increasingly using popular LLM platforms such as ChatGPT or Perplexity for search.
A recent study showed that 27% of consumers now use AI Search platform for at least half of their internet searches. As a result, AI search has transformed the way consumers access information and interact with brands and is a fundamentally important channel for marketing teams to leverage.
Peec AI allows marketing teams to understand how brands are performing in AI search, benchmark against competitors, track recent mentions and understand which sources are driving the highest impact. This suite of features is aimed to encourage teams to introduce effective strategies to drive traffic and conversions from AI search platforms.
Christoph Klink, Partner at Antler, comments, “Brands can’t afford to ignore AI search. With Google alone reporting 1.5 billion monthly users of AI search in 100 countries, this is a new digital media that will be critical to the visibility and reputation of companies around the world. Peec AI gives marketing teams the tools they need to succeed in the AI search era.
“The founding team has a hunger and grit that only comes from being serial entrepreneurs. They have the technical expertise and vision to make Peec AI a category-leading AI search business. I am delighted to have supported Peec AI from day zero and the speed with which they have raised this funding is testament to their long-term growth potential.”
Read the orginal article: https://www.eu-startups.com/2025/07/berlin-based-peec-ai-raises-e7-million-four-months-after-launch-to-empower-companies-to-improve-their-geo/
