
We are building the best-in-class solution for audit automation. Experience AI with maximum impact, ease, and tracability.

We are building the best-in-class solution for audit automation. Experience AI with maximum impact, ease, and tracability.
What: AI-powered audit software for end-to-end audit automation
HQ & founding year: Berlin, Germany — founded 2024
Founders: Valentin Neumann and Philipp Hövelmann
Funding: €3.1M Seed (Mar 2025) led by Cherry Ventures
Employees: Approximately 14
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Regulatory and IT audit automation for audit firms/consultancies and regulated organizations (e.g., financial institutions).
2024
Audit software / RegTech
€3.1M
Deal reported the round as Seed and lists Cherry Ventures as lead.
“Seed round led by Cherry Ventures with additional participation from business angels (including BCG/Google DeepMind–associated) and an Atomico scout fund.”
About Us We’re Cortea , a Berlin startup transforming audits with AI . Manual, document-heavy audits waste expert time; we automate the repetitive parts so experts focus on judgment. Backed by top-tier VCs with €10m+ funding, live product, paying customers. We value first-principles thinking, speed, trust, and kindness . We build side by side in our Berlin office.
Your Role Own search at Cortea. You’ll design and ship retrieval, ranking, and evaluation systems that power our AI agents. You’ll also build the data pipelines behind them. You’ll work closely with product, design, and founders to turn messy, real-world documents into precise answers.
What You’ll Do
Qualifications
Bonus
No one checks every box. If you’ve shipped retrieval systems and like owning evaluations and pipelines, let’s talk. What we offer
Interview process
We’re an equal-opportunity team and encourage women and underrepresented groups to apply. Compensation Range: €80K - €110K