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Type a plain-English query. Canonical turns it into structured search criteria, shows how it interpreted the request, and returns evidence-backed company matches you can inspect and export.

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Every search is translated into structured criteria you can inspect before you run it. Industry, geography, funding stage, team size, and more. No hidden logic. No black box.

Your query

Fast-growing vertical SaaS companies in Germany with 100–500 employees

Interpreted criteria

industry Vertical SaaS

hq_location Germany

employee_range 100–500

growth_signal Fast-growing

funding_stage Series B

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Workflow

From question to shortlist

B2B SaaS companies in North America with 50–500 employees...

Natural language in → structured criteria out

Company	Industry	Size	Funding	Confidence
Personio Munich, Germany · 1,800 emp	Yes	Yes	Yes	96%
Celonis Munich, Germany · 3,200 emp	Yes	Partial	Yes	88%
Taxfix Berlin, Germany · 420 emp	Yes	Yes	Yes	94%
Sennder Berlin, Germany · 800 emp	Partial	Yes	Yes	82%
Forto Berlin, Germany · 350 emp	No	Yes	Partial	61%

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B2B SaaS companies in North America with 50–500 employees...

Natural language in → structured criteria out

Review interpreted criteria

Your search is parsed into structured filters — industry, geography, funding stage, size — that you can review and adjust before running.

Review search criteria

~142 estimated results

Industry

Vertical SaaS

HQ Location

Germany

Employee Range

100–500

Funding Stage

Series A or B

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Edit criteria

Get a structured shortlist

Results come back as a scannable table with match-state cells for each criterion. See which companies match, partially match, or don’t — at a glance.

Company	Industry	Size	Funding	Confidence
Personio Munich, Germany · 1,800 emp	Yes	Yes	Yes	96%
Celonis Munich, Germany · 3,200 emp	Yes	Partial	Yes	88%
Taxfix Berlin, Germany · 420 emp	Yes	Yes	Yes	94%
Sennder Berlin, Germany · 800 emp	Partial	Yes	Yes	82%
Forto Berlin, Germany · 350 emp	No	Yes	Partial	61%

Verify with evidence-backed reasoning

Open any company to see why it matched. Reasoning, source citations, and confidence — so you can trust the shortlist, not just a score.

Personio

Munich, Germany · 1,800 emp · Series E

96% match

Reasoning

Personio is a Munich-based HR software platform serving SMBs across Europe. The company operates in the vertical SaaS category, is headquartered in Germany, and has raised through Series E — matching all primary search criteria.

Sources

Crunchbase

Personio has raised $700M+ with a $8.5B valuation. Series E led by Greenoaks Capital in 2022. Primary product: HR operating system for SMBs.

1,800 employees listed. Engineering hubs in Munich, Madrid, London, and Dublin. Active hiring across product and go-to-market roles.

Company website

Positions itself as "The HR Operating System for SMBs." Serves 10,000+ customers across Europe. Headquartered in Munich, Germany.

Criteria match

Yes Industry

Yes Location

Yes Funding

Yes Size

Documentation + API

Build with Canonical

Bring natural-language company search into your product, notebook, or agent workflow. Use the REST API, Python SDK, or MCP server to run searches programmatically and return structured results.

Python SDK

from canonical import Canonical

client = Canonical(api_key="ck_live_...")

results = client.search(
    query="Vertical SaaS companies in Germany,
    100–500 employees"
)

Response

{
  "companies": [{
    "name": "Personio",
    "hq": "Munich, Germany",
    "employees": 1800,
    "industry": "HR Tech",
    "funding_stage": "Series E",
    "confidence": 0.96,
    "match": {
      "industry": true,
      "location": true,
      "size": "partial"
    }
  }],
  "total": 142
}

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