Hamburg/South Jordan (Utah), April 3, 2025 – German software company airfocus, the AI-powered product management and roadmapping platform, has been acquired by Lucid Software, the global leader in visual collaboration.
This acquisition strengthens Lucid’s global product strategy and highlights Germany’s growing role as a hub for innovation in product development. By adding airfocus to its Visual Collaboration Suite — which already includes Lucidchart and Lucidspark — Lucid will offer a powerful solution for product strategy, prioritization, and agile execution. Product teams around the world will benefit from a fully integrated system that bridges the gap between ideation, planning, and delivery.
“We founded airfocus to solve the exact pain points many product teams experience daily — fragmented tools, lack of transparency, and inefficient prioritization. With Lucid, we’ve found the perfect partner to scale our vision and redefine the future of product leadership.”
Headquartered in Hamburg, airfocus has grown into one of Europe’s most innovative product management platforms. The company offers AI-driven tools for prioritization, roadmapping, and outcome-based planning. Its modular and flexible approach has earned the trust of product teams worldwide — including companies like Ricoh, Goodyear, and Wago.
User-centric product vision leads to fast exit
airfocus’s vision has been backed since 2021 by XAnge, one of Europe’s leading early-stage VC funds.
XAnge first invested in airfocus in 2021, drawn to the founders’ vision — led by Malte Scholz and Valentin Firak — and their mission to rethink product strategy for modern, agile teams. As a Franco-German investor, XAnge actively supported airfocus’s entry into the French market, helped the Hamburg-based scale-up attract new enterprise clients, and expand its European footprint.
“airfocus stood out for its clarity of vision and modularity. The team managed to bring AI into the product workflow in a way that truly empowers users. We’re proud to have supported them from the early stages to this exciting new chapter with Lucid.”
“airfocus is the perfect complement to our suite. Their platform brings strategic depth to our offering and directly addresses the challenges faced by modern product organizations. This acquisition is a clear commitment to accelerating work through connected tools — and to the innovation potential of European tech companies.”
A U.S. exit showcasing the strength of European product innovation
This exit also reflects a growing trend: despite current headwinds in Europe’s exit environment, strategic acquisitions by U.S. companies remain a vital path for successful startups to scale internationally — while generating liquidity for founders and investors.
“We believe this transaction demonstrates the strength of European product innovation — even in a challenging market. It also shows that U.S. buyers are increasingly turning to German and European tech companies for talent, vision, and world-class product quality.”
About airfocus
airfocus is the AI-powered platform for modern product management. Headquartered in Hamburg, the company offers modular solutions for roadmapping, prioritization, and customer-driven strategic planning. airfocus helps teams around the world make the right decisions faster — transparently, data-driven, and across teams.
More at www.airfocus.com
About Lucid Software
Lucid Software, headquartered in South Jordan (Utah, USA), is the market leader in visual collaboration with over 100 million users worldwide. Its Visual Collaboration Suite — including Lucidchart, Lucidspark, and now airfocus — helps teams ideate, plan, and execute complex projects. Lucid partners with Google, Atlassian, and Microsoft, and is one of the most widely used platforms among the Fortune 500.
More at www.lucid.co
About XAnge
XAnge is a BCorp-certified early-stage investment fund managing €700 million, with offices in Paris, Berlin, and Brussels. The fund backs European founders who aim to transform daily life through technology, investing between €500,000 and €10 million from the seed stage onwards.
XAnge’s investment focus spans deeptech, health, fintech, SaaS, and e-commerce, with a portfolio including Lydia, Welcome to the Jungle, Believe, MrSpex, and Ledger. XAnge is the innovation-driven venture capital brand of the Siparex Group.
More at www.xange.vc
Press contact – XAnge:
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