Meet SECJUR's WHU Founder Program

From WHU founders, for WHU founders.

We've sat in your seat — pitching to the next round, scaling the team, watching compliance turn from a checkbox into a sales bottleneck. SECJUR was built by WHU alumni who knew there had to be a faster way. Now we're passing that advantage on to the next generation of founders coming out of Vallendar.

Hit your next milestones way faster, thanks to certifications
Get your next funding round, your next big logo and your next growth target way, way faster. SECJUR lets you automate industry gold standards such as ISO 27001, GDPR, the EU AI Act and many more, powered by AI.

20% off, for life
Benefit from our lifetime 20% discount for WHU founders. On every SECJUR service, every framework, every renewal, for as long as you stay a customer.

WHU network, WHU shortcut
Connect with peer our WHU founders and learn what worked (and what didn't). And when audit time comes, our TÜV- and ISACA-certified experts walk you through every step. The same way they would for a portfolio company at twice your stage.

The Reanmo team
Customer story

Trust as a competitive advantage: how Reanmo became an FT1000 company.

René Schlüß

"Through ISO 27001 certification, we were able to massively increase customer trust and grow into one of the fastest-growing companies in Europe, as recognised in the FT1000 list. We thank SECJUR for the fast and seamless implementation of ISO 27001 and GDPR."

René Schlüß · Founder & Managing Director

Reanmo turned ISO 27001 certification into a hard competitive edge — winning public and private tenders that demanded a certified ISMS, growing into one of Europe's fastest-scaling tech companies, and partnering with SECJUR to ship ISO 27001 and GDPR end-to-end without slowing the team down.

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The founder journey

When compliance starts to matter — and when it can't wait.

From your first hire to your Series B, the compliance bar shifts at every stage. Here's the playbook we walk WHU founders through, mapped to the milestones you actually care about.

Pre-Seed

Foundational hygiene

0–10 FTE · MVP stage

Build trust with early adopters and investors.

GDPR basics MFA EU AI Act
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Seed

Demonstrate maturity

10–30 FTE · product–market fit

Pilot enterprise customers ask hard questions.

DPAs Lightweight ISMS DPO at 20+ FTE
Pre-Series A

Sales enabler

30–50 FTE · scaling sales

Without a clear ISO 27001 roadmap, larger clients won't sign.

ISO 27001 roadmap RoPA Encryption
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Series A

Formalise frameworks

50–150+ FTE · international expansion

Certification becomes business-critical.

ISO 27001 SOC 2 Transfers
Series B

Regulatory obligations

150–500+ FTE · late scale-up

Sector-specific regimes apply in full: DORA for finance, TISAX® for automotive, NIS2 for critical infrastructure.

DORA NIS2 TISAX® EAA
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Our special WHU founder's discount of 20 % applies at any stage.

Holistic Compliance

Scale with the right frameworks

Depending on your industry and goals, different frameworks will matter for your company. Here's what every WHU founder should have on their radar — and which ones we'll get you compliant with at 20% off, for life.

ISO 27001

ISO 27001

The international gold standard for systematically protecting information, IT systems and processes — and the foundation most enterprise buyers expect before signing.

Applies to:

Almost every WHU founder selling B2B — SaaS, FinTech, AI, HealthTech and industrial scaleups. The single biggest sales unblocker for European mid-market and enterprise deals.

GDPR

GDPR

The EU's data protection regulation — non-negotiable for anyone touching personal data of EU residents. Covers consent, data subject rights, processor agreements, breach response and cross-border transfers.

Applies to:

Every single WHU founder operating in or selling to the EU. From day one. No exceptions.

NIS2

NIS2

The EU directive expanding cybersecurity obligations to "essential" and "important" entities — risk management, incident reporting, supply-chain security, management accountability.

Applies to:

Founders in energy, healthcare, transport, digital infrastructure, manufacturing, ICT and managed services — including many B2B SaaS companies once they cross size or revenue thresholds.

DORA

DORA

The Digital Operational Resilience Act — the EU's answer to ICT risk in financial services. Covers ICT risk management, incident reporting, third-party oversight and resilience testing.

Applies to:

WHU founders building FinTech, InsurTech, payment infrastructure, B2B financial software — and anyone serving banks, insurers or asset managers as a critical ICT provider.

EU AI Act

EU AI Act

The world's first horizontal AI regulation — risk-based classification, transparency obligations, GPAI duties and fundamental rights impact assessments. Deployer obligations apply even if you only use AI, not build it.

Applies to:

AI-native WHU founders, plus any startup that deploys AI features in customer-facing products. Even casual ChatGPT use in regulated workflows can trigger obligations.

Whistleblower Protection

Whistleblower Protection

The German implementation of the EU Whistleblower Directive — a legal duty to operate internal reporting channels for compliance violations, with strict protections for the people who use them.

Applies to:

Every WHU founder whose company has 50+ employees in Germany. The threshold sneaks up fast — most scaleups hit it between Series A and B.

Niklas Hanitsch and Kai Haage, founders of SECJUR

From WHU founders, for WHU founders.

"We started SECJUR because compliance shouldn't slow down ambitious companies. As WHU alumni, we know how lean early teams run — and how heavy a single ISO audit can feel. Offering a permanent 20% discount to fellow WHU founders is our way of giving back to the community that shaped us."

Niklas Hanitsch (CEO) & Kai Haage (CFO)
Both WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management graduates

Ready to become compliant and scale fast?

Tell us about your company. We'll verify your WHU affiliation and onboard you within days.