Personio partners with FC Viktoria Berlin

As the club's back-of-jersey partner, the HR and payroll market leader is supporting the continued professionalisation of one of Germany's most ambitious women's football clubs.

Munich/Berlin – July 28, 2026. Personio, Europe's leading HR and payroll platform for small and medium-sized businesses, is partnering with women's football club FC Viktoria Berlin. The company is supporting one of the most ambitious clubs in German women's football as it pursues promotion to the Bundesliga. After finishing fifth in its debut season, FC Viktoria Berlin is aiming for promotion to the first division next season.

Through the partnership, Personio supports the club's growth and continued professionalisation – from sporting infrastructure to expanding the community around the team.

“At Personio, we know what it takes to build a team that exceeds expectations,” says Hanno Renner, CEO and co-founder of Personio. “That's exactly what we see at FC Viktoria Berlin: a team and an environment building something big with discipline and ambition. That's why we're glad to support Viktoria Berlin on this path.”

In just a few years, FC Viktoria Berlin has established itself as one of the most exciting projects in German women's football. More professional structures, growing crowds, and clear sporting goals have shaped the club's development since its founding in 2022. Running a successful club takes more than what happens on the pitch. FC Viktoria Berlin also employs a growing team behind the scenes to build professional women's football in Germany, and runs its HR processes on Personio. 

“With Personio, we gain a European tech champion and market leader as a partner,” says Verena Pausder, co-founder of FC Viktoria Berlin. “Germany needs more stories like this: companies that show how startups become European market leaders and profitable software businesses. That's premier-league thinking, and exactly what we want to achieve with FC Viktoria Berlin.”

The partnership covers the 2026/27 season. It underlines Personio's commitment to high-performing teams, equal opportunity, and the growth of women's football in Germany.

About Personio

Personio is Europe's leading HR and payroll platform for small and medium-sized businesses. More than 16,000 customers representing over one million employees use Personio to digitize and automate HR processes. With native payroll, intelligent automation, and AI-powered workflows, Personio helps HR teams focus on their most important task: the people in the company.

About FC Viktoria Berlin Women's Team

FC Viktoria Berlin's second-division team has been run as an independent GmbH since July 2022. Six co-founders – including two-time football world champion Ariane Hingst, as well as Verena Pausder, Felicia Mutterer, Katharina Kurz, Tanja Wielgoß, and Lisa Währer – are pursuing the goal of strengthening professional women's football in Germany structurally and economically. FC Viktoria Berlin is backed by 279 investors and a broad network spanning business, politics, media, culture, and sport.