2023年6月26日

種子圓形由章魚企業,發泄。io、即插即用、MobilityFund大西洋實驗室,霍耶也突出商業天使投資。該公司將使用新的資金來增強其歐洲獨特的功能商用車B2B共享平台。殖民地是物流AirBnB的道路。通過一個安全的市場物流公司可以與對方分享自己的商用車輛。物流公司殖民地技術,第一個提供商用車的共享平台,已經關閉了一個600萬歐元的種子。融資輪由章魚企業,其中一個最大和最活躍的風險資本投資者在歐洲。物流形式的核心歐洲經濟,估計有460萬輛卡車和拖車運輸貨物總量的76%。然而,這些車輛不一致的訪問提供了一個瓶頸,特別是對於中小企業(sme)應對波動的訂單和司機短缺。殖民地技術解決這個問題通過其獨特的B2B共享模型,使物流公司通過一個安全的共享車輛市場配備了用戶友好的車隊管理軟件艦隊更有效地運作。 Co-founder Kaspar Filipp explains, “Logistics companies often lose business due to the lack of access to appropriate vehicles, while simultaneously struggling to effectively utilize their own fleets. We see that demand in the commercial vehicle sharing segment has already increased significantly in the first half of the year and expect the trend to continue.” Octopus Ventures is joined in the funding round by vent.io (a venture capital arm of Deutsche Leasing AG), Plug and Play, MobilityFund, Hoyer, as well as numerous angel investors, including the founders of Flixbus, Grover and Seven Senders. Existing investor Atlantic Labs is also adding further capital in the current round. The Cologne-based startup intends to utilize the investment for enhancing the platform's features. Colonia has just launched a new feature that offers users additional payment security. Through an external financing partner, lessors are assured that rental payments will reach them safely and on time. Concerns about payment processing and the risk of non-payment are thus eliminated. “We are delighted that we have once again been able to attract renowned investors. The financing round enables us to further advance our business model and enable our companies with their own commercial vehicle fleet to not only be more competitive, but also more sustainable," said Jakob Sadoun, co-founder at Colonia. Nick Sando, Principal, Octopus Ventures, comments: “Access to trucks and trailers is a critical bottleneck in international logistics, while the unpredictability of demand creates huge challenges for the small businesses that operate commercial logistics fleets. Colonia’s not only solving the problem of dormant trucks and trailers but enabling fleet operators to win business across Europe. It’s creating a step change in European logistics.” Jakob Sadoun and Kaspar Filipp founded Colonia in May 2021. Both have spent most of their careers driving the transformation of the transportation and logistics industry, Jakob Sadoun in strategy consulting, and Kaspar Filipp in consulting and politics. The company currently employs 16 people. About Octopus Ventures Octopus Ventures is one of the largest and most active venture capital investors in the UK and Europe, investing in and supporting the people, ideas and industries that are changing the world. It has built expertise across six sectors: B2B software, climate tech, consumer tech, deep tech, fintech and health, and has backed more than 180 businesses across the UK and Europe, including successes like Zoopla, WaveOptics, Cazoo and Depop. Octopus Ventures invests in people and teams from as early as ideas on a page all the way through to the later stages of growth, providing capital, expertise, and partnership. Octopus Ventures manages £1.9 bn for retail and institutional investors and invests £200m each year. It is part of Octopus Group, a group of entrepreneurial businesses united by a common goal: backing the people, ideas and industries that will change the world. Hear from Octopus Ventures experts at: www.octopusventures.com Pressemitteilung teilen: