Schenker Ventures

The success of ideas, especially in logistics, hinges on industry expertise, physical infrastructure access, and clients. we help build bridges to these critical assets. We advise, not control. We empower founders to be the final decision-makers, controlling the destiny of their companies and taking their entrepreneurial journey into their own hands. Always. We use our network to supercharge growth for startups - helping them navigate the challenges of corporate collaboration, linking them with key industry players, and engaging our deep network of investors.

We invest in tech-driven LogTech startups that aim to disrupt the flow and processing of goods and information. As an independent financial investor, we are here to actively support you with a team of well-experienced investors striving to pave the way for the LogTech champions of tomorrow. With our respective backgrounds in venture capital, logistics, and entrepreneurship, we come well prepared. Our focus Managing game-changing challenges: We’re looking for startups that address issues of global relevance in relation to logistics or supply chain management. Applying the latest technology: We believe in the enormous value that technology can bring to our industries. Its development and use are at the core of our startups. Our contribution to growth Investing early-stage capital: Our initial tickets start at € 500k and can be part of a bigger financing round in Seed and Series A stages. We do larger follow-on investments. Providing more than money: Our network of highly renowned logistics companies is an essential component of our non-financial contribution to your startup’s growth. Our vast network in the logistics industry gives us a competitive edge – as it does for our cooperating founders. Your startup benefits from true shortcuts, saving you time and money. This USP is further enhanced by our anchor investor FIEGE Logistik, one of Europe's leading contract logistics companies, who is available to our portfolio companies if needed when it comes to, i.e., operational know-how, customer access, or joint projects. More precisely, as a hands-on financial investor we are offering: Expert exchanges on product and strategy development Effective lead generation for short-term sales growth Validation of new features Exploration of synergies with other LogTech startups We are actively supporting you on your way to being tomorrow’s LogTech champions. Remember: The sky is (not) the limit!

Motion Ventures drives industry adoption. We are, by design, focused on giving our portfolio companies the best chance to succeed through a deep global network of corporate partners, industry executives and government agencies. We invest in: World-class founders at Seed and Series A stage companies ​Digitally enabled solutions to large cross-supply chain problems Enablers accelerating sustainable and resilient maritime supply chain Motion Ventures combines assets in the corporate consortium for digital solutions of the future to: Accelerate industry adoption Shorten B2B sales cycles Find product-market-fit

Launched in 2018 and headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, we’re a unique bunch of creative builders, designers, entrepreneurs and mentors, who bring a wealth of knowledge and years of experience to the founders and teams we work with. Founders Factory has a heart for Africa. We are proud to be a part of its complex and flourishing fabric, and we are humbled by its history of individual and collective progress. Locally grounded and globally connected, we’re becoming the go-to innovation partner for startups, investors, governments, and corporates - throughout Africa and beyond. A message from our founder I was introduced to the intricacies of business in Africa in 1995, when I started working in Mankien, South Sudan. And it changed my life forever. From then on, I knew that I would always want to work in, and learn from, Africa. And I realised that no matter what, here I will always be a humble guest. It is this humility that drives my hunger to learn and create and build, and it is the principle that guides how we work at Founders Factory Africa. Africa needs to support its growing startup ecosystem by enabling more entrepreneurs to succeed. I don’t believe that Founders Factory Africa is a revolution or a panacea. We’re not here because Africa needs to import talent or ideas, and we’re not needed to cultivate innovation or ambition. We’re here because we’re inspired by the unlimited and uninhibited creativity, leadership, and spirit of African entrepreneurs. Our mission is to fuel their success. - Roo Rogers, CEO World-class thinkers, makers, and entrepreneurs We’re local, with our offices in downtown Johannesburg serving as a hub for our community and our first line of research. We believe that creativity can come from anyone, and that they have to be given space to fail and take risks in order to succeed. Our senior leadership has worked extensively with entrepreneurs across Africa and South Asia. Before establishing FFA, they grew over 75 startups to a portfolio value of $120mm. The majority of our team are African, complemented by key members from all over the world. Wherever we’re from, we share the same ambition - to create something radically different and incredibly successful. We believe the future is here, in African soil, and we’re proud to help it grow. Innovative technology is thriving in Africa The continent is blazing bright with opportunity. The creativity and agility offered by startups making it possible to reach previously excluded or underserved communities, creating accelerated access to new products and services through technology all while opening up new markets and commercial opportunities. Their ability to move fast, take risks, and truly ‘think outside the box’ benefits everyone - from governments and corporates to investors and end users - and the products, services, and knowledge developed locally are ready to be adapted for international adoption. African entrepreneurs are the engines of growth, and we are here to fuel their momentum, helping them reach their full potential throughout the continent and across the globe. Changing economies and dynamics Emerging and frontier markets are not charity cases for Western markets to save - from demographics to culture, R&D and innovation to talent, Africa is a central hub for designing the future. In fact, rising talent and life-saving developments in technology are coming out of Africa to inspire and help the world. The size of Sub-Saharan Africa’s economy has more than quadrupled since 2000. We are here to support the startups driving this growth across the continent and beyond. Designing for complexity and utility-wide scale Designing and building businesses in Africa requires a more creative, strategic and innovative approach - we’re designing for complex markets where regulations are still in development, where informal markets make up the majority of the population, and where so many opportunities exist to create utility-scale impact and returns. In Africa, entrepreneurs are untethered by heavy infrastructure and interest lobbying, and are able to build transformative products and networks that have a nearly instant impact on real lives. This hyper-local approach to market opportunity is scaleable, locally and internationally. Closing the gaps and creating new markets Where governments and large business sectors failed to realise the opportunities, African startups are solving real human needs. This is why startups are the backbone of the innovation and technology boom in Africa. From health startups preventing disease outbreaks through rapid diagnostics, to fintech startups enabling access to financial markets - African entrepreneurs are driving the Fourth Industrial Revolution at scale. And more than that, Africa’s startups are starting to change the world outside of the continent too, transforming global supply chains and driving world-class research.

Somos o maior círculo de investimentos em venture capital no sul do Brasil, e nascemos da fusão das empresas Bzplan e da unidade de venture capital da FIR Capital. Ao longo dos anos investimos mais de R$300 milhões em scale ups e temos em nosso portfólio grandes cases de sucesso, como o do desinvestimento da Axado que obteve retorno de 426%. A Invisto chega para ser a melhor e a maior referência para os investidores. Acreditamos na mentoria corpo a corpo, valorizamos nosso ecossistema, investimos na economia real e não acreditamos em apostas, mas sim, em fazer o que é certo. Investimos em tudo isso juntos, com você.

co-pace started in 2017 out of a strategy process to answer how Continental should address the relationship to the startup ecosystems around the world in a structured way. We were not the first (and not the last) to start doing this, but we are proud of ‘how’ we do it. We have had the privilege to work with more than 200 entrepreneurs and thought leaders and to bring more than 20 partnerships off the ground in the past 5 years, generating value for both Continental and the startups. Our industries are going through a massive transformation. We see the changes in the shifting technology landscape as well as the dynamics of the markets (even before the pandemic). And we believe partnerships are how we keep up with the pace of change. For us at co-pace, partnerships between startups and Continental are the true north – we catalyze future products and services out of such partnerships: we jointly execute the product roadmaps innovating both internally and externally, and the outcome is renewed, reinvented, and transformative solutions. We operate in the global ecosystems from Tel Aviv to Singapore, from Berlin to Silicon Valley. It is in these global ecosystems that we find thought leaders such as yourselves – startup founders, serial entrepreneurs, investors, technology strategies and innovators. And we constantly meet new people to enrich each other’s network. This network is very important because it gives insights into all industries with the new perspectives, approaches, and players. We love linking that to Continental’s strategy, problems, and interests. And in this way, we look outwards and thus sharpen our focus inwards. Through these interactions, we anticipate product concepts and create new markets together with the thought leaders of the ecosystems. Our superpower is to be the catalyst that brings Continental and startups together to create what wouldn’t be possible if either worked alone. And we have only just begun! Moreover, Continental’s Corporate Venture Capital arm invests in young technology companies, giving startups direct access to Continental's global mobility and industry expertise.