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It started with a passion about helping visionary founders make a positive transformational impact in the Supply Chain & Logistics industry. Our vision To make a transformational impact to the Supply Chain and Logistics industry via teaming and supporting visionary founders & exceptional technology businesses. Our mission We seek to partner and actively support visionary founders & exceptional technology businesses to create long-term economic and societal value centered around the Supply Chain & Logistics industry. Our unique blend of domain insights, technology know-how, and investment expertise, enables us to help our portfolio companies succeed in unparalleled ways, as well as optimally balance both industry transformation with Fund returns on investment. Our Values Our Values define us in all our interactions as we journey to grow and transform the Supply Chain and Logistics Technology Industry Landscape. Principle-Centered: Through a principle-centered approach, we create an environment that is underpinned by integrity, respect, and mutual trust. Transformative: We aspire to lead the digital transformation of the Supply Chain and Logistics Industry through positive disruption. Value-Add: At the heart of what we do, we aim to add value to all Start-ups that we interact with. Our Investment Policy We seek to identify industry business innovation and technology trends early, and invest in support of those trends. We will also get to know founders and start-ups early, and in some cases, will also guide select start-ups based on our industry trend insights, even prior to investment. We will only invest when the time is right for both the business and us, practicing the art of assessing the balance of time needed for the businesses to build enough technology depth, while proving needed commercial traction. We invest for the long term, to maximize the potential for the businesses, while actively supporting our portfolio companies through our curated insights and ecosystem of partners, effecting building and transforming industry capabilities.

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!

Scania Ventures is set up to help position Scania for the future transport ecosystem. It is identifying and commercializing new businesses based on customer needs and emerging technologies that lie outside the current core. Scania Ventures is sharpening venture building capabilities to build scalable ventures that will become future key businesses and create new profit pools for Scania. Our industry is evolving Innovating is nothing new to us. At Scania we have been doing it for 130 years in our core business of trucks, buses and engines. This is one of the key factors that have made us the world-leading company that we are today. As our industry evolves we also need to explore and develop ideas that lies beyond our core business today, not least regarding areas such as AI, digitalization and autonomous. How Scania is exploring new business areas To drive the shift to a sustainable transport system, we need to find brave and bold partners in the transport ecosystem. We need partners who share our vision and can help further develop and accelerate the adoption of new technologies outside our core capabilities. In this video Gustaf Sundell, Head of Ventures and New Business and Scania's CEO Christian Levin, discuss this topic in depth.

The Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund provides venture capital funding to companies solving the world's toughest problems across customer fulfillment operations, logistics, and supply chain solutions. What We Do The Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund is a $1 billion corporate venture capital fund that supports emerging technology companies through direct investments. It is part of our continued commitment to invest in and foster innovation, and to enhance the employee and customer experience. Innovation Excellence: We enable the development and deployment of new innovative technologies. Global Reach: We are global, investing where the most interesting and novel technologies exist. Stage Agnostic: We invest at all stages, from early startups to more established companies.

With the aim to unlock growth, we invest in and partner with promising start-ups and visionary innovators - and by injecting our very own rocket fuel we activate our portfolio companies’ full strategic potential. We support thinkers and doers who focus on global challenges, and by investing in them, we fast-track the adoption of smart logistics technologies, address supply chain inefficiencies, and create a more sustainable transport and logistics sector. Bringing value beyond capital Maersk Growth was founded with a clear mission to digitise, democratise, and decarbonise supply chains by backing new business models and technologies. The Growth team combines expertise spanning 70 years within Maersk and 25 years in the venture world. As a strategic investor, we provide funding for startups working in the transport and logistics space – but our buck doesn’t stop there. We augment every dollar we invest with our expertise and global reach. In addition, by mobilising dedicated Maersk resources, we empower startups to build synergies that sharpen their competitive edge. It's what we call bringing value beyond capital. 2017 Maersk Growth founded with the means and mandate to accelerate the future stars of trade 37 investments to date with an expanding portfolio of startups across a full spectrum of innovation 1 dedicated team with the global expertise and infrastructure that you need to go all the way Connect to a unique competitive advantage The “Maersk Growth ABCDE” is our core offering. It enables startups to leverage our assets, brand, customers, data and expertise in order to launch earlier and scale faster. Assets: Leverage our vast asset base including modern vessels and terminals Brand: Harness the power of our brand's global presence and reach Customers: Access our global +100,000 customer base and volumes Data: Connect to our rich data covering 20% of global trade Expertise: Tap into the deep industry expertise embodied by our ∼80,000 employees Where we partner We drive transformation in the trade and logistics industry by unlocking the potential of promising startups in three critical areas: Smart logistics: The future of logistics is digital, flexible, transparent and convenient. We invest in ventures that deploy new technologies and business models to enhance the global flow of goods. Enabled trade: Smaller enterprises are disadvantaged by complexity in the supply chain and lack of information, trust and financing. We invest in ventures that are eliminating these barriers by simplifying and improving access to trade. Sustainable Supply Chain: Sustainability is a global aspiration and logistics has a key role to play in addressing environmental and societal challenges. We invest in ventures that increase sustainability by reducing emissions and waste across the supply chain.