Schenker Ventures Overview

Schenker Ventures, established in 2021, is the corporate venture capital arm of DB Schenker, focusing on investing in startups within the logistics and supply chain sectors. The firm emphasizes empowering entrepreneurs by providing support and resources to transform innovative ideas into transformative businesses, while ensuring maximum entrepreneurial freedom for founders.

Is Schenker Ventures the right investor for your startup? Browse their investment focus, stage preferences, and geographic scope to see how well they align with your fundraising goals. Your full match score with Schenker Ventures, along with a list of other relevant VCs, is available on Hopohopo.io.

Schenker Ventures

VC Fund

Investment focus

Invest in

  • Nordics 4 / 9
  • Western Europe 9 / 14
  • Southern Europe 3 / 9
  • Central Eastern Europe 4 / 17
  • North America 1 / 5

Customer types

  • B2B
  • B2B2C

Product type

  • Software
  • Hardware
  • Services
  • Materials

Industries / verticals

  • Logistics / Supply Chain

Stages

Seed, Series A, Series B or later

First ticket size

€300,000 - €5,000,000

How to approach funds like Schenker Ventures

When approaching Schenker Ventures, founders should highlight how their solution can create tangible efficiencies or new value streams within logistics and supply chain ecosystems. Demonstrate a clear understanding of industry pain points and articulate how your technology or business model can scale within complex, global operations. Emphasize your team's domain expertise and readiness to collaborate with a strategic partner who can offer not just capital, but also access to a vast logistics network and operational know-how.

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