Press area of Schenker Ventures.
About Schenker Ventures
Schenker Ventures is bringing together the best of both worlds.
Schenker Ventures Venture Capital is an early stage investor focusing on startups in logistics and supply chain within Europe. Investment scope: B2B Xaas, digital business models, Seed to Series B Investment, Ticket size: 200k-5mio
Schenker Ventures Venture Studio is a company builder equipping founders with operational support and capital to turn great ideas into industry-changing companies. The Venture Studio is built upon a partnership between DB Schenker and MVP Factory, Berlin.
The portfolio companies benefit from the access to the global DB Schenker network of suppliers, partners, and customers, as well as active connections to top-tier investors. Additionally, we provide deep industry knowledge in land transport, air and ocean freight, contract logistics and supply chain management.
Patric, our Head of
Schenker Ventures…
- Several C-Level and Partner positions at leading service providers and consultancies like Arvato or Kerkhoff Consulting
- Managing Director and President of arvato e-commerce – responsible for building, validating, and growing the arvato e-commerce business.
- “Patric probably understands the needs of founders and startups better than most of the VC and investors out there. But above all, he is willing to put this into corporate practice.” – Philipp Petrescu (CEO MVP Factory)
Support for journalists
Welcome to the press area of Schenker Ventures. For any media enquiries please contact Mario. Check out Schenker Ventures facts and figures as well as our press kit including videos, images, and press releases.
Mario Arnold
Communication Lead Schenker Ventures
mario.arnold@dbschenker.com
+49 1523 7478808
Our own press releases
New DB Schenker unit to support ideas transforming logistics • Venture capital investments in early-stage business models and start-ups • Founder-centric venture studio together with MVP Factory • “We want to build a digital and climate-friendly future”
“By developing a blueprint for VoloDrone operations, Volocopter is leading the way into the next dimension of transport logistics with tangible and operational data backing our service claims. Our work with DB Schenker shows that they are a great investor, a valuable partner, and an enabler for our commercial VoloDrone operations.” – Christian Bauer, CCO Volocopter
DB Schenker joins a 31 million USD Series A investment to accelerate the development and commercialization of its AI & 3D vision-based autonomous mobile robots (AMRs).
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Media voices about us
Mit ihrem eigenen Drei-Säulen-System will sich Schenker deutlich von der Konkurrenz unterscheiden und attraktiver für neue Startups in der Logistikbranche werden: Venture Building, Venture Studio, Klassische Venture Capitial Investments.
Der klare Fokus soll aber auf die unternehmerische Freiheit der Startups gerichtet bleiben. Schenker will nicht aktiv in die strategische Entwicklung eingreifen, sondern will steht mit seinem kompletten Know How und finanziellen Möglichkeiten zur Hilfe um attraktive und neue Ideen auf den Markt zu bringen.
The venture studio has been established together with Berlin-based MVP Factory. It aims to pioneer a new way of corporate venture building in logistics. It will offer exceptional entrepreneurs the opportunity to launch the next generation of logistics companies that will drive the ongoing and deep transformation of the industry.
Kick-starting your idea
Gain access to early-stage funding, best-in-class industry know-how, and state-of-the-art functional support. Enabling you to build and launch your minimum viable product (MVP).
Building your company
Enjoy the support of our experienced venture builders. These proven experts – most of them founders and investors themselves – help you to build your company, raise the next rounds, and make sure your business is ready to scale.
Scaling your business
Scale your business and get full backing. We give you access to the global DB Schenker network of suppliers, partners, and customers, and provide active connections to top-tier investors. Making sure that you have everything at hand to scale your business.
