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Best Logistics Tech Companies in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany

The 84 best Logistics Tech companies in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Colonia Technologies.

84companies tracked
$15.5Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
16have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · LOGISTICS TECH × NORTH RHINE WESTPHALIA

Our analysis of 150 Logistics Tech companies

$21.5b in tracked funding; 93% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2022.

150companies analysed
93%cloud-native stacks
2022funding peak (by rounds)
15unicorns
2017median founding year
431kcombined LinkedIn audience
85%of audience held by top 3
2companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best Logistics Tech companies in North Rhine Westphalia

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1Colonia Technologies
Provider of an online platform for commercial vehicle rental services
$7M35 mo agoSeedKaspar Filipp
Co-Founder
2021SupabaseSentryPostgreSQL+13——
2Logistikbude
Provider of web-based load carrier management & tracking system
24Talent top 28%Funding top 43%Tech top 49%Product bottom 48%
All 6 signals ▾
Talenttop 28%
Fundingtop 43%
Techtop 49%
Productbottom 48%
Globalbottom 37%
Marketbottom 22%
Talent: 4 named leaders on record · 4 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Funding: Raised $2.4M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 3 yrs (0.7/yr)
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 24/100
$2M3 mo agoSeries APatrik Elfert
Co-Founder & Cpo
2021WebflowApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+14——
3is it fresh
Provider of IoT-based packaging products
$2M72 mo agoSeedJan Schnitker
Co-Founder & CEO
2017———
4Traxi Trailer
Provider of cart leasing solutions for parcel delivery
24Talent top 28%Growth top 45%Tech bottom 48%Product bottom 48%
All 7 signals ▾
Talenttop 28%
Growthtop 45%
Techbottom 48%
Productbottom 48%
Fundingbottom 39%
Globalbottom 30%
Marketbottom 21%
Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Growth: Web rank 5,000,000 → 50,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 24/100
$2M20 mo agoSeries AVitalij Schreider
Co-Founder & CFO
2020WebflowWordPressMySQL+28——
5Hubtic
Provider of cloud-based freight forwarding solutions
$1M39 mo agoSeedAbdullah Cansu
Founder
2020PrismicNode.jsHeadless UI+16——
6Jumingo
Online platform for booking carbon-neutral courier services
$1M45 mo agoSeries AKai Kleuser
Co-Founder & Chief Architect Officer
2016BootstrapGoogle CloudQuasar+18——
7Mansio
Provider of web-enabled transportation management system
$362K35 mo agoFunding RaisedMaik Schurmeyer
Founder & CEO
2020WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+233 patents
Patents concentrated in transport & manufacturing processes
—
8ECEON
Provider of autonomous mobile robots
$217K27 mo agoSeedFlorian Ernst
CEO & MD
2022———
9BEUMER Group
Provider of intralogistic solutions for conveying, loading, palletising, packaging, and sortation
$158K120 mo agoFunding RaisedKlaus Spens
CEO
2009WordPressMySQLRedis+18412 patents
Automated material handling and sorting systems for bulk and parcel logistics
1 internship · 1 partnership

Top 12 Logistics Tech companies in North Rhine Westphalia

#1
Series A · Dortmund, North Rhine Westphalia · founded 2021 · 7 employees
$2.4Mraised
▾

Provider of web-based load carrier management & tracking system. The solutions help users to manage & track loads associated with containers, pallets, and racks. It includes serialization, web swap matching, data importing, tracking & tracing through QR code labels.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 24how this company ranks against its industry peers
Talent
top 28%
Funding
top 43%
Tech
top 49%
Product
bottom 48%
Global
bottom 37%
Market
bottom 22%
Talent: 4 named leaders on record · 4 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Funding: Raised $2.4M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 3 yrs (0.7/yr) · Last round Series A (Mar 2026)
Tech: 24 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Azure, Cloudflare · Security: Cloudflare Turnstile, Hsts
Audience (LinkedIn): 6k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2026Series A$5.8M
  • Aug 2023Seed$2.4M
Founders & team
Patrik ElfertCo-Founder & CpoPhilip WryczaCo-Founder & CEOMichael KoscharnyjCo-Founder & COO
Investors
XPRESS Ventures, Rethink Ventures, better ventures, FTTF, Saarbruecker 21, Oma Ventures
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailAzureBlazorBootstrapCdnjsChart.Js
#2
Series A · Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine Westphalia · founded 2020 · 3 employees
$1.7Mraised
▾

Provider of cart leasing solutions for parcel delivery. It allows users to select driver and pay via platform for booking cart. Trailers can be picked up contactlessly at special docking stations and returned after use.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 24how this company ranks against its industry peers
Talent
top 28%
Growth
top 45%
Tech
bottom 48%
Product
bottom 48%
Funding
bottom 39%
Global
bottom 30%
Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Growth: Web rank 5,000,000 → 50,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Tech: 34 technologies across 3/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare · Security: Cloudflare Bot Management, Recaptcha
Audience (LinkedIn): 129 LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2024Series A$1.7M
Founders & team
Vitalij SchreiderCo-Founder & CFOJacqueline AkishinCo-FounderJakov AkishinCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Blyss
Tech stack
Core-JsDdos-GuardFacebook PixelGoogle Font ApiGoogle Tag ManagerHammer.Js
#3
Seed · Cologne, North Rhine Westphalia · founded 2021 · 16 employees
$6.5Mraised
▾

Provider of an online platform for commercial vehicle rental services. The platform facilitates connections between renters and providers of trucks, trailers, and other commercial vehicles. It offers tools for comparing vehicle options and managing rental agreements. The platform aims to streamline the process of renting commercial vehicles.

Funding rounds
  • Jun 2023Seed$6.5M
Founders & team
Kaspar FilippCo-FounderJakob SadounCo-Founder
Investors
Octopus Ventures, Plug and Play Tech Center, vent.io, MobilityFund, Hoyer, Atlantic Labs
#4
Seed · Dusseldorf, North Rhine Westphalia · founded 2020 · 33 employees
$1.3Mraised
▾

Provider of cloud-based freight forwarding solutions. The company offers a freight forwarding solution to manage freight booking, and tracking operations. It includes customs clearance, road and sea freight operations, route planning and optimization, document management, etc.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 4k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2023Seed$1.3M
Founders & team
Abdullah CansuFounder
Investors
APY Ventures, Bilisim Vadisi
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsGoogle Font ApiHeadless UiHstsHttp/3
#5
Series A · Cologne, North Rhine Westphalia · founded 2016 · 27 employees
$1.1Mraised
▾

Jumingo is an online platform for booking carbon-neutral courier services. Enables users to search and compare services from various carriers (like DHL, UPS, USPS, DPD, etc) on the platform for sending documents, couriers, and other parcels. The platform provides quotes from multiple vendors based on user requirements. Subsequently, users can select and book the required services. Claims to provide cheaper rates through consolidation. Features include automated insurance, real-time tracking, and more.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Aug 2022Series A—
  • Mar 2020Angel$1.1M
Founders & team
Kai KleuserCo-Founder & Chief Architect OfficerSascha GoldsteinCEO
Investors
Equivia, neoteq ventures, TS Ventures, pecunalta, Jalsim BV
Tech stack
BootstrapCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementDatadogGoogle CloudGoogle Cloud Cdn
#6
Seed · Cologne, North Rhine Westphalia · founded 2022
$217Kraised
▾

Provider of autonomous mobile robots. It offers AI-powered solutions for material handling in warehouses. It enables users to automate tasks like material handling, in-house transportation tasks, and security monitoring with no or minimal human intervention.

Funding rounds
  • Mar 2024Seed$217K
Founders & team
Florian ErnstCEO & MD
Investors
Vitosha Venture Partners
#7
Seed · Aachen, North Rhine Westphalia · founded 2017 · 20 employees
$1.8Mraised
▾

Is It Fresh is a provider of IoT-based packaging products. The product is a sensor-based supply chain tracking solution that allows customers to scan through the mobile phones, view product catalog, communicate, and measure the quality of the product. The product application is in industries such as packaging, inventory management, logistics, etc.

Funding rounds
  • 2020Grant (prize money)$55.5K
  • Oct 2018Seed—
  • Jun 2018Grant (prize money)$1.6M
  • Apr 2018Grant (prize money)—
Founders & team
Jan SchnitkerCo-Founder & CEOAlexey YakushenkoCo-Founder
Investors
Fusion Partners, K-Startup Grand Challenge, EIC Fund, Plug and Play Tech Center, TechFounders, Europa
#8
Funding Raised · Aachen, North Rhine Westphalia · founded 2020
$361.6Kraised
▾

Provider of web-enabled transportation management system. It is a logistics company that offers solution for road freight transportation with relay traffic. Their IT solution enables cross-company relay transportation, managing capacity utilization and enabling transport companies to collaborate.

Funding rounds
  • Jul 2023Grant (prize money)$361.6K
Founders & team
Maik SchurmeyerFounder & CEO
Investors
Europa
#9
Series A · Dortmund, North Rhine Westphalia · founded 2017 · 33 employees
$27.5Kraised
▾

AI and cloud based analytics solutions for the logistics and manufacturing industries. Offers an AI-enabled manual process intelligence platform, that enables users to analyze and optimize various manual processes. Also offers sensors for data collection on productivity and efficiency. The company also offers analytics services through its product. Hugo Boss is a part of their clientele.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 9k LinkedIn followers — 2.1% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2023Series A—
  • Nov 2019Grant (prize money)$27.5K
Investors
PwC Germany, TechFounders, FTTF
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsFacebook PixelGoogle Analytics
#10
Funding Raised · Beckum, North Rhine Westphalia · founded 2009 · 424 employees
$157.5Kraised
▾

Provider of intralogistic solutions for conveying, loading, palletising, packaging, and sortation. The company delivers systems for airport baggage handling and solutions for industries including building materials, cement, chemical, courier, e-commerce, fashion, and mining. Product offerings include software suites, automated unloaders, conveyor systems, sorters, palletisers, and mineral processing equipment. The company also provides customer support services.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 146k LinkedIn followers — 34.0% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. FC Schalke 04.) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2016Grant (prize money)$157.5K
Founders & team
Maria ZamiralovaTechnical Product OwnerKlaus SpensCEOKen LoweCEO
Investors
Europa
Tech stack
Borlabs CookieCloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsCore-JsGoogle AnalyticsJquery
#11
Seed · Munster, North Rhine Westphalia · founded 2020 · 21 employees
—raised
▾

Provider of damage and maintenance management solutions for fleet operators. The platform offers features like claims management, vehicle management, and more.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2023Seed—
Investors
BASF Coatings GmbH
Tech stack
ApolloAzureAzure Front DoorCookie ScriptCore-JsGoogle Workspace
#12
Seed · Aachen, North Rhine Westphalia · founded 2020 · 12 employees
—raised
▾

Provider of drone-based delivery services. It offers autonomous aerial vehicles for managing e-commerce order deliveries, parcel and document deliveries, and more. It operates in a delivery network with contingency management. It also includes a storage capacity platform for landing and loading operations.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 expansions announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • May 2023Seed—
  • Mar 2023Seed—
Founders & team
Lourdes CamarmaCo-FounderFabian BinzCo-FounderKarl PilotingCo-Founder
Investors
PVS Investments

Funding & investor landscape

$15.5Mtotal disclosed funding
10companies funded
14disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
startport9 rounds
Europa5 rounds
FTTF3 rounds
Plug and Play Tech Center3 rounds
Fraunhofer Venture2 rounds
TechFounders2 rounds
XPRESS Ventures2 rounds
APY Ventures1 rounds
AXIA1 rounds
Atlantic Labs1 rounds

Notable founders

Patrik Elfert
Co-Founder & Cpo · Logistikbude
Philip Wrycza
Co-Founder & CEO · Logistikbude
Vitalij Schreider
Co-Founder & CFO · Traxi Trailer
Jacqueline Akishin
Co-Founder · Traxi Trailer
Kaspar Filipp
Co-Founder · Colonia Technologies
Jakob Sadoun
Co-Founder · Colonia Technologies
Abdullah Cansu
Founder · Hubtic
Kai Kleuser
Co-Founder & Chief Architect Officer · Jumingo
Sascha Goldstein
CEO · Jumingo
Florian Ernst
CEO & MD · ECEON
Jan Schnitker
Co-Founder & CEO · is it fresh
Alexey Yakushenko
Co-Founder · is it fresh
Prism market signals · Germany · country-scoped Prism corpus, 2,309,745 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Logistics Tech coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · Germany

How research on Logistics & Supply Chain Tech is moving in Germany

A read on the academic research around Logistics & Supply Chain Tech — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 169 Germany-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
201620222026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and steady — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 28% → 29% across 2016–2026.
top research entities
  • RWTH Aachen University17
  • Technical University of Munich16
  • Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V.12
  • Technische Universität Berlin8
  • Universität Hamburg6
leading researchers
Markus Lienkamp · Walther, Grit · M. Maciejewski · Zardoshti Zadeh Yazdi, Mohammad · Joschka Bischoff · Asvin Goel · Michael Schneider · Klaus Bogenberger
▲ Breakthroughs33 · 20%
▼ 19%→18% share
▼0.9× share momentum2 median citations55% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are cooling (19%→18% of field), led by Fleet management.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Fleet management3→6
Landmark An Exact Method for Vehicle Routing and Truck Driver Scheduling Problems · 72 cites
◆ Advancements82 · 49%
▲ 50%→51% share
▲1.0× share momentum3 median citations62% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements are rising (50%→51% of field), led by Fleet management.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Fleet management13→18
  • Supply chain optimization2→7
  • Electrification1→4
  • Truck4→6
  • Service (business)4→6
Newly emergingScheduling (production processes) 0→7
Landmark Simulation of City-wide Replacement of Private Cars with Autonomous Taxis in Berlin · 289 cites
▼ Concerns23 · 14%
▲ 12%→15% share
▲1.2× share momentum3 median citations65% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are rising (12%→15% of field), led by Transport engineering.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Transport engineering1→5
  • Fleet management2→5
Landmark Impact of vehicle automation and electric propulsion on production costs for mobility services worldwide · 71 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Germany

Where logistics supply chain is researched across Germany

Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.

Munich18 · +0.36
Hot · Fleet managementOpportunity · Linear programming
Aachen17 · +0.21
Hot · Fleet managementOpportunity · Renewable energy
Berlin12 · +0.60
Hot · Fleet managementAdvancing · Scheduling (production processes)Opportunity · Supply chain management
Karlsruhe5 · +0.48
Stuttgart5 · +0.72
Jülich/Bonn5 · +0.14
Hot · Fleet management
PATENT SIGNAL · Germany

Who's filing logistics supply chain patents in Germany

Germany logistics supply chain patent filing is cooling — 167 filings from 298 assignees (2016–2025), led by Telair INT, Airbus Operations, Airbus; annual filings 20→16.

167 filings298 assigneespeak 30/yr2016–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2025)
top patent filers
  • Telair INT66
  • Airbus Operations56
  • Airbus24
  • Wittenstein18
  • Deutsche POST18
  • Huber Thomas16
  • Knorr Bremse Systeme16
  • Siemens16

Common questions

How many Logistics Tech companies are there in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany?
Radar tracks 84 indexable Logistics Tech companies headquartered in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Logistics Tech companies in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany?
The Logistics Tech companies in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany on this list have raised a combined $15.5M in disclosed equity funding across 10 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Logistics Tech company in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany?
Colonia Technologies is the highest-funded Logistics Tech company in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany, with $6.5M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Logistics Tech companies in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany are funded?
10 of the 84 Logistics Tech companies in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Logistics Tech unicorns are there in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany?
None of the Logistics Tech companies in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany Logistics Tech companies?
The most active investors in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany Logistics Tech companies on this list include startport, Europa, FTTF, Plug and Play Tech Center, Fraunhofer Venture.
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