Exclusive: Ralf Huep invests two million euros in Urbify

The logistics start-up wants to enable online retailers to make same-day or next-day deliveries.

Private equity investor Ralf Huep is investing two million euros in the start-up Urbify. Huep most recently supported the expansion and IPO of Polish parcel delivery company Inpost. He has now invested in Urbify as he is convinced of the company's long-term success, according to a press release. As a strategic advisor, he would now help the founding team to become the European market leader for premium deliveries.

"With his experience and expertise, we will continue to grow strongly and want to convince other major e-commerce players of our service alongside customers such as Rewe, Asos and The Hut Group," says Benedikt Stolze. He founded the Berlin-based company together with Florian Wienbrügge and Jerolim Dragojevic in 2019. The founders want to make shipping more sustainable and faster. According to the start-up, it has a delivery rate of over 99% on the first delivery attempt. This is made possible by transparent delivery processes and route planning as well as evening delivery with individually selectable time slots. Urbify's delivery area currently covers more than 50 cities.

According to Urbify, it is currently working on developing emission-free solutions for the last mile. To this end, it is currently expanding its fleet of electric vehicles.