Maschmeyer invests in Ancla

The start-up is active in the logistics sector. Maschmeyer has apparently invested a total of 6.5 million euros via a fund.

Carsten Maschmeyer has apparently invested 6.5 million euros in the start-up Anlca via his venture capital fund. This was reported by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. The Wetzlar-based company specializes in logistics and raised a total of 15 million euros from investors in this financing round. Maschmeyer is apparently the most prominent investor.

The start-up provides logistics services for smaller stores and operates publicly under the names Packangels and Logsta. The start-up stores, packs and ships parcels for them, which they have sold via their online store, for example. This allows the stores to outsource their logistics and not have to worry about delivering the sometimes large number of parcels themselves. Ancla merged with Logsta just a few weeks ago, resulting in the current company.

Logsta was founded in 2017, Ancla in 2006. According to its own information, the start-up is currently represented in five countries, has over 1,000 customers and recently sent around four million parcels. Ancla is said to employ 600 people.