Rail-Flow secures EUR 12.5 million in Series A financing round

The logistics tech company Rail-Flow has closed a Series A financing round of 12.5 million euros. The round was led by Trill Impact and Bonsai Partners, accompanied by Climentum Capital, several business angels and existing investors Rethink Ventures and Futury Capital. Rail-Flow intends to use the new capital base to further accelerate the digitalization of European rail freight transport.

This Series A is the prelude to a combination of AI innovation and international expansion.

Dominik Fürste, Co-CEO Rail-Flow

Digital ERP for rail and intermodal logistics

Rail-Flow is developing a transport management platform that acts as a digital ERP for rail logistics. The system covers all core processes of rail freight companies, freight forwarders, intermodal operators and shippers - from sales and procurement to contract, order and transport management through to invoicing. A central component is the Rail-Flow Marketplace, a digital procurement and sales channel that improves transparency, capacity utilization and cooperation throughout the entire ecosystem.

Focus on three growth areas

Rail-Flow is using the fresh capital to focus on three strategic areas of development:

1. AI-supported platform intelligence

Automation in order management and billing, better data quality, precise ETA forecasts, real-time status, predictive problem identification and automated workflows should significantly accelerate operational processes.

2. international expansion

Rail-Flow plans to open up further European and selected international markets, including local integrations on site.

3. scalability and stability

Investments in the team, infrastructure and capital base will enable the implementation of larger customer projects and make the platform more powerful in the long term.

Our native AI will anticipate decisions, control workflows and create transparency across the entire transportation chain.

Osman Akdemir , Co-CEO Rail-Flow

These measures will create additional network effects, a growing integration ecosystem and even greater scalability in collaboration with partners.

Strengthening the market position and sustainable transformation

With the new financing, Rail-Flow is increasing the speed of development and implementation and moving closer to international markets. For customers, this means greater reliability, predictable further development of the platform and more stable operations. At the same time, the company is underlining its role as a driver of digital transformation and CO₂ reduction in rail freight transport.

The confidence of international investors shows the enormous potential of a sector that is ready for comprehensive transformation.

Marcel Hoeke, CFO Rail-Flow

Rail-Flow has recently doubled its annual turnover, expanded its intermodal expertise through the integration of Simply Deliver and increased its team to 170 employees. The company is regarded as one of the technologically leading scale-ups in the European rail logistics sector.

We last reported on a successful €3.6 million round for Rail-Flow on Startbase in 2023.