Seed funding for Parkdepot

The start-up wants to enable companies - especially from the retail sector - to rent out their parking spaces outside of opening hours. The Munich-based company has now successfully completed its seed round.

The Amsterdam-based VC fund henQ has invested 4.2 million euros in the Munich-based start-up Parkdepot. The company enables companies to rent out free parking spaces. The offer is aimed at supermarkets, among others, which can still use their customer parking spaces outside of opening hours. Parkdepot also offers fully automated license plate recognition, which enables parking lot operators to check who is using their facilities and whether anyone is parking their vehicle without authorization.

Last but not least, Parkdepot says it offers data analysis, for example to better record the utilization and use of parking spaces. According to the company, all systems have been tested by DEKRA for data protection compliance.

Parkdepot already counts Edeka, Rewe and McDonald's among its customers. With the money from henQ, the company now wants to refine its product and expand across Europe. "Despite a challenging environment since we entered the market, we have been able to position Parkdepot as a strong and reliable partner in the German retail sector," explained co-founder Jakob Bodenmüller. "In the last year, we have grown from 7 to 53 employees - we have brought the right people on board, I am super proud of the whole team and my co-founders!"