To further develop and scale the platform for local parcel acceptance communities, the Cologne-based tech startup DropFriends is pleased to receive mid-6-digit pre-seed financing. Co-Founder and CEO Martin Peters announced this at the Last Mile City Logistics trade fair in Berlin.
The Cologne-based tech startup is pleased to further develop and scale the platform for local parcel acceptance communities DropFriends via mid-6-digit pre-seed financing. The co-founder and CEO Martin Peters announced this at the Last Mile City Logistics trade fair in Berlin.
The founding team impressed business angels Daniel Matuschewsky, Daniel Senf, Henry Flack, Markus Richter, Rainer Witt and Randolf Schürmann with their vision, strategy and in-house technical development. In addition, the NRW.Bank in the financing round.
DropFriends offers a platform with which anyone can create or access a parcel shop in seconds using an app and SaaS. Regardless of which parcel service provider. “In two and a half months, we were able to generate more than 1,400 DropPoints. In Cologne and Hamburg, even more than there are parcel lockers there,” says Martin Peters.
That too Start port-Team looks proudly at the startups from startport Batch #5. Alessandro Benassi accompanied the start-up during its time on the program and says: “We are impressed by the founding team and congratulate them on the financing round. We are very pleased to see how the founding team of DropFriends lives diversity. This is a very important topic today, as diversity describes the differences and similarities between people or groups. ”
“As a Business Angels Group, we are impressed by the founding team. DropFriends is a real tech company. They have the will to make a positive contribution to climate protection and society. We are proud and happy to support the team,” says business angel Markus Richter.
“In Germany, over 4 billion parcels are shipped every year. And the market is growing rapidly. This leads to significant problems for everyone involved during reception. Our goal is to make it possible to receive parcels the first time while remaining fair for all parties,” says Yasmin Werner as Co-Founder.
Mirco Meyer, managing director of the DropFriends Cooperation partners”Baoo“: “With our app, you can search for new ones, for example
Turn off headphones and have them delivered to the desired DropPoint. This also increases our flexibility because we are spared tight delivery periods and we can expand delivery regions in a relevant way. ”
With a focus on the increasing number of online orders, the start-up is helping the carbon-emitting e-commerce industry to operate more independently but also in a more climate-friendly way. “Every successful initial delivery avoids additional trips for consumers and deliverers,” underlines Osamah Aldoaiss, Co-Founder and CTO.
About DropFriends
DropFriends was founded at the end of 2019 by Yasmin Werner, Osamah Aldoaiss and Martin Peters founded in Cologne. DropFriends turns everyone into a parcel shop — regardless of which parcel service provider! These can then be selected via a smartphone app, but also directly in online shop ordering processes or partner systems to receive shipments. The”Rheinland-Pitch Winter Finals” winner was a participant of Start port-Accelerator of Port of Duisburg and currently has more than 1500 independent DropPoints for accepting packages.
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