Main Capital invests in logistics platform Shippingbo

Paris — Main Capi­tal Part­ners (“Main”) and Ship­pingbo are part­ne­ring to support the specia­li­zed logi­stics manage­ment solu­ti­ons provi­der in the company’s next phase of growth. The tran­sac­tion repres­ents Main’s third plat­form invest­ment in France in 2025, follo­wing the opening of its Paris office in Febru­ary this year. 

Ship­ping­bo’s manage­ment team will conti­nue to provide opera­tio­nal leader­ship and retain a signi­fi­cant stake in the company, under­li­ning their strong commit­ment to the shared vision of buil­ding a leading inter­na­tio­nal unified logi­stics platform.

Ship­pingbo was foun­ded in 2016 and is head­quar­te­red in Toulouse, France. The company offers a compre­hen­sive, cloud-based logi­stics manage­ment plat­form that combi­nes order manage­ment (OMS), warehouse manage­ment (WMS) and trans­por­ta­tion manage­ment (TMS) in one inte­gra­ted solu­tion. The soft­ware enables e‑commerce brands, logi­stics service provi­ders and retail­ers to auto­mate fulfill­ment proces­ses, opti­mize warehouse proces­ses and effi­ci­ently control trans­port flows via a central interface. 

Ship­ping­bo’s plat­form is charac­te­ri­zed by scala­bi­lity, flexi­bi­lity and seam­less inte­gra­tion within the entire supply chain ecosys­tem. The company’s solu­ti­ons enable supply chain play­ers to connect and auto­mate all process steps, support­ing robust omnich­an­nel stra­te­gies through unified logi­stics capa­bi­li­ties. Ship­pingbo employs around 80 people at its head­quar­ters in Toulouse and serves around 1,000 direct custo­mers from various indus­tries — inclu­ding consu­mer goods, 3PL logi­stics, sports & leisure and food & beverage. Key custo­mers include brands such as Venom, Teddy Smith, and Weber Indus­tries as well as logi­stics service provi­ders (3PL) such as DHL, Deret and Stef. 

Although the majo­rity of sales are curr­ently gene­ra­ted in France, Ship­pingbo has clear inter­na­tio­nal ambi­ti­ons with a growing custo­mer base and market presence in Spain, Belgium and Switzerland.

Acce­le­ra­ted growth through product inno­va­tion, inter­na­tio­nal expan­sion and a targe­ted buy-and-build strategy 

Through the colla­bo­ra­tion with Main, Ship­pingbo aims to acce­le­rate growth through conti­nuous product inno­va­tion, inter­na­tio­nal expan­sion and a targe­ted buy-and-build stra­tegy to further streng­then its posi­tion as a specia­li­zed soft­ware provi­der in the logi­stics chain. The common goal is to expand Ship­ping­bo’s func­tional coverage (OMS, WMS, TMS), deve­lop comple­men­tary modu­les and part­ner­ships and streng­then the go-to-market stra­tegy to better serve the growing Euro­pean custo­mer base. The manage­ment team — consis­ting of the foun­ding part­ners with deca­des of expe­ri­ence in logi­stics soft­ware — will retain a signi­fi­cant stake and toge­ther with Main will lead the next phase of growth. 

Jonas Kruip, Co-Head France & Senior Invest­ment Mana­ger at Main Capi­tal Part­nerssaid: “We are deligh­ted to part­ner with Marc, Romain and the entire Ship­pingbo team to support them in their next phase of growth. As supply chains become incre­asingly digi­tal, data-driven and custo­­mer-centric, inte­gra­ted OMS, WMS and TMS solu­ti­ons are criti­cal for compa­nies seeking effi­ci­ency, visi­bi­lity and scala­bi­lity across the supply chain. Ship­ping­bo’s scalable and modern plat­form is ideally posi­tio­ned to meet these requi­re­ments. We look forward to working closely with the manage­ment team to drive inno­va­tion and grow the company’s inter­na­tio­nal foot­print both orga­ni­cally and inor­ga­ni­cally. Ship­pingbo is our third plat­form invest­ment in France since the opening of our Paris office earlier this year and under­lines our strong commit­ment to support­ing and deve­lo­ping the French soft­ware ecosystem.”

Marc Heiri­cher, foun­der and CEO of Ship­pingbo, added: “We are very proud of this stra­te­gic agree­ment with Main Capi­tal to support us in this new chap­ter. Main’s expe­ri­ence in the soft­ware sector and in accom­pany­ing scale-ups on their growth path will allow us to signi­fi­cantly acce­le­rate Ship­ping­bo’s deve­lo­p­ment. This new part­ner­ship confirms our vision and provi­des us with addi­tio­nal resour­ces to further inno­vate intern­ally, streng­then our part­ner network and imple­ment a buy-and-build stra­tegy to further deve­lop our posi­tion as an estab­lished, unified logi­stics plat­form for omnich­an­nel commerce in France and internationally.”

About Ship­pingbo

Ship­pingbo, head­quar­te­red in Toulouse, France, deve­lops a SaaS plat­form specia­li­zing in e‑commerce logi­stics, combi­ning Order Manage­ment (OMS), Warehouse Manage­ment (WMS) and Trans­port Manage­ment (TMS). The solu­tion is offe­red as an inte­gra­ted suite or as stand-alone modu­les to adapt to exis­ting orga­niza­ti­ons and systems. It covers the entire order to deli­very process: stan­dar­diza­tion of orders and stock levels across all chan­nels, control of warehouse proces­sing, ship­ping via inte­gra­ted carri­ers, label crea­tion, ship­ment track­ing and fault manage­ment as well as returns proces­sing. The system is desi­gned for scala­bi­lity and inter­ope­ra­bi­lity and inte­gra­tes with ERP, CMS, market­place and exis­ting WMS/OMS/TMS systems and part­ner networks via stan­dard connec­tors and an open API. Ship­pingbo is desi­gned for multi-warehouse opera­ti­ons and supports e‑commerce merchants, DNVBs, retail­ers, manu­fac­tu­r­ers, suppli­ers and logi­stics service provi­ders by provi­ding centra­li­zed opera­tio­nal visi­bi­lity and unified proces­ses across loca­ti­ons, chan­nels and part­ners. — https://www.shippingbo.com

About Main Capi­tal Partners

Main Capi­tal Part­ners is a leading soft­ware inves­tor in the Bene­lux, DACH, France, the Nordics and the US with appro­xi­m­ately €6.5 billion in assets under manage­ment. Main has more than 20 years of expe­ri­ence in streng­thening soft­ware compa­nies and works closely with the manage­ment teams of its port­fo­lio compa­nies as a stra­te­gic part­ner to drive profi­ta­ble growth and build leading soft­ware groups. As a leading soft­ware inves­tor with private equity funds active in Northwest Europe and North America, Main employs around 90 people in offices in The Hague, Düssel­dorf, Stock­holm, Antwerp, Paris and an affi­lia­ted office in Boston. Main mana­ges an active port­fo­lio of over 50 soft­ware compa­nies with a total of around 15,000 employees. Through the Main Social Insti­tute, Main supports students with scho­lar­ships for IT and compu­ter science programs at tech­ni­cal univer­si­ties and univer­si­ties of applied scien­ces. — www.main.nl