Berlin \u2014 Seven Senders, the leading deli\u00advery plat\u00adform for parcel ship\u00adping in Europe, looks back on a successful 2020 and has closed a Series C follow-on round of \u20ac32 million. As in the previous finan\u00adcing round, the lead inves\u00adtor is Digi\u00adtal+ Part\u00adners, which toge\u00adther with btov is cove\u00adring the finan\u00adcing needs of the Berlin-based scale-up. Seven Senders will use the inflow of capi\u00adtal for further tech\u00adni\u00adcal expan\u00adsion and to conti\u00adnue its inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adna\u00adliza\u00adtion stra\u00adtegy. Among other things, there are plans to support the Euro\u00adpean busi\u00adness of Chinese and US online retail\u00aders with central service hubs.<\/p>\n
With its focus on cross-border ship\u00adping, Seven Senders bene\u00adfi\u00adted greatly from the expan\u00adsion of Euro\u00adpean online retail\u00ading last year. Sales have doubled since March 2020. In line with its growth target, the company recently opened new coun\u00adtry offices in Amster\u00addam, Vienna and Madrid. In addi\u00adtion, Seven Senders has been offe\u00adring a solu\u00adtion for ship\u00adping to the UK since Febru\u00adary 2021, ensu\u00adring the smooth move\u00adment of goods after Brexit.<\/p>\n
With its network of over 100 local premium parcel deli\u00advery compa\u00adnies, the Seven Senders deli\u00advery plat\u00adform opti\u00admi\u00adzes retail\u00aders\u2019 ship\u00adping proces\u00adses to all Euro\u00adpean count\u00adries. The entire network is acces\u00adsi\u00adble via a stan\u00addar\u00addi\u00adzed inter\u00adface. With mini\u00admal comple\u00adxity, the best possi\u00adble ship\u00adping in Europe is ensu\u00adred for each package. This provi\u00addes every ship\u00adper with fast, relia\u00adble and afforda\u00adble deli\u00advery, adapted to the needs of the end custo\u00admer. Excel\u00adlent moni\u00adto\u00adring, track\u00ading, and ship\u00adping-rela\u00adted commu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons round out the custo\u00admer expe\u00adri\u00adence. The fact that the solu\u00adtion has been well recei\u00adved by the market is demons\u00adtra\u00adted by the nine-figure annual sales that have now been achie\u00adved, as well as well-known custo\u00admers such as ASOS, Shop Apotheke, Lilly\u00addoo, Mister Spex, Juniqe, Flaconi, West\u00adwing, Best Secret, food\u00adspring, Limango and Thomann.<\/p>\n
Dr. Johan\u00adnes Plehn, foun\u00adder and co-CEO of Seven Senders: \u201cLast year, we consis\u00adt\u00adently pursued our growth stra\u00adtegy. Thanks to invest\u00adments in tech\u00adno\u00adlogy and employees, we were able to help our custo\u00admers cope with the enorm\u00adous increase in demand in online retail\u00ading in the wake of the Corona pande\u00admic. We will conti\u00adnue to take advan\u00adtage of the posi\u00adtive market deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment and expand our services, also with a view to retail\u00aders outside the Euro\u00adpean Econo\u00admic Area. We are placing maxi\u00admum focus on this development.\u201d<\/p>\n
Patrick Beitel, Mana\u00adging Direc\u00adtor and Part\u00adner of Digi\u00adtal+ Part\u00adners: \u201cSeven Senders\u2019 sophisti\u00adca\u00adted tech\u00adno\u00adlogy and the high level of logi\u00adstics exper\u00adtise of all parties invol\u00adved convin\u00adced us from the very begin\u00adning. Our assess\u00adment has been more than confirmed over the past 18 months: In expan\u00adding its inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal ship\u00adping, Seven Senders has taken advan\u00adtage of the oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties that have arisen from the over\u00adall posi\u00adtive market deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment. We are ther\u00ade\u00adfore plea\u00adsed to conti\u00adnue to jointly drive Seven Senders\u2019 growth to become Euro\u00adpe\u2019s number one in parcel shipping.\u201d<\/p>\n
About Digi\u00adtal+ Partners<\/strong><\/p>\n Digi\u00adtal+ Part\u00adners is a leading inves\u00adtor and growth capi\u00adtal specia\u00adlist focu\u00adsed on Euro\u00adpean and US tech\u00adno\u00adlogy compa\u00adnies; assets under manage\u00adment amount to \u20ac350 million. Digi\u00adtal+ helps ambi\u00adtious entre\u00adpre\u00adneurs build global tech\u00adno\u00adlogy busi\u00adnesses, provi\u00adding stra\u00adte\u00adgic advice and long-term finan\u00adcial support to help them define and execute their growth plans. The fund focu\u00adses exclu\u00adsi\u00advely on B2B tech\u00adno\u00adlogy compa\u00adnies and lever\u00ada\u00adges an exten\u00adsive corpo\u00adrate network to help port\u00adfo\u00adlio compa\u00adnies enter new markets and build new part\u00adner\u00adships. For more infor\u00adma\u00adtion, visit www.dplus.partners.<\/p>\n About btov<\/strong><\/p>\n btov Part\u00adners, foun\u00added in 2000, is a Euro\u00adpean venture capi\u00adtal firm focu\u00adsed on digi\u00adtal and indus\u00adtrial tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies. btov\u2019s network of entre\u00adpre\u00adneu\u00adrial private inves\u00adtors provi\u00addes her unique exper\u00adtise and access to non-obvious invest\u00adment topics and foun\u00adders. The btov Indus\u00adtrial Tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies Fund focu\u00adses on hard\u00adware and soft\u00adware inno\u00adva\u00adtions with indus\u00adtrial use cases such as auto\u00adma\u00adtion, robo\u00adtics, data analy\u00adtics, indus\u00adtrial AI, addi\u00adtive manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adring and quan\u00adtum compu\u00adting. The btov Digi\u00adtal Tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies Fund focu\u00adses on start\u00adups in AI, fintech, SaaS, logi\u00adstics and digi\u00adtal market\u00adplaces. btov has seen very early waves of inno\u00adva\u00adtion such as Machine Lear\u00adning or Fintech and is one of the most successful funders of AI compa\u00adnies in Europe.<\/p>\n The company, with offices in Berlin, Munich, St. Gallen and Luxem\u00adbourg, mana\u00adges capi\u00adtal of 510 million euros. The network of private inves\u00adtors consists of 250 expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adced entre\u00adpre\u00adneurs and execu\u00adti\u00adves from all over Europe. Among the best-known invest\u00adments are Seven Senders, Black\u00adlane, Data Artisans, DeepL, Face\u00adbook, Food\u00adspring, ORCAM, Raisin, SumUp, Volo\u00adc\u00adop\u00adter and XING. www.btov.vc<\/p>\n About SEVEN SENDERS GmbH Advi\u00adsor Seven Senders: Vogel Heerma Waitz<\/strong><\/p>\n Dr. Clemens Waitz and Lorenz Frey, both partners.<\/p>\n About Vogel Heerma Waitz<\/strong><\/p>\n Vogel Heerma Waitz is a Berlin-based law firm specia\u00adli\u00adzing in growth capi\u00adtal, tech\u00adno\u00adlogy and media. www.v14.de<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Berlin \u2014 Seven Senders, the leading deli\u00advery plat\u00adform for parcel ship\u00adping in Europe, looks back on a successful 2020 and has closed a Series C follow-on round of \u20ac32 million. As in the previous finan\u00adcing round, the lead inves\u00adtor is Digi\u00adtal+ Part\u00adners, which toge\u00adther with btov is cove\u00adring the finan\u00adcing needs of the Berlin-based scale-up. [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37164,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[886,1364,1366,1367,1368,1373],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-en","category-featured-en","category-news-en","category-lawyers-tax-advisors-auditors-en","category-lawyers-tax-consultants-auditors","category-venture-capital-en","news-category-venture-capital-news"],"yoast_head":"\n
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\nSEVEN SENDERS is the leading deli\u00advery plat\u00adform for parcel ship\u00adping. The company connects ship\u00adpers with its carrier network of more than 100 parcel deli\u00advery compa\u00adnies in Europe, enab\u00adling excel\u00adlent local ship\u00adping as a compe\u00adti\u00adtive advan\u00adtage. With addi\u00adtio\u00adnal ship\u00adping services, such as claims center, insu\u00adrance, returns portal and labels, SEVEN SENDERS makes inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal ship\u00adping a simple matter. Auto\u00adma\u00adted ship\u00adping noti\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons, track\u00ading and moni\u00adto\u00adring solu\u00adti\u00adons ensure a trans\u00adpa\u00adrent ship\u00adping process. Monthly reports and analy\u00adses enable data-based opti\u00admiza\u00adtion of inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal ship\u00adping perfor\u00admance. Ship\u00adpers get ever\u00ady\u00adthing from a single source and reduce comple\u00adxity. www.sevensenders.com.<\/p>\n