Malte Janzarik

Investing in the next generation of leading companies in supply chain technology

📍 United Kingdom🔄 Updated September 2026💼 12 investments📅 6 years investing🗓 Last invested Aug 2024
VC🌍 United Kingdom
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Aug 2024
Making a lasting impact on the future of online shopping. We believe that shipping in online retail - especially outside of the Amazon marketplace - should be much faster, more transparent and frictionless. Our mission is to democratize access to outstanding logistics infrastructure for online retailers by providing them with an end-to-end solution that scales as they grow. Our vision is to improve the lives of people around the world through a delivery experience they love by providing them with fast, affordable and predictable access to products purchased online. Want to work with us? Write us an email at hello@zenfulfillment.com
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May 2024
Bloq.it is providing the worlds leading Smart Locker Solutions. Solving last-mile and enabling everyone to participate in e-commerce. Since our inception, we have emerged as the leading product in our segment, and have become the fastest-growing Smart Locker company in the world. Our Products are live in all the main EU markets, and are used by millions of end costumers, in partnership with industry leaders such as Vinted, DHL, and GLS.
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2024
Altana is the network for trusted trade, empowering a new era of global commerce by uniting businesses and governments on an AI-powered platform to build a more resilient and secure global supply chain. Customers like Boston Scientific, General Atomics, L.L.Bean, Maersk, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and the UK Department of Business and Trade use Altana to design optimal product lines, protect national security, and promote economic growth through collaboration.
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2023
Raft is the intelligent logistics platform that’s rewriting the technology playbook for freight forwarders and customs brokers in the automation era. We empower our customers to drive efficiency, collaborate effectively, and deliver more value to their shipper end-customers by automating shipment execution across the entire lifecycle—from operations, finance, customs, and sales to visibility and emissions reporting. Raft embeds AI into workflows and standardizes diverse data inputs—whether email content, EDI, or API—in order to drive lower-touch shipment execution. This frees up teams to focus on higher value work while reducing costs and driving profitability. Founded in 2017, Raft serves 60 freight forwarders in 30+ countries globally, including 40% of the A&A’s Top 25 Global Freight Forwarders List. Our platform is used to execute over 300k shipments per month, saving customers up to 2 hours on every shipment. Find out more: raft.ai.
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2023
Parade is the leading capacity management platform for freight brokerages. Parade integrates with all of your existing tools and manages carrier relationships, availability, and pricing. Top freight brokerages build dedicated digital capacity and book more loads using Parade.
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2023
Optilogics cloud-native Cosmic Frog supply chain design solution enables businesses to build digital models of future supply chains to evaluate trade-offs across cost, service, risk, and sustainability. Cosmic Frog is the only supply chain design platform to combine optimization, simulation, and risk engines, and includes a risk rating on every model. Use Cosmic Frog for network design, intelligent greenfield analysis and site selection, M&A analysis, near-shoring/reshoring, CAPEX planning, cost-to-serve, product flow-path, and many more. Get a free trial of the worlds fastest, most powerful supply chain design solution: https://www.optilogic.com/create-an-account
Board Observer
2022
project44 is on a mission to make supply chains work. We optimize the movement of products globally, delivering better resiliency, sustainability, and value for our customers. As the supply chain connective tissue, we operate the most trusted end-to-end visibility platform that tracks more than 1 billion shipments annually for the world’s leading brands. Now the undisputed leader in the market, project44 has achieved the following recognition: 1️⃣ Named a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant 2️⃣ Top ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ customer ratings on G2 3️⃣ Ranked #1 on FreightWaves’ FreightTech 25 for 2022 4️⃣ Named a Customer’s Choice in Gartner Peer Insights’ Voice of the Customer 5️⃣ Achieved Tech Unicorn Status in June 2021 6️⃣ Raised $420M in Series F Funding led by Goldman Sachs, Thoma Bravo, & TPG project44 is the world’s most robust multimodal network, operating in over 170 countries and more than 20 languages. Our approach to global and multimodal connectivity enables supply chain and logistic professionals to track inventory throughout their entire journey, including: 🚚 Truckload 🚚 LTL 🚚 Volume LTL 🌊 Ocean 🚂 Rail ✈️ Air 📦 Final Mile Headquartered in Chicago, project44 is comprised of a diverse, fast-growing, and global workforce with offices in Amsterdam, Austin, San Francisco, France, Poland, Germany, Brazil, Mexico City, India, and Colombia. Ready to transform your supply chain? Click on the LEARN MORE button ☝ above ☝ Or, if you’re eager to be part of a winning team that works together to solve the world’s most complex supply chain challenges, click Jobs to view our open roles.
Investor
2022
ZeKju supports shippers, freight forwarders and truckers in digitalizing driver communication. Instead of asking drivers to install new apps, ZeKju builds on popular messenger services, such as WhatsApp, Telegram or Viber. With ZeKju drivers and dispatchers benefit from automatic translation and easy ways to share geo-locations, status updates and transport documents. Next to seamless user experience, data protection is at the top of ZeKju’s agenda. Our solution protects data of individuals and companies. Only stakeholders of a specific transport can access the data related to this transport. Drivers’ personal data such as names and telephone numbers is not shared with any third party. With our solution, we are closing digital white spots in transport tracking and complement existing visibility solutions with a communication and collaboration layer. ZeKju is hiring. Join our team of “technology first”-minded entrepreneurs and help us digitalize one of the world’s largest industries.
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2022
At Lyric, we empower supply chain organizations to innovate on their own terms. The Lyric Studio harmonizes large data, advanced supply chain science, configurable workflows, and professional-grade apps all in one place. Whether using a Motif, no-code configurations, or custom algorithms, we enable every team member to contribute to smarter, more sustainable supply chain solutions.
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2022
What we’re trying to achieve: We are building logistics infrastructure to transform commerce. How we do it: We’ve built an intelligent operating system that includes a technology platform, an on ground control tower, and a digital freight network. Together, they streamline every step of the logistics process. TMS and visibility platforms provide much-required tracking and E2E digitization, which harness efficiencies and reduce waste. The control tower solves exceptions live and proactively. The digital freight network builds transparent price discovery, provides access to nationwide transporters and optimizes freight flows to reduce empty miles. This combination has made Freight Tiger India’s largest and rapidly growing freight network today. With our help, enterprise customers across industries are able to move material to their customers with full visibility, predictability and speed, all at lower cost. Even SMEs (including transport companies) that had limited infrastructure and reach are now able to swiftly expand into new markets. Why we’re the only ones who can do it... …because we’ve taken a systems approach. For more established shippers, our end-to-end effectiveness changes logistics from a painful cost center to a competitive advantage. We even offer “freight as a service”, where more and more customers are asking us to completely take logistics off their hands so they can breathe easy and focus on their core. For SMEs and transport companies, we fundamentally change the business landscape by catalyzing growth in ways previously impossible. Our neutrality ensures that we create economic value for everyone in the ecosystem - by making the entire supply chain more competitive, we’re well on our way to making a GDP-level impact!
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2020
Alaiko is Europe's leading fulfillment-as-a-service platform that enables online shops to scale their operations without friction. Rapidly growing e-commerce brands and their customers benefit from state-of-the-art warehousing, operational excellence as well as automated process control through Alaiko's Logistics Operating System®.
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2024
Investor
Aug 2024
Making a lasting impact on the future of online shopping. We believe that shipping in online retail - especially outside of the Amazon marketplace - should be much faster, more transparent and frictionless. Our mission is to democratize access to outstanding logistics infrastructure for online retailers by providing them with an end-to-end solution that scales as they grow. Our vision is to improve the lives of people around the world through a delivery experience they love by providing them with fast, affordable and predictable access to products purchased online. Want to work with us? Write us an email at hello@zenfulfillment.com
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May 2024
Bloq.it is providing the worlds leading Smart Locker Solutions. Solving last-mile and enabling everyone to participate in e-commerce. Since our inception, we have emerged as the leading product in our segment, and have become the fastest-growing Smart Locker company in the world. Our Products are live in all the main EU markets, and are used by millions of end costumers, in partnership with industry leaders such as Vinted, DHL, and GLS.
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2024
Altana is the network for trusted trade, empowering a new era of global commerce by uniting businesses and governments on an AI-powered platform to build a more resilient and secure global supply chain. Customers like Boston Scientific, General Atomics, L.L.Bean, Maersk, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and the UK Department of Business and Trade use Altana to design optimal product lines, protect national security, and promote economic growth through collaboration.
2023
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2023
Raft is the intelligent logistics platform that’s rewriting the technology playbook for freight forwarders and customs brokers in the automation era. We empower our customers to drive efficiency, collaborate effectively, and deliver more value to their shipper end-customers by automating shipment execution across the entire lifecycle—from operations, finance, customs, and sales to visibility and emissions reporting. Raft embeds AI into workflows and standardizes diverse data inputs—whether email content, EDI, or API—in order to drive lower-touch shipment execution. This frees up teams to focus on higher value work while reducing costs and driving profitability. Founded in 2017, Raft serves 60 freight forwarders in 30+ countries globally, including 40% of the A&A’s Top 25 Global Freight Forwarders List. Our platform is used to execute over 300k shipments per month, saving customers up to 2 hours on every shipment. Find out more: raft.ai.
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2023
Optoro is a fast-growing SaaS company offering an end-to-end return management system revolutionizing the retail industry. Our mission is to make every return simple and efficient through great technology so that shopping can be easy and sustainable for everyone. Optoro’s returns management system (RMS) is a technology platform for retailers & 3PLs that spans the entire returns lifecycle — from return initiation, RMA creation, return methods, shipping consolidation, dispositioning, and ultimately restock and resale. From a shopper-facing portal with ultra-convenient returns options, to enhanced receiving, dispositioning, and outbound workflows, brands can unlock greater customer satisfaction by optimizing every touchpoint of a return. Founded in 2010, Optoro has continued to see significant year-over-year growth, and is trusted by top retailers and brands such as GAP Inc., American Eagle Outfitters, Tuckernuck, Best Buy, UPS Supply Chain, and more. Optoro has received many awards and industry accolades including CNBC’s Disruptor 50, EY’s Entrepreneur of the Year and the World Economic Forum’s Circular Economy Award, and was named a "Top Workplace"​ in D.C. by The Washington Post. Most recently, Optoro’s CEO, Amena Ali, was recognized in Forbes 50 Over 50 and Washingtonian’s Tech Titans of 2023.
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