Robert Kunze

Managing Partner Barkawi Technologies

📍 Germany🔄 Updated September 2026💼 6 investments📅 7 years investing🗓 Last invested Dec 2023
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Dec 2023
Founded in 2005, TXO is a global full-circle technology lifecycle partner, helping organisations across sectors manage, optimise, deploy, and resell technology. Our vision is to transform technology for a smarter, more sustainable future - reducing costs, minimising waste, and maximising long-term impact. We work with industries that depend on complex, mission-critical infrastructure, from telecoms to transport, including proven use cases in rail, utilities, and beyond. By applying circular economy principles, EOSL (end-of-service-life) support, and responsible asset recovery, we extend the lifecycle of infrastructure while reducing commercial and environmental impact. We believe true sustainability must be practical: cost-effective, easy to implement, and operationally seamless. Our asset recovery and urban mining solutions reduce reliance on raw material extraction while driving performance, profit, and purpose. With a global footprint and one of the world’s largest inventories of multi-vendor technology parts, we support customers wherever they operate. In partnership with TowerBrook Delta, we’re accelerating the shift towards more efficient and responsible network ecosystems - combining financial performance with environmental responsibility. At TXO, we’re not just managing technology. We’re helping reshape its role in a more sustainable world. #sustainability #circulareconomy #telecomsolutions #TXO #refurbishment #operationalexcellence #environmentalresponsibility #assetmanagement #innovation #sustainabletelecom #sustainablesolutions #telecomhardware #repair #buy #sell #networkhardware
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Sep 2023
We are a SpaceTech company from Munich/Germany, developing space technologies to defend Europes high frontier. We were founded in 2023 and focus on orbital mobility systems and materials & components. Imprint: https://www.starflight-dynamics.com/imprint
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Jun 2021
ClearOps is a revolutionary holistic B2B aftersales software for the data-based optimization of supply chains in the machine manufacturing industry. The cloud-based software-as-a-service solution was developed by the Munich-based start-up headed by CEO William Barkawi and has been used by major international companies such as Jungheinrich, Terex and AGCO for many years. ClearOps already plans 5 million parts every day and processes 30,000 orders every week. At ClearOps, our mission is simple yet ambitious - to keep the world of machines running smoothly by harnessing the power of data and transforming the way machine manufacturing companies operate their aftersales networks. ClearOps – We keep the world moving.
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Mar 2021
Unparalleled Supply Chain management and automation solutions built on #Salesforce and #AWS clouds for better results and faster time to value. Greater Visibility I Optimal Decision Making Plan for the now & thrive in the future with lightning-fast data integration & a true 360-degree view of decision-grade data to resolve global supply chain disruptions, improve customer satisfaction & skyrocket profits. Built by experts in supply chain operations, finance, sales, and marketing, no one understands the business challenges better than ketteQ. ketteQ sets a new bar for enterprise planning and automation. Built on a foundation of Salesforce and AWS with strengths in security, scalability, and configurability, ketteQ offers supply chain organizations extended capabilities to fill in the gaps left by legacy systems. Our suite of microservices offers incremental improvements to simply fill in the gaps of legacy systems, or upgrade to a fully integrated and automated sales and operations planning platform built on Salesforce. ketteQ is creating a new normal for businesses by streamlining the flow of information between organizational functions to deliver unparalleled visibility, next-level AI/ML-powered business intelligence, and a paradigm shift in customer service and revenue growth rates.
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2025
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Nov 2025
Designing, building, and scaling intelligent supply chains. Scaia supports global enterprises and senior supply chain leaders in transforming complex supply chains into high-performing, adaptable, and robust operations. We exist to bridge the critical gap between strategic intent and sustained operational delivery. We are builders and operators, not a classical consultancy. Our highly experienced professionals bring deep backgrounds directly from inside large blue-chip corporations across consulting, operations, and technology. Collectively, we have supported the majority of Fortune 1000 companies in mission-critical industries—from High Tech and Automotive to Consumer Goods—operating at global scale. We focus exclusively on end-to-end supply chain design and execution, addressing complexity where scale, variability, and performance requirements intersect. Our expertise spans the full functional scope: from Design & Architecture and Planning & Execution to Manufacturing, Logistics, and Technology & AI Enablement. How We Work Our work follows a clear operating philosophy grounded in operational reality: Design → Build → Operate → Autonomize We dont just conceive solutions; we ensure they are stabilized in live environments and progressively transitioned toward intelligent execution. We work in very close collaboration with our clients and their ecosystems—where supply chains actually run. Why Scaia? We bring an execution-first mindset. We are built to perform at scale—not to produce slideware. We are entrepreneurial, outcome-driven, and handle complex international assignments requiring senior, hands-on involvement. Scaia is part of Barkawi Group, established in 1994, comprising a portfolio of specialized supply chain service, solution, and technology companies. — #SupplyChainManagement #SupplyChainTransformation #Operations #AIinSupplyChain #Logistics #Scaia #BarkawiGroup
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Dec 2023
Founded in 2005, TXO is a global full-circle technology lifecycle partner, helping organisations across sectors manage, optimise, deploy, and resell technology. Our vision is to transform technology for a smarter, more sustainable future - reducing costs, minimising waste, and maximising long-term impact. We work with industries that depend on complex, mission-critical infrastructure, from telecoms to transport, including proven use cases in rail, utilities, and beyond. By applying circular economy principles, EOSL (end-of-service-life) support, and responsible asset recovery, we extend the lifecycle of infrastructure while reducing commercial and environmental impact. We believe true sustainability must be practical: cost-effective, easy to implement, and operationally seamless. Our asset recovery and urban mining solutions reduce reliance on raw material extraction while driving performance, profit, and purpose. With a global footprint and one of the world’s largest inventories of multi-vendor technology parts, we support customers wherever they operate. In partnership with TowerBrook Delta, we’re accelerating the shift towards more efficient and responsible network ecosystems - combining financial performance with environmental responsibility. At TXO, we’re not just managing technology. We’re helping reshape its role in a more sustainable world. #sustainability #circulareconomy #telecomsolutions #TXO #refurbishment #operationalexcellence #environmentalresponsibility #assetmanagement #innovation #sustainabletelecom #sustainablesolutions #telecomhardware #repair #buy #sell #networkhardware
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Sep 2023
We are a SpaceTech company from Munich/Germany, developing space technologies to defend Europes high frontier. We were founded in 2023 and focus on orbital mobility systems and materials & components. Imprint: https://www.starflight-dynamics.com/imprint
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Feb 2023
We help large organizations, the public sector and resellers of consumer electronics to become more circular in the way they think and act. To be specific, we provide our partners and customers with different services that help them to manage mobile phones, computers and other tech devices in a way that is both cost-efficient and sustainable. We call it Circular Tech.
2021
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Jun 2021
ClearOps is a revolutionary holistic B2B aftersales software for the data-based optimization of supply chains in the machine manufacturing industry. The cloud-based software-as-a-service solution was developed by the Munich-based start-up headed by CEO William Barkawi and has been used by major international companies such as Jungheinrich, Terex and AGCO for many years. ClearOps already plans 5 million parts every day and processes 30,000 orders every week. At ClearOps, our mission is simple yet ambitious - to keep the world of machines running smoothly by harnessing the power of data and transforming the way machine manufacturing companies operate their aftersales networks. ClearOps – We keep the world moving.
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