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Our history

sennder was founded in 2015 by David Nothacker, Julius Köhler and Nicolaus Schefenacker and is now the leading digital European freight forwarder, offering shippers access to our connected fleet of thousands of trucks. As a data-based company, sennder contributes to a fit for the future logistics industry and ensures transparency and efficiency within the procurement and distribution of cargo.

sennder manages over 40,000 trucks across Europe with a 1,000+ people strong team. By leveraging its proprietary technology, sennder builds an ecosystem that leads the industry into the 21st century with a new degree of transparency, efficiency and flexibility.

sennder is backed by some of Europe’s leading investors including Baillie Gifford, Accel, Lakestar, HV Capital, Project A, Scania Growth Capital, and Poste Italiane. Additionally, sennder joined forces with industry champions Scania and Siemens to assure innovation and state of the art offerings.

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Connected Trucks

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offices

Founders

David Nothacker, sennder Co-Founder & Managing Director

David Nothacker

Co-Founder & CEO

Julius Köhler, sennder Co-Founder & Managing Director

Julius Köhler

Co-Founder & Managing Director

Nico

Nicolaus Schefenacker

Co-Founder & Managing Director

2015
Early 2015Business

MBA Project INSEAD David

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Mid 2015Business

Registered company in Berlin

Unbenannt

Late 2015Business

Focus on parcel delivery

busses

2016
Mid 2016Business

Pre-seed funding through angels

sennder logo

Late 2016

Nico and Julius signed

founders

Mid 2016Business

Pivot to full truck loads

Business

5 employees

Late 2016

First office in a garage

founder

2017
Early 2017Business

First company trip to Italy

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Mid 2017Business

Partnership with Scania

Scania sennder truck on road

Mid 2017Business

First managment off-site Tegernsee

Mid 2017Business

First company off-site Oktoberfest

Mid 2017Business

David keynote speaker at Noah startups conference

start

Late 2017Business

Company off-site Jordan

team member

Late 2017Business

Move to a bigger office T14

sennder group

Business

30 employees

2018
Early 2018Business

First winter camp

ski

Early 2018Business

First summer camp in Italy

summercamp

Early 2018Business

Series A closing HV & Project A

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Early 2018Business

Second company off-site Oktoberfest

Late 2018Business

Managment off-site Dubai

Business

100 employees

2019
Early 2019Business

DLD Conference in Munich

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Early 2019Business

Second winter camp

Early 2019Business

AI in action

Early 2019Business

Series B Accel

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Early 2019Business

Moving into new headquarters

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Early 2019Business

Partnership with Siemens

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Mid 2019Business

B2RUN company run

soccer team

Mid 2019Business

Second summer camp

Mid 2019Business

Transport logistic fair in Munich 2019

sennder expo

Mid 2019Business

Innroute takeover

Mid 2019Business

Launch Logtech Mingle Forto & Cargo One

logtech

Mid 2019

Office opening summer party

party

Mid 2019

Series C closing Lakestar

lakestar

Mid 2019Business

DKV sennder cooperation

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Mid 2019Business

Office openning Madrid

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Mid 2019Business

Office openning Wroclaw

trainstation

Late 2019Business

Office openning Milan

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200 employees

2020
Early 2020Business

Redefine vision, mission & values

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Early 2020Business

Office opening Riga

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300 employees

Early 2020Business

Merger with Everoad. Paris office

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400 employees

Mid 2020Business

Joint venture Poste Italiane

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Mid 2020Business

Managment off-site Brandenburg

sennder group

500 employees

Late 2020Business

Uber Freight acquisition. Amsterdam office

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Late 2020Business

Linkedin Top Startups

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600 employees

Late 2020Business

Green Business launched

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700 employees

2021
Early 2021Business

Series D closing $160M raised

globe

Early 2021Business

Strategic partnership with Zeitfracht

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Early 2021Business

Michelin partnership

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800 employees

Mid 2021Business

Sennder acquires Cars&Cargo

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Mid 2021Business

Sennder raises additional $80M

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Mid 2021Business

Schwarzmüller partnership

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Late 2021

Third summer camp

2022
Mid 2022

Office opening Bucharest

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Mid 2022

Reached 1.000 employees

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Fourth summer camp