Berlin - While working at SMP, members of the YPOG team advised Berlin-based venture capital firm Project A on a new investment in digital freight forwarder sennder in a Series D financing round. New and existing investors, including Project A, Accel, HV Capital and Lakestar, invested approximately $160 million in the logistics startup. This brings the company's valuation to over $1 billion. According to the company, the capital raised in the financing round will be used for further international expansion. The team has already advised the early-stage investor on a large number of investments in Germany and abroad and has launched three generations of funds on its behalf. Martin Schaper and Ansgar Frank took the lead for this mandate.
Project A
Project A is one of the leading venture capital companies in Europe, with offices in Berlin and London. In addition to $500 M in assets under management, Project A provides its portfolio companies with a wide range of operational support services. This includes more than 100 employees from key areas such as software engineering, business intelligence, marketing, recruiting, and many more. In 2020 Project A was named Germany's best VC by Business Insider magazine. Project A was founded in 2012 and since then has supported more than 60 start-ups in 12 countries. The portfolio includes companies such as Catawiki, WorldRemit, Homeday, Spryker, sennder, KRY, Trade Republic, and Voi.
sennder
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. In a traditional industry sennder is moving fast and focuses on the digitalization and automation of all road logistics processes. sennder manages over 10,000 trucks across Europe with an over 800-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 Accel, Lakestar, HV Capital, Project A, Next47, Scania Growth Capital, Earlybird and Perpetual. Additionally, sennder joined forces with industry champions Scania and Siemens to assure innovation and state of the art offerings.
Advisors Project A:
Dr. Martin Schaper (Corporate), Partner
Dr. Ansgar Frank (Corporate), Associated Partner
About us
YPOG is a law firm specialized in tax and business law, active in the core fields of Funds, Tax, Banking + Finance, and Transactions. The team at YPOG represents a broad client base, which ranges from emerging technology companies and family-run SMEs to large corporations, as well as private equity, and venture capital funds. YPOG is one of the leading advisors for venture capital, private equity, and fund structuring in Germany. The firm and its partners have been recognized nationally and internationally by JUVE, Best Lawyers, Legal 500, Focus, Chambers and Partners as well as Leaders League. Today, YPOG has more than 120 experienced lawyers and tax specialists and a notary, in three offices, located in Berlin, Hamburg, and Cologne.
