Synkka, a UK-based logistics Tech startup aiming to automate the parcel delivery industry, has announced a pre-Seed funding round to support the development of its AI-powered workforce and accelerate the rollout of its first digital integration product.
The oversubscribed round was led by Ascension VC and included a syndicate of industry veterans from ITA Group, ZigZag, Sendify, One World Express, ex-Asendia, and ex-Global-E. While Synkka has opted not to disclose the amount raised, the team emphasised the strategic alignment of its investors over financial benchmarking.
“For our pre-Seed announcement we’re not disclosing figures, we are focused on the strategic importance of this investment.
“Their investment signals a powerful consensus from industry insiders: the old model is broken and must be replaced,” shared Torbjörn Maaherra, Founder and CEO of Synkka, in a statement to EU-Startups.
Founded in 2024, Synkka is developing what it calls an “autonomous workforce” for parcel delivery operations, replacing roles traditionally handled by large technical and operations teams with AI-powered digital agents. The founding team includes CEO Torbjörn Maaherra, Chief Growth Officer Jordon Cornish, and CTO Danylo Topchii – each bringing experience from across parcel logistics, VC-backed SaaS startups, and AI agent development.
Maaherra, a logistics veteran with over a decade at companies such as Einride, Australia Post Global, and Centiro, conceived the idea after witnessing first-hand the inefficiency of of human-heavy processes. The startup’s Co-founder Cornish scaled SaaS startups like Affinity and Showpad, while Topchii led AI development at LooqMe and Shares, specialising in agentic AI systems.
“Our Founder, Torbjorn Maaherra, witnessed this firsthand for over ten years while building a parcel delivery technology. He recognised that this model of manual labour has become a permanent tax on growth for any ambitious company. They employ unnecessary headcount, which can now be automated. Synkka was founded not just to fix this, but to end it entirely by building the automated workforce for the future of Parcel Delivery,” said: Jordon Cornish, Chief Growth Officer of Synkka.
The company’s first product – an AI Carrier Integration Team – acts as a full-stack replacement for one of the most complex and costly elements of parcel operations: integrating delivery providers into internal systems. This typically involves months of work by cross-functional technical teams.
Synkka claims its digital agents can reduce this timeframe to days while cutting related costs by up to 60%.
Synkka’s vision goes beyond integrations. The company plans to launch additional AI teams capable of managing customer support, client onboarding, financial reconciliation, and claims handling. The goal is to provide a full suite of autonomous digital workers that can operate a parcel delivery business end-to-end without the need for large operational departments.
“The era of scaling a parcel delivery operation by throwing people at the problem is over. Manual labour is a tax on every parcel you ship. We are building the autonomous workforce for the future of parcel delivery, where networks run on intelligence, not headcount. This funding from leaders who have lived this pain is the ultimate confirmation of the industry’s urgent need for this change,” added Maaherra.
With the support of operators who have shaped the parcel delivery sector, Synkka is positioning itself as more than just another logistics tool – it wants to be the backbone of a new era in e-commerce infrastructure.
Read the orginal article: https://www.eu-startups.com/2025/08/the-old-model-is-broken-and-must-be-replaced-londons-synkka-raises-funding-to-cut-parcel-delivery-costs/
