With €12.5 million Series A, Rail-Flow joins Germany’s expanding RailTech investment wave

Rail-Flow, a Frankfurt-based transport management platform for rail freight and intermodal logistics, has closed a €12.5 million Series A funding round in order to advance its AI-driven platform and expand internationally.

The round was led by Trill Impact and Bonsai Partners, with participation from Climentum Capital including several business angels as well as the existing VC investors Rethink Ventures and Futury Capital.

“The investment marks the beginning of a new growth phase combining AI innovation and international expansion to make rail freight more efficient, transparent, and sustainable,” says Dominik Fürste, co-founder and co-CEO of Rail-Flow.

In 2025, European rail-technology funding has included several Germany-based companies alongside Rail-Flow.

Menlo79 secured €2.1 million to further develop its cloud platform for workforce planning across rail and logistics operators, while Futurail raised €7.5 million to advance its autonomous-train technology stack.

Together, these two rounds total roughly €9.6 million, and when combined with Rail-Flow’s €12.5 million Series A, they illustrate a steady flow of capital into rail-sector digitalisation and automation in 2025.

All three companies are headquartered in Germany, signalling the country’s continued concentration of rail-innovation activity. While covering different segments – from workforce optimisation to transport-management systems and rail autonomy – the funding rounds collectively point to investor confidence in improving operational efficiency, digital infrastructure and long-term competitiveness across the German rail and intermodal ecosystem.

Alexander Hedderich, Chairman of the Advisory Board, adds: “Rail-Flow stands at the forefront of modernising European rail logistics. Backed by experienced investors and with a proven management team, the company is well positioned to make rail freight more competitive, digital, and sustainable.”

Rail-Flow digitalises rail and intermodal logistics. Founded in 2020, the company has 170 employees with teams in Frankfurt, Hamburg, Ro_erdam, Izmir, Manila, and Brisbane. Its transport management platform connects the entire rail-logistics value and process chain through integrated transport management, collaboration, and marketplace solutions.

The company counts more than 500 customers – including freight railways and forwarders, intermodal operators, and shippers.

Rail-Flow’s platform acts as the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system for rail logistics, digitalising sales, order-to-cash, and fleet-management processes for railways, intermodal operators, freight forwarders, and shippers.

Together with the Rail-Flow Marketplace, the company offers an integrated digital sales and procurement channel that increases transparency, utilization, and collaboration across the rail-logistics ecosystem.

Over the past years, Rail-Flow has reportedly doubled its revenues annually, strengthened its intermodal capabilities through the merger with Simply Deliver, and grown to a team of 170 employees.

CFO Marcel Hoeke adds: “We’ve consistently delivered over the past years – and this trust from international investors proves the significant potential in a market that still lags behind other transport modes but is ready for transformation.”

The funds will be used to accelerate innovation and strengthen three key growth pillars:

1. AI-driven plaXorm intelligence – Embedding AI into the Transport Management System (TMS) to reduce manual touches in order management and invoicing, improve data quality, provide real-time transport status and Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA) accuracy, predict issues before they occur, and trigger the right tasks to return to plan faster.
2. International expansion – Entering selected European and non-European markets with localised integrations.
3. Scalability and stability – Expanding the team and capital base to support scaled rollouts with clear milestones and Service Level Agreements (SLAs), enabling large accounts to standardise processes, lower cost-to-serve, and ensure dependable timelines.

“By embedding AI directly into our transport management platform, we can make planning smarter, execution faster, and operations more reliable – providing our customers with the digital speed, efficiency, and transparency they need to thrive in sustainable logistics. Together with our investors, we’re ready to lead this transformation and make rail the backbone of future-proof logistics across Europe and beyond,” emphasises Rail-Flow co-founder and co-CEO Osman Akdemir.