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Founded in 2020 by Dominik Fürste and Osman Akdemir, the Frankfurt-based start-up Rail-Flow develops and operates the leading platform of marketplace and software-as-a-service solutions for rail freight and intermodal transport. Investors include venture capital funds Rethink Mobility and Futury. Rail-Flow employs more than 80 people, mainly rail freight and IT experts, at locations in Frankfurt, Hamburg, Izmir and Rotterdam. More than 350 customers, rail freight operators, shippers, forwarders, operators and logistics service providers rely on the Rail-Flow platform. With various modules, the platform simplifies access to European rail freight traffic and improves its efficiency.

Rydes offers a mobility management platform for corporate customers. With Rydes’ turn-key solutions corporates can launch a mobility budget offering based on a virtual credit card scheme. It allows employees access and use to a wide range of mobility offerings from shared mobility, on-demand mobility, subscription models and public transport. Thanks to a deep integration in HRIS and a self-service interface for employees Rydes lowers the administrative workload the HR department. Furthermore, Rydes helps to reduce the companies’ scope 3 CO2 emissions since all employee trips are CO2 compensated.

Deftpower is an automotive charging platform. With Deftpower companies can launch, manage, and scale electric charging offerings to their customer base under their own brand.

Customers include automotive OEMs, electricity providers and national car associations. Deftpower’s mission is to make smart and bidirectional charging a reality by turning EV drivers from consumers of electricity into suppliers of electricity and storage.