About Rail-Flow

Rail-Flow develops a digital platform and software solutions that enhance operational efficiency and data management for rail operators. The technology provides real-time tracking and optimized resource allocation, addressing inefficiencies in rail logistics and operations.

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What does Rail-Flow do?

Where is Rail-Flow located?

Rail-Flow is based in Frankfurt (Oder), Germany.

When was Rail-Flow founded?

Rail-Flow was founded in 2020.

How much funding has Rail-Flow raised?

Rail-Flow has raised 4190000.

Location

Frankfurt (Oder), Germany

Founded

2020

Funding

4190000

Employees

111 employees

Major Investors

Rethink Ventures

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Executive Summary

rail-flow.com 5K+

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Founded 2020 – Frankfurt (Oder), Germany

Funding

Estimated Funding

$3M+

Major Investors

Rethink Ventures

Team (100+)

No team information available.

Company Description

Problem

The rail freight and intermodal transport industry faces challenges in optimizing planning, execution, and monitoring of shipments, leading to inefficiencies and increased administrative overhead. Lack of transparency in pricing and capacity, coupled with manual processes for order entry and communication, further compounds these issues. This results in longer time-to-market, reduced profitability, and difficulties in scaling operations.

Solution

Rail-Flow provides a digital platform designed to streamline and optimize rail freight and intermodal transport processes. The platform offers a suite of modular solutions covering the entire logistics chain, from procurement and sales to contract, order, and transport management, and invoicing. These modules can be used independently or integrated with each other and external applications via APIs, ensuring that specific business requirements are fully addressed. Rail-Flow's solutions facilitate improved transparency, automation, and real-time communication, enabling users to reduce administrative workload, accelerate processes, and enhance profitability.

Features

Rail Offer Management: Creation and real-time tracking of offers using intelligent data entry and customizable templates.

Purchase & Tender Management: Transparency and control over sales and purchasing activities for shippers, railway undertakings, and rail forwarders.

Rail Transport Management: Planning, execution, and monitoring of rail freight transport.

Rail Fleet Management: Management of wagon availability, including damage processing and maintenance assignments.

Resource Sharing Broker: Facilitates access to available locomotives and potential lessees for short-term rentals.

Intermodal Offer Management: CRM solution for managing intermodal sales channels.

Intermodal Capacity Broker: Provides access to combined door-to-door transport options with one-click booking.

Intermodal Transport Management: Planning, executing, and monitoring of intermodal transport.

Automatic Order Entry: Converts emails, PDFs, Word, and Excel files into a user-defined format for optimized fulfillment.

Digital Rail Freight Hub: A central platform providing modular solutions tailored to specific needs in rail freight.

Target Audience

Rail-Flow targets railway undertakings, rail forwarders, intermodal operators, shippers, and requesters involved in rail freight and intermodal transport.