Innovation is at the core of everything we do, and actively seeking out new approaches to industry challenges ensures that we’re able to be proactive and be the driver of change across the industries that we serve. Along with the company co-founders we always start with the same simple question: have we identified a unique opportunity that others don’t see?
This guides us towards identifying overlooked, market-changing opportunities that address critical logistics and intralogistics problems.
Seeking long-term success over short-term profits is very much the foundation of all activities at BEUMER Group. We apply this approach to all our relationships, and it’s no different with BEAM — we want to be a long-term partner, not a short-term accelerator.
This means that we support BEAM and its portfolio of companies in bringing their products to our core markets to create tangible value for our customers.
One of the many pioneering companies that we invest in is Codept. They offer a scalable integration platform that connects e-tailers to fulfillment and last-mile providers, whilst also streamlining onboarding processes for third-party logistics partners.
We also have Sparrow — a software startup specializing in spare parts management. They harness machine learning to efficiently reduce global stock levels through virtual spare parts pools, and increase accessibility for asset-intensive companies.
Additionally, another of our tech startups, Elara, offers a cloud-based application that simplifies manufacturing shop floor operations and reduces unplanned downtime.
Meanwhile, Holocene leverages AI to bring much-needed stability and predictability to volatile cross-border supply chains. They achieve this by transforming scattered instructions into actionable business rules, which are then utilized for automated shipment document verification.
Within the aviation sector, Airsiders are dedicated to enhancing the end-to-end passenger experience, whilst creating new revenue streams for airports and airlines. Their solution facilitates seamless connections between airlines and enables virtual interline experiences for passengers.
In the field of courier, express, and parcel services, our incubator supports Countercheck, a company that works with leading brands to combat the surge of counterfeit goods. In collaboration, we’ve developed fully automated parcel detection software, ensuring thorough inspections and the removal of counterfeit items from circulation.
Ultimately, we partner with outstanding founders to develop innovative solutions to today’s real-world logistics problems, and every year we’re adding more and more startups to our already impressive roster.
Find out more about the companies that make up BEAM’s startup portfolio.
Codept’s mission is to provide the most streamlined integration platform, enabling online retailers and 3PLs to connect, scale and grow. Currently, switching logistics service providers, testing new services or integrating new warehouses takes up a lot of IT resources. Our integrations are trailblazing technology mixed with industry-specific expertise to save you time, money, and hassle. Codept’s integration platform seamlessly connects etailers with a world of logistics service providers.
Sparrow aims to drastically reduce the global stock of spare parts while increasing their availability. The company offers a platform for spare parts data-management, pooling and optimization. Sparrow leverages a unique combination of machine learning, industry expertise and a connected spare parts network to optimize spare parts management for asset intensive companies.
Airsiders’ vision is to ensure a seamless virtual interlining experience. This includes a wide range of products like baggage through-check, dynamic minimum connection times (MCTs) based on airport maps and distribution of content to booking platforms.
Elara is on a mission to reduce unplanned machine downtime by simplifying shop floor operations. Elara increases productivity of the entire shop floor while reducing unnecessary and hidden costs. A cloud-based application for maintenance teams within manufacturing companies of all sizes, which is immediately ready for use without installation nor customization.
Liquisto is focused on making the use of industrial resources more efficient. We are sustainably solving excess inventory for large industrial manufacturers by providing a suite of solutions to help reduce the build-up of slow-moving inventory and dead stock, while enabling the efficient monetisation of excess inventory at higher margins.
Countercheck offers brands the opportunity to scale the removal of counterfeit goods. We have access to worldwide cross-belt sorters equipped with parcel detection technology. Countercheck upgrades this technology, teaching it to identify and sideload suspicious parcels. Our patent pending software means that brands can now secure access to automated interception of counterfeit goods.
Circleback is a Berlin startup establishing a closed-loop recovery and recycling system for cosmetic and personal care packaging through a deposit system, thus giving brands access to high-quality recycled plastic made from their own packaging. After entering the cosmetics packaging market, Circleback sees potential for expansion into other European countries and to recover other types of packaging (e.g., reusable and food packaging) using the same infrastructure.
HOLOCENE is an innovative startup whose vision is to enable everyone to do business in a borderless world. Its mission is to bring stability and predictability to the volatile cross-border Supply Chain by leveraging top-notch cloud & AI technologies for Trade & Customs Compliance. HOLOCENE transforms scattered instructions into actionable business rules, then used to check automatically shipment documents. With HOLOCENE, shippers benefit from a more transparent, faster, and cost-saving process.
Divisional Director Global Innovation