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Investing in Intralogistics Automation: Why bother?
While venture funding across logistics has contracted sharply since its 2021 peak, intralogistics automation—spanning robotics, warehouse software, and AI—continues to show steady adoption and long-term potential. This piece explores the mismatch between investor expectations and sector realities, and why today’s constrained funding landscape offers savvy, long-term investors a rare entry point into a growing market.
Resilience, Transparency, and Technology: Rethinking Modern Supply Chains
In a feature for Handelsblatt’s Supply Chain & Technology special, Wolfgang Lehmacher, Anchor’s Lead Partner for Logistics & Supply Chains, explores how resilience, transparency, and emerging technologies are transforming global supply chains. From ancient inventory systems to today’s AI-driven networks, the article highlights why diversified sourcing, digital tools, and human collaboration are vital for navigating disruption and building future-ready operations.
Europe’s Plastics Dilemma: How the Industry Is Breaking the Cycle—and Where We Go from Here.
Europe’s plastics recycling industry has grown rapidly over the past decade—driven by sustainability mandates, shifting regulations, and a wave of investor interest. Installed capacity has more than doubled, and financial sponsors have built large platforms in anticipation of long-term demand.
Europe’s Plastics Recycling Sector: M&A Activity Remained Muted in 2024
Europe’s plastics recycling sector experienced its lowest M&A activity since 2020, with just seven disclosed deals in 2024. This update explores the structural and market forces behind the decline, from tightening economics and delayed regulation to regional shifts and plant closures — offering insight into where selective capital may return and how the sector might evolve ahead of 2030 targets.
Flow Batteries Mainstreaming for Long-Duration Needs
Flow batteries offer scalable, long-duration energy storage by decoupling power and energy—ideal for grid and industrial use. Despite earlier cost and scale challenges, tech advances and net-zero goals are boosting adoption. With 14% CAGR projected, companies like Vflowtech and ESS Inc. are leading this renewable-enabling solution.
How AI is Transforming Global Trade: Enhancing Efficiency, Sustainability & Inclusivity
The World Economic Forum's new TradeTech report explores how AI is reshaping global trade by improving efficiency, sustainability, and inclusivity. From streamlining customs and HS code classification to accelerating trade finance, AI is driving faster, greener, and more equitable trade.
We're proud to share that Wolfgang Lehmacher, Operating Partner at Anchor Group, is featured in the report for his contributions to the future of AI in trade.
Introducing Revive Feedstock Solutions: Redefining Recycling for Hard-to-Recycle Materials
Revive Feedstock Solutions is dedicated to advancing the circular economy by addressing the complexities of hard-to-recycle materials, particularly plastics. Leveraging decades of industry expertise, we specialize in identifying, aggregating, and valorizing feedstock for high-value applications.
At Revive, we’re turning underutilized waste streams into valuable resources, driving sustainability, and making recycling initiatives more practical and impactful. Together, we can redefine the future of recycling.
Navigating Economic Shifts: A Case Study in Corporate Spin-off
Embarking on a journey of corporate spin-off can be daunting, especially amidst shifting economic landscapes.
From redefining strategic priorities to optimizing operational efficiency, read our latest case study to learn how Anchor's unique approach propelled the company from uncertainty to profitability in record time.
Building a value-chain for hard-to-recycle packaging plastics
Corporates continue to face a challenge meeting their recycled content commitments – in particular in flexible packaging. The market for such recycled materials has simply not existed and so neither does the value chain.
Anchor has been collaborating with several corporates to solve this gap, by launching projects to build and connect the value-chain from waste material back to end product demand.
Anchor leads multi-million investment into US Healthcare RE space
The most recent outcome of our in-depth understanding of both client needs and the market environment for non-correlated alternative investment opportunities, has materialized as a multi-million investment into the US healthcare real estate space.
Anchor invests in wtec
We are happy to announce an investment in wtec, a market leader and hidden gem in smart building solutions, delivering both a market leading smart-lighting solution and digital solutions to enable more flexible and energy efficient use of space.
A Moment of Change - Making the Case for Visibility in Trucking
With global supply chains under pressure, the trucking industry is at a pivotal moment. This article explores how enhanced visibility through digitization can help address rising logistics costs, delays, and inefficiencies. As freight bottlenecks persist, investing in real-time data and digital tools may be the key to unlocking more resilient and efficient transport networks.
Decarbonizing the maritime sector: Mobilizing coordinated action in the industry using an ecosystems approach
If the shipping industry were a country, it would rank 5th among the top GHG/carbon emitting countries. According to the IMO, the emissions of the industry is expected to double by 2050 if nothing is done to tackle the challenge of decarbonization.
TradeTech has huge potential to boost trade - here's what policy-makers should know
Discover the transformative potential of TradeTech in this article co-authored by Anchor and featured on the World Economic Forum portal. Learn how digital tools are reshaping global trade and what policy-makers need to know to stay ahead.
Virtual Watch Towers for Supply Chain Visibility
Although the concept of virtual watch towers is not new, its evolution saw substantial acceleration as digital technologies like cloud, blockchain etc. have become more advanced and widely deployed.
The Dynamics of Document Digitisation
The winners in the digital age are operating based on data and links to data on their platforms. By introducing electronic documents, the maritime sector is taking the first step towards a similar and more efficient digitalised future. The big question is – how long will it take?
Digital Frontrunners: Injecting smartness in supply chain networks
Today, the “smart” supply chain has become a necessity. Companies that can build, operate, and leverage such supply chains will define the future of logistics.
Anchor invests in OGOship
Anchor Group is delighted to announce an investment into Finnish 3PL demand aggregator company OGOship, which recently raised c. EUR 4mn in a pre-Series A round, along with Flashpoint VC and Innovestor Ventures.
Circular economy: An opportunity for transport and logistics
More and more companies realize the importance to switch from a linear “take, make and waste” approach to a circular “repair, reuse, recycle” framework. As only 9% of the global economy can currently be considered circular, there are many challenges and requirements ahead to drive this enormous transition.
Ports of tomorrow: Measuring digital maturity to empower sustainable port operations and business ecosystems
Major seaports and inland ports have set goals to be zero-emission ports by 2040.
Seaports have undergone substantial changes, moving from being a simple gateway to seaborne transport and inland waterways, to becoming empowered as business ecosystems and bringing together a multitude of actors to pursue a variety of operations.