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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.

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.

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.

Logistics 2021 and Beyond: A Quantum Digital Leap or Incremental Adoption?
Recently, when our lives came to a grinding halt, it was logistics and supply chains that kept our world together. The strain on transportation and logistics was unprecedented, and thus the lessons out of the crisis will have far-reaching ripples.

In the crosshairs: Real-time logistics visibility
The past years have brought with them immense challenges for carriers, logistics operators and supply chain managers.Against this backdrop, attention has focused on the urgent need for visibility.

Improving a congested maritime supply chain with time slot management for port calls
Disruption and congestion are occurring across the global maritime supply chains. This article showcases how time slots and data sharing can be used to overcome disruptions and congestion in the supply chain system and improve supply chain visibility.

Building Bridges: Anchor successfully orchestrates Roambee’s acquisition of Modum
Shortly after the announcement of its first acquisition, the real-time supply chain visibility provider Roambee onboards Swiss-based Modum, a provider of proven pharma-grade monitoring solutions, to consolidate its leadership position in the cold chain logistics monitoring.

New book release: Maritime informatics – Additional Perspectives & Applications
In a world where maritime transport accounts for more than 90% of the international trade, the question is not “if” the digital transformation will happen but “when” it will happen.

Resolving the Suez backlog: predicting ship transits in capacity-constrained areas
The Suez Canal blockage provides an opportunity to explore ways to improve coordination and reduce congestion at shared infrastructure like canals and ports.

The Suez Canal Puzzle – Pulling the Pieces Together
The Ever Given container ship blocked the Suez Canal for six days, yet the impact of this event goes far beyond the billions of dollars lost and weeks of shipping delays.

Key Steps Towards a High Performing Maritime Industry
The future of the maritime industry involves the use of data-driven technology to empower decision-making and standardise operations.

MAPPING TRADETECH : Trade in the fourth industrial revolution
The World Economic Forum has published its annual report on global trade and technology.

Anchor Group leads series B investment for Roambee
Anchor Group is proud to have led a USD 15 million series B funding into Roambee, a leading on-demand shipment and asset monitoring platform company.