Berlin-based
NexDash has secured €5 million in seed
funding to build Neo-Carrier for electric trucks, only three months after its
founding. The round included participation from Extantia Capital and Clean
Energy Ventures.
Heavy-duty
trucks account for around 35 per cent of transport-related CO₂ emissions, while
over 90 per cent of logistics operators rely on compact, ageing diesel fleets with
limited capital and low levels of digitalisation. Although electric trucks can
offer economic benefits, high upfront costs, operational complexity, and
insufficient charging infrastructure have slowed their adoption.
NexDash
addresses these challenges with NexOS, an AI-based operating system that
coordinates fleets, energy, and financing in real time, forming the digital
backbone for electric and, over time, autonomous logistics.
Using a
combined model of digitalisation, electrification, and consolidation, NexDash
acquires mid-sized logistics operators, accelerates the electrification of
their fleets via scalable structured financing, and manages them through its
Trucking-as-a-Service (TaaS) platform. This creates a scalable and economically
viable model for zero-emission, data-driven freight transport.
Founded
by Michael Cassau, previously the founder of tech-rental company Grover,
NexDash aims to accelerate the electrification of Europe’s fragmented and
under-digitalised road freight sector.
We
consolidate, transform, and electrify diesel fleets – building
Trucking-as-a-Service built in Europe. The last decade was about neobanks; the
next is about neo-carriers,
declared Cassau, noting that Germany’s shift to
electrification is launchning in the logistics sector.
NexDash will apply this round
to finance acquisitions, early electric truck deployments, charging
infrastructure, and the ongoing development of NexOS as it builds a
next-generation, zero-emission logistics network across Europe.
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