Trill Impact Ventures co-leads EUR 12.5m financing round in Rail-Flow

Trill Impact Ventures announces that it, together with Bonsai Partner, has co-led a EUR 12.5m Series A financing round in Rail-Flow, a leading transport-management platform for rail freight and intermodal logistics. Other investors participating in the round include Climentum Capital and several business angels. Proceeds from the round will be used to accelerate innovation and strengthen the company’s continued growth. 

Founded in 2020 by rail logistics experts, Rail-Flow develops and operates a digital B2B SaaS platform and marketplace designed to make rail and intermodal freight more accessible, efficient, and competitive—supporting the modal shift from road to rail. Active across Europe, Australia, and the MENA region, Rail-Flow’s platform serves as the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) backbone for rail logistics—digitalizing key processes such as sales, order-to-cash, and fleet management for railways, intermodal operators, freight forwarders, and shippers.Together with the Rail-Flow Marketplace, the company offers an integrated digital sales and procurement channel that increases transparency, utilization, and collaboration across the rail-logistics ecosystem.

With the proceeds of the financing round, the company will accelerate innovation and strengthen primarily three key growth pillars:

• AI-driven platform intelligence: By embedding AI into its Transportation Management System (TMS), Rail-Flow’s platform can reduce manual intervention in order management and invoicing, enhance data quality, improve real-time transport visibility and Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA) accuracy, predict potential disruptions, and automate corrective actions.
  
• International expansion: Entering selected markets with localized integrations, both within and beyond Europe.
  
• Scalability and stability: Expanding both the team and the capital base to enable large-scale rollouts with defined milestones and Service Level Agreements (SLAs), helping major clients standardize processes, reduce cost-to-serve, and ensure reliable delivery timelines.

“By embedding AI directly into our transport-management platform, we can make planning smarter, execution faster, and operations more reliable — providing our customers with the digital speed, efficiency, and transparency they need to thrive in sustainable logistics. Together with our investors, we’re ready to lead this transformation and make rail the backbone of future-proof logistics across Europe and beyond.”, says Osman Akdemir, Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Rail-Flow.

Commenting on the partnership, Dr. Alexander Domin, Partner at Trill Impact Advisory and Head of Trill Impact’s Ventures strategy, says:

“In our view, Rail-Flow is transforming rail freight by removing inefficiencies and unlocking access through digital innovation. Their platform helps build a more inclusive and sustainable infrastructure by enabling a broader range of operators to benefit from greener transport modes and increasing the amount of goods transported via climate-friendly rail.

This aligns closely with Trill Impact’s ambition to support scalable solutions that contribute to resilient and future-proof logistics systems. We’re truly excited to supporting Rail-Flow on their continuous journey ahead.”

Dominik Fürste, Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Rail-Flow, emphasizes that the funding will help advance the company’s technological edge while expanding internationally:

“This investment marks the beginning of a new growth phase. We’re thrilled to partner with Trill Impact, whose expertise in scaling impactful businesses will be invaluable as we continue to expand our platform. We believe they will help Rail-Flow maximise our contribution to a more efficient, transparent, inclusive and sustainable freight infrastructure”.

Concurrently with the financing, Alexander Domin from Trill Impact Advisory will join Rail-Flow’s board as supervisory board member.