Rail-Flow

European transport-management platform, digitalizing rail freight and intermodal logistics.

At a glance

Year of investment: 2025
Stage: Growth Stage
Investment Strategy: Ventures
Impact Theme: Sustainable Planet
Sector: Business Services

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Business description

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.

"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 Trill Impact, we’re ready to lead this transformation and make rail the backbone of future-proof logistics across Europe and beyond."

- Osman Akdemir, Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Rail-Flow

Rail-Flow's solution

Social/Environmental challenge

Despite its climate benefits, rail freight accounts for only ~18% of EU logistics—falling short of the 30% target and missing out on potential annual CO₂ savings of 30–40 million tons[1]. In addition, 50% of the, already low, rail freight volumes are at risk of moving back to road transport, due to inefficiencies related to planning reliability, manual workflows and longer transit times, combined with cost pressures.

By increasing the transparency of rail offering and deviations, optimizing capacity planning, and reducing empty runs and terminal delays, Rail-Flow untaps the potential in rail efficiency and enables necessary modal shifts.

SDG Contribution

Through its products and services, Rail-Flow contributes to:

SDG #9.1
Develop Sustainable, Resilient and Inclusive Infrastructures

SDG #11.2
Provide access to sustainable transport systems

SDG #13
Climate Action

Trill Impact News

Press release

03 december 2025

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

Series A round to support the leading freight-tech scale-up in accelerating digitalization of rail and...

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