Ranpak
VC Fund
New Concord, United States
Ranpak is a VC fund in New Concord focused on Robotics and Industrial. Founded in 1972, Ranpak's goal was to create the first environmentally responsible packaging material to effectively cushion and protect products during shipment. Over the last 40 years, Ranpak has become an expert in the paper packaging industry and grown into an international company with more than 350 employees.
- Total investments:
- 6
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 67%
Last updated:
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Industries Ranpak invests in
Stages Ranpak invests in
Countries Ranpak invests in
Contacts
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Bill Drew
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Michael Gliedman
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Michael Jones
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Omar Asali
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Robotics 1 (17%)
- Industrial 1 (17%)
- Manufacturing 1 (17%)
- Advanced Materials 1 (17%)
- Paper Manufacturing 1 (17%)
Stage
- Series B 2 (33%)
- Series A 1 (17%)
- Corporate Round 1 (17%)
Country
- Germany 1 (17%)
- United States 1 (17%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
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Bill Drew
Chief Financial Officer
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Chief Financial Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Michael Gliedman
Chief Technology Officer
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Chief Technology Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Michael Jones
Vice Chairman
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Vice Chairman | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Omar Asali
Chairman & CEO
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Chairman & CEO | Total investments: 4 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Pickle Robot
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Pickle Robot is a low cost, collaborative package handling robot that automates several key tasks along the e-commerce supply chain.Package handling is a physically demanding job with extremely high rates of turnover. The rising costs of shipping, comprised of 2/3rds labor, have become a major bottleneck to continued growth in e-commerce.Dill is the first robot from the Pickle Robot Company. It works multiple shifts, communicates with its human collaborators, and is rapidly developing new skills in handling e-commerce parcels: such as loading/unloading of feeder trucks, palletizing/depalletizing, and preloading of last mile delivery vans, trucks, and parcel cars. | $50M / Series B / Nov 11, 2024 | |
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Pickle Robot
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Pickle Robot is a low cost, collaborative package handling robot that automates several key tasks along the e-commerce supply chain.Package handling is a physically demanding job with extremely high rates of turnover. The rising costs of shipping, comprised of 2/3rds labor, have become a major bottleneck to continued growth in e-commerce.Dill is the first robot from the Pickle Robot Company. It works multiple shifts, communicates with its human collaborators, and is rapidly developing new skills in handling e-commerce parcels: such as loading/unloading of feeder trucks, palletizing/depalletizing, and preloading of last mile delivery vans, trucks, and parcel cars. | $50M / Series B / Nov 11, 2024 | |
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Pickle Robot
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Pickle Robot is a low cost, collaborative package handling robot that automates several key tasks along the e-commerce supply chain.Package handling is a physically demanding job with extremely high rates of turnover. The rising costs of shipping, comprised of 2/3rds labor, have become a major bottleneck to continued growth in e-commerce.Dill is the first robot from the Pickle Robot Company. It works multiple shifts, communicates with its human collaborators, and is rapidly developing new skills in handling e-commerce parcels: such as loading/unloading of feeder trucks, palletizing/depalletizing, and preloading of last mile delivery vans, trucks, and parcel cars. | $26M / Series A / Nov 15, 2022 | |
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Pickle Robot
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Pickle Robot is a low cost, collaborative package handling robot that automates several key tasks along the e-commerce supply chain.Package handling is a physically demanding job with extremely high rates of turnover. The rising costs of shipping, comprised of 2/3rds labor, have become a major bottleneck to continued growth in e-commerce.Dill is the first robot from the Pickle Robot Company. It works multiple shifts, communicates with its human collaborators, and is rapidly developing new skills in handling e-commerce parcels: such as loading/unloading of feeder trucks, palletizing/depalletizing, and preloading of last mile delivery vans, trucks, and parcel cars. | $26M / Series A / Nov 15, 2022 | |
Creapaper
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Creapaper develops an innovative raw material for paper production that is made mostly out of grass fiber. They provide the paper industry with a new raw material for the production of paper and cardboard – grass! Or, to be more precise, it’s actually dried hay. It is prepared using their own patented process according to the requirements of thecorresponding paper mill and is then incorporated into its production cycle as a raw material instead of virgin fibres (wood) or recycled paper. If wood is substituted by grass as a raw material for the production of paper and cardboard, CO2 emissions arising from the manufacturing process are reduced by up to 75%. | $23.2M / Series B / Oct 05, 2021 | |
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Pickle Robot
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Pickle Robot is a low cost, collaborative package handling robot that automates several key tasks along the e-commerce supply chain.Package handling is a physically demanding job with extremely high rates of turnover. The rising costs of shipping, comprised of 2/3rds labor, have become a major bottleneck to continued growth in e-commerce.Dill is the first robot from the Pickle Robot Company. It works multiple shifts, communicates with its human collaborators, and is rapidly developing new skills in handling e-commerce parcels: such as loading/unloading of feeder trucks, palletizing/depalletizing, and preloading of last mile delivery vans, trucks, and parcel cars. | Corporate Round / Jul 08, 2021 |
Co-Investors
Catapult Ventures
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Third Kind Venture Capital
4 deals together
Hyperplane
4 deals together
Toyota Ventures
4 deals together
JS Capital
3 deals together
Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies
3 deals together
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FAQ
What does Ranpak invest in?
Ranpak invests primarily in Robotics, Industrial and Manufacturing startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The team at Ranpak includes Bill Drew (Chief Financial Officer), Michael Gliedman (Chief Technology Officer) and Michael Jones (Vice Chairman). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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