# Roger Crook

> Roger Crook is a pre-seed investor at Key Forensic Services backing Software. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: Key Forensic Services
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Dec 2022
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rogercrook

Roger Crook is a pre-seed investor at Key Forensic Services focused on Software and Logistics. Mr. Roger Crook has been Member of the Management Board with responsibility for the Global Forwarding and Freight Division at Deutsche Post AG since March 8, 2011. Mr. Crook started his career in 1978 as General Contracts Manager at Haden Young International. He joined the DHL Group in 1988 as Worldwide Business Development Manager at DHLWorldwide Express, Brussels. Mr. Crook has run the Company's Express business in Asia since the end of 2010. He is Member of the global Board of Management for Express and in addition oversees all global sales activities of the business unit. Previously, Mr. Crook held the position of CEO DHL Express Americas, as well as CEO DHL Global Customer Logistics. He has also held other responsibilities in the United States, as well as in Europe. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering from Liverpool University, which he graduated in 1978. He also attended Manchester Business School between 1985 and 1987.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | $45k–$4.5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 40% |
| Logistics | 2 | 40% |
| Transportation | 2 | 40% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 40% |
| B2B | 1 | 20% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 60% |
| Seed | 1 | 20% |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| France | 2 | 40% |
| Singapore | 2 | 40% |
| United States | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pathway | Pathway is a game-changing dev tool for enterprise clients, enabling real-time machine learning on live event streams. They are a unified source of truth from raw data, in logistics and other industries. Pathway is created by people who worked in the best AI labs in the world, ex-googlers, the world's top competitive programmers, and expertsin machine learning applied to logistics. They bring automation and scalability which make AI more accessible, thus driving the costs down. | $4.5M | Pre-Seed | Dec 06, 2022 |  |
| Adle (formerly Buzzly) | Effortless and genuine brand advocacy. Using AI, we help creators craft better and more engaging content for brands they genuinely like & want to create content with. | $45K | Pre-Seed | Nov 15, 2022 |  |
| Botsync | Botsync builds autonomous mobile robots to automate and digitize movement of goods from point to point for the logistics and manufacturing industry. Our robots can carry payloads from 500 kg to 1 tonne and are designed to operate in dynamic environments. Botsync's AMRs can be implemented at new facilities in minimal time with very minimalchanges to the existing infrastructure. With our technology, we hope to pioneer and push for larger scale adoptions of robotic automation in Asia's logistics and manufacturing industry. |  | Seed | Jul 20, 2022 |  |
| Jungle | Jungle is a payment method that enables the unbanked consumers to buy now and pay later without a need for a credit card or a credit history. Jungle lets you shop for your favorite purchases in monthly installments without a need for a credit card. Jungle is a payment method that enables consumers to buy now and pay later. | $125K | Pre-Seed | Oct 07, 2019 |  |
| Everoad by sennder | Based out of Berlin, sennder was founded in 2015 by David Nothacker, Nicolaus Schefenacker and Julius Koehler. In 2020, Everoad, the French leader in digital freight forwarding based in Paris and founded by Maxime Legardez, merged with sennder to become Europe's leading digital freight forwarder. By merging with sennder, Everoad becomes"Everoad by sennder". Our mission as a data-based technology company is to revolutionize the logistics and transport industry by connecting small freight companies with large business groups. By introducing technology, we remove the challenges and inefficiencies associated with the transportation of goods across Europe, while increasing the degree of transparency in the marketplace and helping it to move more seamlessly.Since its foundation, sennder has raised over €120m from leading investors including, Accel, Lakestar, HV Holtzbrinck, Project A, Next47, SCG and Perpetual. In 2020, sennder also made a JV with Poste Italiane in Italy and acquired the European activities of Uber Freight. sennder has strategic partnerships with industry giants Scania and Siemens to guarantee continuous innovation and services using the most up-to-date technology.With a team of over 500 people in 7 countries, we move +50,000 loads across Europe, each month. sennder's teams are passionate about modernizing the freight market, an industry valued today at nearly €400bn, only in Europe. | $17M | Series A | Oct 25, 2017 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [AA Sons](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aa-sons) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Earlybird Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/earlybird-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Funderbeam](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/funderbeam) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Inovo.vc](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/inovo-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Inventure Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/inventure-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Iterative](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/iterative-capital-e970) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Key Forensic Services

VC Fund · Coventry, United Kingdom

Key Forensic Services offers a full range of quality forensic services, with a focus on providing best value for money to the UK Criminal Justice System. An approved supplier to the Home Office National Forensic Framework Next Generation Agreement, KFS is contracted to the majority of UK Police forces for the provision of forensic science services,adding value by providing multiple forensic solutions from each of our strategically-located UK sites. We also provide contracted forensic support to British Transport Police and HM Revenue and Customs.

2 contacts available at Key Forensic Services.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Roger Crook | Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/roger-crook |
| Paul Hackett | Group Managing Director | — |

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## FAQ

### What does Roger Crook invest in?

Roger Crook invests primarily in Software, Logistics and Transportation startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Roger Crook's check size?

Roger Crook typically joins rounds of $45k–$4.5M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Roger Crook participates in.

### How do I contact Roger Crook?

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### When did Roger Crook last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Roger Crook closed in Dec 2022. Shizune tracks 5 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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