Antwerp Logistics AI Startup Vectrix Secures €1.15 Million in Seed Funding

Antwerp-based startup Vectrix has successfully raised €1.15 million in a seed funding round to accelerate its European expansion. The round was led by RDY Ventures, with strategic participation from Seeder Fund, PMV, and Germany's Prequel Ventures. The company specializes in automating the manual entry of transport orders, a task that currently hampers administrative efficiency across the global logistics sector.

The startup addresses a significant bottleneck where staff typically spend eight minutes manually typing a single order into a Transport Management System. By utilizing artificial intelligence, Vectrix reduces this processing time to under two minutes while maintaining a high degree of accuracy. The software acts as a pre-TMS layer, converting unstructured data from emails or PDFs into validated information ready for professional logistics programs.

Since its founding in 2024, Vectrix has already processed more than 25,000 orders, resulting in over 2,500 hours saved for its clients. A notable success includes a pilot program with major logistics provider H. Essers, which is now rolling the software out across all its transport departments. The platform uses a human-in-the-loop approach, allowing employees to review AI-generated entries and ensuring the system continuously learns from their corrections.

Founders Dimitri Allaert and Ben Selleslagh intend to use the fresh capital to double their team size during 2026. The hiring focus will remain on AI engineers and commercial profiles capable of supporting a rollout into Germany, the Netherlands, and the UK. This geographical expansion is paired with a technical roadmap aimed at evolving the software into a comprehensive order communication platform.

"Every transport company has a unique way of working. Vectrix’s AI software understands each customer’s unique context and can enrich information accordingly," explains CTO Ben Selleslagh.

The leadership team was recently strengthened by the arrival of Nick Pelicaen, who brings deep domain expertise as a co-architect of customs software. With a lean team of seven currently based in Antwerp, the company is positioning itself to become a European leader in logistics automation. Their primary goal for 2026 remains securing a strong foothold in the German market.