Nine Realms

We feel proud and privileged to announce that Anne-Marie Christoffersen-Deb is joining Nine Realms as a Partner. We first met Anne-Marie over a year ago and through our many engagements, it was clear that she is a perfect match for Nine Realms. Anne-Marie joins from BDC Capital where she, among other things, has been responsible for building Thrive Lab, a $100M impact fund focused on women-led businesses and for the $300M/95 investment VC Bridge Financing Program. With a background as a lawyer within banking and financing with Goldman Sachs, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP and Clifford Chance, Anne-Marie holds an MSc from The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) A Canadian/Danish dual national, Anne-Marie has worked in the UK, France, Singapore, India, the US and Canada. She is another example of Nine Realms’ ability to secure top international talent to build a leading global investment platform with Europe as the starting point. We are looking forward to leveraging Anne-Marie’s significant investment and transaction experience, as well as benefiting and learning from her experience with,- and passion for, sustainability, diversity and value creation as she engages with our investors and portfolio companies. Anne-Marie will be based in Copenhagen, and is excited about contributing to the Danish/Nordic ecosystem. Welcome to Nine Realms, Anne-Marie. We couldn’t be any happier for the opportunity to grow and learn with you. #NineRealms #SupplyChain #VentureCapital #Sustainability #Impact

We are excited to announce that McVestco, the owner of Trimac Transportation, has made a strategic and financial commitment to Nine Realms Fund I. This partnership marks another milestone in our journey towards innovation and sustainability in the supply chain sector. McVestco invests in innovation in the logistics sector with a portfolio of fund (8VC, G2 Venture Partners, NewRoad Capital Partners…) and direct investments (Waabi, Platform Science, Loop…) and a commitment to driving industry advancements and sustainability.  Trimac Transportation is North America's premier provider of bulk transportation, logistics, and related transportation services. With over 75 years of experience, Trimac has established itself as a leader in the bulk transportation industry. This collaboration represents a fusion of traditional industry expertise with access to insights at the forefront of digital transformation in supply chain and logistics. We're excited about the potential this partnership holds and look forward to innovating the world of transportation together! #Trimac #NineRealms #SupplyChain #Sustainability 

Strategics investors are key to Nine Realms – and we are key to them. Having built successful strategic investment programs, for organizations such as Temasek, Kuehne+Nagel and A.P. Moller - Maersk, we know quite a bit about how to create financial and strategic value, beyond fund returns. We have further refined our learnings and offering with partners and investors such as Prologis and European Investment Fund (EIF) to create the Nine Realms Strategic Investor Framework. From our daily engagements with the world’s leading organizations, we observe multiple priorities. Sustainability and decarbonization are often high on the agenda, as is externalization of innovation, hyper access to network, deal-flow and co-investments. Others are looking to reduce cost, accelerate transformation and digitization of the core business, build new customer value propositions or/and build an M&A funnel. Our Strategic Investor Program is built on 3 pillars serving all of these needs through Access, Insights and Engagement. Every month we review our pipeline and develop theses and insights with our extended network and our investors to help them achieve their business priorities and enable Nine Realms to make better investments. Our Strategic Investors share our vision and passion for transforming global supply chains through investments and collaboration across verticals. Which pain points do you see? #NineRealms #Sustainability #StrategicInvestors #SupplyChain

We couldn’t have said it better ourselves.... Thank you for your support and trust in us Prologis Ventures, Lucy Sondland, Todd Lewis and William O'Donnell. We are very excited about expanding our collaboration and investing together. Prologis is not only the global leader in logistics real estate, with a market capitalization exceeding USD 100B, but also one of the most admired companies in the world. The Prologis Ventures team is both an early mover and one of the most thoughtful supply chain investors anywhere, and we are honoured to be able to add additional value to the team. Less than 2 weeks ago we announced the EUR 50M commitment to our Fund I by the European Investment Fund (EIF), and with the additional support from Prologis it is difficult not to be proud, humbled and optimistic about the future of Nine Realms and global supply chains. There will be more from us in the weeks to come – so watch this space. #Prologis #NineRealms #SupplyChain #Sustainability Link to original post: https://lnkd.in/dKW5Dd9Z

Our Managing Partner Sune and Nine Realms is featured in the Sustainability section of Børsen, the leading Danish business newspaper, today. This follows our announcements last week of the EUR 50M commitment by European Investment Fund (EIF) to our Fund I and our investment in Clearly. We decided to take the opportunity to share with you how we and our investors think about sustainability and why we can't achieve net zero without addressing our global supply chains.

We are very excited to announce the EUR 50M commitment to Nine Realms Fund I by the European Investment Fund (EIF) - our largest commitment so far. This is another strong testament to the uniqueness and relevance of our focus on investing at the intersection of sustainability and supply chain. EIF is the gold standard for investors and the process has been a great learning experience for our entire team which has made us even stronger. Thank you Salim Anbar-Colas and Ehsan Haghighi, CFA, CAIA for your guidance and tough love and Marjut Falkstedt for your support. The entire press release can be found here https://lnkd.in/dkWm69tW And in case you missed it earlier this week, remember to read about our investment in Clearly - https://lnkd.in/dzgavQgq #EIF #NineRealms #sustainability #SupplyChain

We are thrilled to announce our investment in Clearly, a pioneering climate intelligence platform that uses AI-driven insights to help fleet operators achieve their net-zero targets. At Nine Realms, we are dedicated to supporting innovative companies that operate at the intersection of supply chain and sustainability. Clearly exemplifies this commitment with its unique approach to decarbonizing global transportation. The company’s proprietary technology integrates and blends data from a broad range of sources to generate actionable emission-related insights for fleet managers by running thousands of scenarios to identify targeted interventions. This enables management teams to not only determine strategic options such as ideal vehicle configuration, but also guide individuals like drivers and optimise operational processes. As the demand for sustainable transportation solutions continues to grow, we believe Clearly is well-positioned to lead the way in making sustainable practices a competitive advantage for businesses worldwide. We are excited to support Clearly in their next stage of growth and look forward to seeing the substantial environmental and economic benefits they will bring to organizations globally. Congratulations to Danielle Walsh and the Clearly team! TechCrunch: https://lnkd.in/egZPQ5ad Press Release: https://lnkd.in/eb3evBRs

We are excited to announce that Will Urban joins Nine Realms as a Venture Partner.   Will is the former Chief Revenue Officer of Flexport and lead the revenue growth of Flexport, moving the company from $600m annual sales to over $4.5b in a 3 year period through organic growth.  Will began his 25-year career at Expeditors in 1994, as a Management Trainee after a chance meeting with founder and former CEO Peter Rose while working as an intern for the Port of Seattle. Will ascended from a Management Trainee to Regional Vice President of the Northwest USA all while working in various roles and global markets along the way. In this key role, he led sales and operations across major locations including San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, and Denver, managing approximately 1,000 full-time employees and overseeing large global accounts. His leadership played a vital role in one of the company's largest regions. Will’s experience places him as a globally recognized trade, logistics and supply chain expert who is uniquely qualified to help companies scale and grow. Will also is a subject matter expert in deploying global go-to-market programs around freight forwarding, logistics operations, SaaS and tech platforms with an emphasis in supply chain, complementing our bespoke two-sided value creation model which combines our deep operating expertise with that of our strategic investors and partners.   At Nine Realms Will is engaged in our comprehensive end-to-end due diligence processes, our post transaction portfolio support as well as developing our overall strategy as we redefine the global supply chain and sustainability agendas.   Nine Realms is the world’s first transatlantic supply chain and sustainability investment platform. The strategy leverages the team’s experience having built similar strategies at a.o. A.P. Moller - Maersk and Kuehne+Nagel. Following commitments from leading European and North American investors, Nine Realms has recently made its first investment in its EUR 200M debut fund. #NineRealms #Sustainability #Supplychains

A very productive week at Manifest in Las Vegas followed by an equally exciting couple of days in The Bay Area for Christy, Arnaud and Sune. Always great to combine business and pleasure with old and new friends. The team returns to Europe with an even stronger conviction about our unique positioning in the supply chain and sustainability ecosystem. Special shoutout to our friends at Prologis for letting us borrow their beautiful offices in SFO (and hats). #ninerealms #supplychain #sustainability

Las Vegas here we come! Next week Christy, Arnaud and Sune will be Manifest at Caesars Forum. The team is looking forward to connecting with old and new friends, founders and investors who want to join us on the journey of building the world's leading supply chain investment platform. #manifest #ninerealms #supplychain