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CMA CGM launches new global startup accelerator in UK

5 October 2023

CMA CGM Group will launch ZEBOX UK in Manchester this month. The French transportation company is a founding partner of ZEBOX and has continued to innovate through the global startup accelerator focusing on operational efficiency, decarbonisation, future of work and artificial intelligence in supply chain, logistics, transport and energy.

The Manchester-based startup accelerator is ZEBOX’s sixth innovation hub in the world. ZEBOX UK is ready to tap into Manchester, London and Northern Europe,...

https://container-news.com/cma-cgm-launches-new-global-startup-accelerator-in-uk/

Searoutes raises €2.4m to reduce shippers’ GHG emissions

22 November 2021

Searoutes, the Marseilles-based start-up that helps shippers reduce the carbon footprint of their transport, has announced a €1.3 million financing round led by WSB Beteiligungs, the venture capital firm founded by Wolf Scheder.
Created in 2019 by Dr. Pierre Garreau and Carsten Bullemer, Searoutes has designed its own, proprietary eco-calculator to compute the carbon footprint of a container along its journey. Incubated and accelerated by ZEBOX, the international incubator and accelerator …

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https://theloadstar.com/searoutes-raises-e2-4m-to-reduce-shippers-ghg-emissions/

CMA CGM expanding in Virginia, launching startup incubator

5 February 2021

The CMA CGM Group this week announced it will grow its presence in Virginia, where the ocean container shipping company’s U.S. headquarters is located, and create more than 400 jobs.

The company said it will invest a projected $36 million to expand operations in Hampton Roads, reinforce its headquarters in Norfolk and establish in Arlington County the American hub of ZEBOX, a startup incubator and accelerator initiated by Rodolphe Saadé, chairman and CEO of the CMA CGM Group.

“ZEBOX will assist...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/cma-cgm-expanding-in-virginia-launching-startup-incubator

ZeBox: The new CMA CGM innovation

28 September 2018

ZeBox: a new incubator, aiming to become a world reference in innovation

Initiated by CMA CGM, ZeBox is a human-sized incubator and accelerator with two objectives: 

Support start-ups throughout their development by immediately projecting them into an international dimension;
Enable large companies to benefit from the innovations developed by these start-ups in their respective business sectors.

It will be able to house 15 start-ups for a 12 to 18 month period. A fast-track programme will be...

http://container-news.com/zebox-cma-cgm-innovation/