The collaboration will begin with a trial period to collect data on how customers want to arrange transportation of furniture and gadgets, but the partners hope to develop the service further.

This is a huge opportunity to show that our service is working and that there is a great demand. For us, Blocket is one of the best partners one can have, says the company’s CEO and founder Michael Funa.

Packbud was founded in 2013 by alpine skier Thomas Fogdö and entrepreneurs Michael Funa and Par Wrede Dahl. Since its inception, the company has taken in 4 million SEK (over 400.000 euro) in venture capital from venture capital firm Aggregate Media and a variety of angel investors.

Already hundreds of transport- and moving companies are connected to Packbud. Most of the users are individuals who purchased something on a buy- and sell website. The service is also used by small businesses for smaller shipments.

We are looking at a solution for door-to-door delivery to make it as smooth as possible for the Swedish people to buy and sell from each other. We are pleased to have Packbud as a partner in this. They can solve the delivery of basically anything, while at the same time the service is environment friendly, says Jan Prokopec, president of Blocket.

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Packbud, a Malmo-based startup, is a new digital service designed as bidding platform for transportation services. The idea is simple, users who need help with transporting different items, such as for example during a move, create an inquiry on the Packbud’s page. Once the request is public, transport companies make bids, offering their price for the service. The goal of the service is twofold: to make it easier for individuals to find transport service and help logistics companies to fill up cargo space in their trucks.

Just recently Packbud took in another € 100 000 (1 million SEK) in venture capital from it’s current owners, venture capital firm Aggregate Media and business angels, to ensure further growth, reports Breakit. In total the company has gotten € 300 000 in investments.
Last year Packbud had sales of SEK 2 million SEK (over 200 000 euro). This year the goal is to reach about 6 million SEK (over 600 000 euro) in sales.

Packbud was founded in 2013 with initial focus on providing transportation services for individuals by individuals. But realization that it is logistics companies that have the means and also interest to carry out transportation services quickly led to change of focus. Currently about 400 transport companies are connected to Packbud.

“Today we are the only company to provide transportation assistance to individuals and businesses in this way. We work with all kinds of distances both within and outside of Sweden. It can be anything from furniture and cardboard boxes for garden machinery or motorcycles,” – shares Mikael Funa, co-founder and CEO.

Thomas Fogdö, former alpine skier, is the one who came up with the idea. As a person who travels a lot, he noticed that it is wasteful to drive half-empty car. So he started thinking of ways to solve this problem together with Pär Wredendahl and Mikael Funa.

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Packbuds idea is simple – using free space in trucks and match that with companies or people that need something moved.

“We want to become the Ebay for transports. Our aim is to become the largest market place for this type of services on the Swedish market” says Mikael Funa to 8till5.

Mikael is one of three people in the team working full time on the product.

The service is currently available in Sweden. With almost 300 transport companies connected, they make it easy for anyone who wants something transported by just entering what needs to be transported.

“The idea is that transport companies can optimize their loads, and customers should be able to find a transports easily. Better use of space is good for the economy and the environment.” says Mikael

Today, 90 percent of customers are private consumers. Queries include things such as moving furniture, mopeds and pets. Packbud charges partly through a small service charge, and by charging carrier with a sum equal to ten percent of the transportation value.

The service was launched 1.5 years ago and so the startup has received 4000 requests – without putting any focus on advertising. With the investment this will change.

“Marketing is a big part for the upcoming year, but we will also release a new site, mobile version and updates during the first quarter of 2015.”

You can read more about it over at 8till5.

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So what happened there? A lot! While there wasn’t enough time to see and talk to everyone, there was a great range of companies with unique ideas, at various stages. From those just getting their plans down on the brown paper to others scaling up stage and fully operational, it was a lot of activity and exchange of ideas, and great for mingling.

Lots of ideas to watch, and here is just a small sample of those on show:

A nice first event for IDD to come Malmö! Next Internet Day with .SE at the Stockholm Waterfront November 25-26, 2013

Pic: Johan Jörgensen presents Best in Show to Alexander Zolotarevski, courtesy of Erik Starck

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