byrd technologies Germany GmbH

byrd offers a convenient all-in-one fulfillment solution with seamless e-commerce shop integrations, which helps small and medium businesses to grow their business. byrd was founded in Vienna in 2016 by a group of 4 founders: - Alexander Leichter, CEO - Christoph Krofitsch, COO - Petra Dobrocka, CMO - Sebastian Mach, CTO The team started with the vision of transforming and disrupting the logistics industry and making shipping as easy as possible, by providing modern technology. For the first year byrd was serving private customers as well as SMEs by providing a mobile application and web application, including seamless online shop integrations. The service was focused on picking up items from the customer's doorstep, packaging them professionally and finding the best shipping rates for every single shipment by comparing hundreds of different tariffs across carriers. The company grew rapidly and attracted a lot of attention. This helped byrd to enter into a cooperation with the Austrian Post before Christmas 2016. In March the company was featured in the well-known Austrian startup-show "2 Minuten 2 Millionen" on Puls 4, which is part of the ProSiebenSat.1 Media group, which was a great success. In spring 2017 byrd decided to expand to the German market, more specifically to Berlin. At that time the startup decided to only introduce the business service in order to obtain a foothold in the new market. In summer 2017 sharpened its focus on SMEs, especially e-commerce businesses, and as a consequence discontinued the mobile application for private customers. This was necessary in order to further improve the B2B - service by making logistics even more convenient and decreasing costs. Additionally, byrd started a complete fulfillment service which includes warehousing, fulfillment, customized branding, smart shipping and return management. This warehousing solution is now available in Vienna as well as in Berlin. byrd still provides a pickup service in Berlin and in Vienna, which can be ordered on-demand or pre-scheduled in advance, which includes packaging and smart shipping. Moreover, it offers a dropshipping solution which is especially interesting for crowdfunding campaigns or any other customers that need to ship a large batch of products. In November 2017 byrd was voted logistics startup of the year by the "Internationale Wochenzeitung Verkehr" and was awarded as one of the most innovative companies in Vienna.