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Connecting Global Startups with Industrial Deployment
Through this collaboration, ZEBOX and Founders Factory aim to strengthen the bridge between innovative startups and real world industrial opportunities in maritime transport, logistics and related infrastructure.
Founders Factory brings a strong global pipeline of early stage startups and a proven venture studio and accelerator model, supporting founders with capital, operational expertise and access to leading corporate partners. ZEBOX complements this approach by providing direct access to industrial use cases, pilots and decision makers within the CMA CGM Group and its ecosystem.
Together, this partnership is designed to help startups overcome one of their biggest challenges: securing first customers and scaling solutions within complex industrial environments. By aligning venture creation, investment readiness and operational deployment, ZEBOX and Founders Factory enable startups to move faster from innovation to impact.
« Thanks to this partnership with Founders Factory, ZEBOX is teaming up with a leading venture builder and startup accelerator. Together, we are deepening our collaboration with major international corporates to support the transformation of the maritime and logistics industries.
Founders Factory brings strong expertise in co building startups, investment and access to a global industrial network. ZEBOX builds on its sector driven approach and its close connections with the CMA CGM Group. This complementary positioning enables concrete deployment opportunities, faster access to first customers and stronger support for startups as they scale.
Together, we are better positioned to bring impactful innovations into real world operations. This partnership strengthens both the competitiveness and decarbonisation efforts of our partners. »
Frédéric Guilleux, CEO of ZEBOX
“Founders Factory has been activelyinvesting in the maritime and logistics sectors and know how challenging it canbe for startups to secure their first customer and scale. This partnership withZebox fast-tracks deployment opportunities with the CMA CGM Groupe and we lookforward to helping more international founders access their programs.”
George Northcott, Co founder & President of Founders Factory
About ZEBOX
Initiated in 2018 by Rodolphe Saadé, Chairman & CEO of the CMA CGM Group, ZEBOX is an international innovation accelerator specializing in maritime, logistics and media. ZEBOX connects startups with industrial partners to accelerate experimentation, deployment and scale within global value chains.
About Founders Factory
Created by serial entrepreneurs Brent Hoberman CBE and Henry Lane Fox, Founders Factory is a global venture studio and accelerator that builds and funds startups alongside exceptional entrepreneurs and the world’s leading companies. Since 2015, Founders Factory’s portfolio of 450 plus startups has delivered more than 500 pilots and commercial contracts with corporate partners worldwide.
