Kakao Ventures , a venture capital firm specializing in ultra-early-stage startups, announced on the 27th that it held a brown bag meeting with the theme of ‘KV Logistics Family (investment company) heading global.’
This event was attended by Techtaka, the operator of the integrated logistics platform 'Argo', and 'Flotic', a logistics robot automation company. This is a place designed to inform the current status and achievements of companies that are standing out with innovative technologies in the diversifying global logistics industry.
Kakao Ventures Senior Analyst Shin Jeong-ho explained, “Companies that are trying to solve numerous problems facing the global logistics chain with cutting-edge technologies are steadily emerging,” and “The technology-based companies that Kakao Ventures has been leading in investing in over the past 10 years are innovating the logistics value chain based on technologies such as AI, robotics, and IoT.”
Techtaka and Floatik are representative examples of companies that are creating new opportunities in the global logistics industry by cooperating based on integrated logistics platforms and robot operating systems. In addition, logistics families such as Cotoro Robotics, a company that automates loading and unloading of logistics centers using robot arms, and Masauto, a company that automates truck technology for logistics automation, are also making their presence felt in the global market.
Yang Su-young, CEO of Techtaka, who made the first presentation, said, “As the global logistics industry expands its sales channels from simple B2B2C logistics centered on Amazon to D2C (Direct-to-Consumer) and offline, technological capabilities for global fulfillment operations are emerging as essential elements.” He added, “Techtaka will help customers improve their work efficiency by integrating existing fragmented work systems into one place and secure competitiveness at reasonable prices.”
Techtaka operates a global integrated logistics platform called 'Argo' that provides one-stop logistics services from ordering to delivery and inventory management. Its strength is optimizing orders in real time and maximizing delivery efficiency through an AI-based logistics system. Since establishing its US corporation, it has set up two logistics centers in Los Angeles and is making full-scale inroads into the North American market. It also provides delivery services to Amazon, TikTok Shop, etc.
The second company to announce, Plotik, provides a platform called 'FloRa' that helps logistics centers easily introduce robots and operate them efficiently. It applies an AI-based VLA (Vision-Language-Action) model to support visual information recognition, automatic data analysis, and real-time work optimization. In particular, it designs the optimal route within the logistics center with a map editor and simulation tool, and improves operational efficiency by linking the warehouse management system (WMS) and enterprise resource planning (ERP). Recently, it obtained FCC certification necessary for entering the US market and is expanding into the global market by collaborating with Boston-based robot AI startup Jordi.
Lee Se-hyung, Vice President of Floatic, said, “Based on our strength of being able to flexibly and quickly respond to each logistics center environment, we are actively advancing into global markets such as the U.S. and Japan.” He added, “We plan to more widely expand our AI-based automation solutions by cooperating with logistics operation companies, system integration (SI) companies, and robot companies so that global logistics companies can quickly and intuitively introduce automation systems.”
Meanwhile, the Brown Bag Meeting is a place designed to expand the contact between the Kakao Ventures family and the media. Techtaka and Floatic, who participated in this event, signed an agreement for a demonstration project to improve logistics productivity using autonomous robots in January and are strengthening their smart logistics competitiveness.
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