“We are pioneering scalable circular reverse logistics and have engaged over 150 corporates in deploying this strategy for increasing recycled material content in their manufacturing.”
Aron Handreke, Founder & CEO, ContainerGrid
ContainerGrid is an impact-driven B2B SaaS startup headquartered in Munich and founded in 2019. It specializes in digital solutions for reverse logistics, waste management, and circular supply chains. Originating from a win at HEC Paris’s startup competition, ContainerGrid has grown quickly, building strong partnerships with key players in the recycling industry. Today, it processes thousands of transactions per month and has expanded its team across Munich, Hamburg, and Berlin.
Explaining the company’s positioning, Aron Handreke, Founder & CEO, noted:
“ContainerGrid is positioned as a neutral supply chain orchestration platform. Our USP includes cross-OEM take-back, cross-material supplier take-back, AI-driven material flow logistics, and virtual material accounting.”
The company serves manufacturers, recyclers, and raw material suppliers that seek to integrate digital take-back systems, optimize recycling processes, and secure access to high-quality secondary raw materials. Its core offerings include:
Recycling & Waste Workflow Manager — a system linking recyclers, waste managers, and material traders with OEMs to streamline end-of-life (EoL) product recovery.
Enterprise Take-Back-as-a-Service Platform — enabling collaboration among dismantlers, recyclers, and material suppliers to optimize recovery, ensure compliance, and scale circularity.
With a mission to raise global recycling rates by creating efficiency across the value chain, ContainerGrid accelerates the transition to a more sustainable, resource-efficient economy.
ContainerGrid is at the forefront of developing scalable solutions for circular reverse logistics. By building the digital infrastructure to manage complex flows, the company helps partners reduce dependency on virgin raw materials while strengthening resilience.
To date, ContainerGrid has engaged more than 150 corporations in deploying this strategy, helping them embed reverse logistics into operations and significantly increase the share of recycled material in their manufacturing. This creates measurable cost savings, operational efficiency, and regulatory compliance — while advancing sustainability goals and contributing to the global transition toward a circular economy.
ContainerGrid was selected to join D2XCEL in February 2025. During the program, the company achieved important product development milestones and built valuable strategic relationships. As Aron emphasized:
“During our participation in the project, we built the B2B Circular Reverse Logistics Enterprise Platform prototype and explored partnership opportunities with leading strategy consultancies.”
By engaging with investors and R&D consortia, ContainerGrid now sees multiple opportunities to advance its product and further support enterprises in operating efficiently, meeting sustainability objectives, and scaling circularity across industries.
*Note:
Our case studies section illustrates the concrete impact of the D2XCEL scaling programme on selected ventures. They were chosen through a structured process based on mentor and group manager nominations and pre-defined criteria, prioritising companies that demonstrated measurable progress, strong relevance to societal and industrial challenges, innovative approaches, and clear potential for scalability. Together, the cases demonstrate how tailored support, international connections, and structured mentoring are translated into real outcomes across diverse sectors.
This project has received funding from the European Union under grant agreement Nº101121100. Views and opinions expressed are, however, those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.