Antwerp-based order entry platform Vectrix has raised €1.15 million in a seed round led by Antwerp VC firm RDY Ventures. The startup automates the manual entry of transport orders, cutting processing time from 8 minutes to a maximum of 2 minutes. With this round, the founders are setting their sights on Europe, starting with Belgium’s neighbouring countries.
“Could we have 7 pallets for Tuesday, same as last week?” In large transport companies, admin teams process hundreds to thousands of these requests every day. On average, it takes around 8 minutes to enter each new request into 1 of the 35 fields in a Transport Management System (TMS). That repetitive work is not only unattractive to job seekers, it also leaves plenty of room for human error.
“The logistics sector has been dealing for years with a shortage of administrative profiles for repetitive tasks,” says Dimitri Allaert, co-founder of Vectrix. “Values are regularly entered incorrectly, which can mean products, for example, don’t arrive fresh. On top of that, employees sometimes lack context and can’t always assess transport orders correctly. If a customer orders 6 pallets, those won’t fit in a 10 cubic metre van. At the same time, crucial operational knowledge is often scattered across operators’ heads or buried in documents, forcing employees to interpret things constantly, which makes the work inefficient and error-prone.”
From 8 to 2 minutes
That observation is what led to Vectrix. The Antwerp-based startup uses AI to automate the manual entry of transport orders, bringing processing time down from 8 minutes to a maximum of 2 minutes. Errors are reduced to a minimum as well. At the same time, the AI keeps learning, allowing it to flag inconsistencies and suggest corrections when context doesn’t match, for example the right temperature settings for transporting pharmaceutical products.
Within the IT chain, Vectrix positions itself as a pre-TMS solution. Raw, unstructured input, for instance from emails or ERP systems, is converted into validated data that’s ready for any TMS. Every decision remains transparent and is based on customer settings, historical data and defined standard operating procedures, so logistics staff can quickly review the pre-filled transport orders in a single interface.
“Every transport company works in its own way, and every end customer comes with specific agreements,” says Ben Selleslagh, CTO at Vectrix. “Vectrix’s AI understands each customer’s context, so it can complete missing information in a targeted way. The logistics employee always stays in control and can adjust where needed. That feedback loop helps the AI improve continuously. The efficiency gains help transport companies absorb the talent shortage, and new hires get up to speed faster too.”
25,000 orders
Vectrix was founded in 2024 by Dimitri Allaert (CEO) and Ben Selleslagh (CTO). Dimitri previously founded market research platform BUFFL, which he helped grow into an established name in the sector. The management team was recently strengthened with the arrival of Nick Pelicaen, co-architect of customs software Customaite. Vectrix now has 7 employees and is currently running pilots with logistics players. At logistics service provider H. Essers, one such rollout was completed successfully and all transport departments will start working with Vectrix. Since launch, more than 25,000 orders have already been processed, saving 2,500 hours.
European focus
To support its next phase of growth, the founders have now raised €1.15 million in a round led by Antwerp VC firm RDY Ventures, with participation from Seeder Fund, PMV and Germany’s Prequel Ventures. The capital will be used to double the team in 2026 and strengthen its presence in neighbouring markets, including Germany, the Netherlands and the UK. New capabilities are also on the roadmap, including deeper integrations with Transport Management Systems.
“In the short term, we want to build enough capacity to handle all incoming requests,” Dimitri continues. “That’s why we’re hiring AI and data engineers, as well as experienced commercial profiles to support our customers. In the medium term, we want to add new capabilities to grow into a full order communication platform that automates all communication around an order. In 2026, we also want to sign our first 3 German customers. We’re thinking beyond borders and are fully committed to a European growth story.”