Movinga has raised $93.0M in total across 5 funding rounds.
Movinga's investors include Earlybird Venture Capital, FJ Labs, Hambro Perks, Piton Capital, Antler, Financial Technology Partners / FT Partners, Global Founders Capital, Project A Ventures, STS Ventures, Carlo Kölzer, Christian Vollmann, Lukas Brosseder.
Movinga is a technology-enabled moving platform that connects customers with professional movers for house removals and relocations across Europe, primarily in Germany. It builds an online booking tool where users input move details to receive instant quotes, book services, and access add-ons like packing, all while optimizing for cost and efficiency by matching with local partners to minimize empty truck runs.[1][2][4] Serving individuals and businesses facing the stress of urban moves—such as in Berlin—Movinga solves pain points like opaque pricing, unreliable service, and logistics chaos by combining digital transparency with vetted experts, ensuring end-to-end support including free consultants.[2][4] The company has raised $92.9M across six funding rounds, achieved awards like Service Champion 2020 and Deutscher Mittelstandspreis, and was acquired by Swiss firm MoveAgain in late 2024, signaling sustained growth amid a maturing proptech market.[1][3]
Movinga was founded in 2015 by Bastian Knutzen and Chris Maslowski, who started by booking household moves for students online, initially operating from Vallendar, Germany.[1] In May 2015, they relocated headquarters to Berlin (later specified as Moabit or Köln in sources), launching an MVP platform built on Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, Grape, and Babel that expanded to seven countries by 2016.[1][3] Early traction came from disrupting traditional moving with a digital-first model, earning Startup of the Year 2015 in Germany; today, Dominic Schütz serves as CEO post-acquisition.[1][2]
Movinga rides the proptech and on-demand services wave, digitizing a fragmented $10B+ European relocation market long reliant on phone quotes and local firms. Timing aligns with urbanization (e.g., Berlin's moving boom) and post-pandemic remote work shifts boosting intra-city relocations, amplified by e-commerce logistics tech like AI matching.[1][2] Favorable forces include rising demand for sustainable, contactless services and platform economies (Uber/Airbnb for moves), positioning Movinga as Europe's leading provider influencing ecosystem via optimized workflows and partner standards.[4] Its 2015 launch capitalized on smartphone penetration, while the 2024 acquisition reflects consolidation trends in mature marketplaces.
Post-acquisition by MoveAgain, Movinga is poised for pan-European expansion, leveraging combined networks to dominate cross-border moves amid labor shortages and green regulations. Trends like AI-driven logistics and subscription relocation services will shape its path, potentially evolving into a full proptech suite with storage/VR tours. As a funded pioneer now stabilized, expect deeper B2B enterprise plays, amplifying its role from disruptor to infrastructure player in seamless urban mobility—proving tech can humanize even the messiest transitions.
Movinga has raised $93.0M across 5 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $17.0M Series E in November 2018.
