Seed · 2026

The intelligence layer for trade.

DocumentsRegulatory dataCompany knowledge
→
ZAKK
→
PeopleSystemsAI

Trade documents, regulatory data and company knowledge — turned into intelligence people, systems and AI can act on.

Seed · 2026

The intelligence layer for trade.

DocumentsRegulatory dataCompany knowledge
→
ZAKK
→
PeopleSystemsAI

Trade documents, regulatory data and company knowledge — turned into intelligence people, systems and AI can act on.

Problem

Global trade still runs on documents and human memory.

InvoicesPDFsSpreadsheetsEmailsTariff databasesCustoms portalsERP systemsTMS systemsSpecialist knowledge

The data exists. The intelligence layer connecting it doesn't.

Why now

Trade is becoming machine-readable.

Software digitised the forms. Humans still had to interpret what was inside them. AI can now read documents, products and regulations well enough to output structured trade data.

YESTERDAY
Documents→
Human interpretation→
Software
TODAY
Documents + regulatory data→
Zakk→
Humans / Software / AI

“The next generation of trade software won't just store data. It will understand it.”

Zakk

Documents in. Trade intelligence out.

INPUTS
InvoicePacking listProduct catalogueShipment dataRegulatory dataHistorical decisions
ZAKK
Trade Intelligence Layer
OUTPUTS
Structured line itemsHS classificationsCompliance contextProduct intelligenceValidated trade dataCustoms-ready workflowsAPI-ready data

Zakk understands what's being traded — and makes it usable by every downstream system.

The film

See what happens when trade starts understanding itself.

From incoming documents to structured trade intelligence — in sixty seconds.

Product today · Customs

We start where trade intelligence is hardest: customs.

Zakk already turns unstructured shipment documents into validated, declaration-ready data.

01
INGEST
Invoices and shipment documents
↓
02
UNDERSTAND
Extract products, quantities, origin and values
↓
03
REASON
Classify against official tariff authorities and past decisions
↓
04
VALIDATE
Confidence scores surface what needs human expertise
↓
05
CONNECT
Push structured data into customs, ERP and TMS
Zakk › Shipments › #00214

Invoice #00214 · declaration-ready

✓ Approve
HS codeDescriptionOriginConfidence
6404.11.00Trail running shoes, mensVN● 98%
6203.43.00Softshell trousers, navyPT● 96%
9506.11.00Alpine ski, 168 cmAT▲ 71%
4202.92.91Daypack 24 L, oliveCN● 99%
1 line item flagged for review · 3 auto-cleared → exported to customs
● Automate the obvious. Escalate the uncertain.
Platform

Customs is the wedge.
Trade intelligence is the platform.

One layer between trade information and the systems that act on it.

INPUTS
Trade documentsProduct dataShipment dataCompany historyCustoms authoritiesRegulations
ZAKKTRADE INTELLIGENCE LAYER
UNDERSTANDTurn unstructured trade information into structured data
REASONInterpret products against rules and regulatory context
REMEMBERBuild company-specific product and compliance knowledge
CONNECTExpose intelligence to existing systems and agents
APPLICATIONS
Customs workflowsERPTMSFreight systemsCompliance teamsAPIsAI agents
Every shipment makes the intelligence layer more useful.
Traction

Already running inside real trade workflows.

Production metrics from active customers. SaaS MRR is the recurring business; the Posta Decide build is a fixed-term project that started May 2026 and ends with 2026 (~15h of CTO time per week).

€54.3M
TRADE VALUE PROCESSED
14
PAYING CUSTOMERS
€6.7K
SAAS MRR
€6.7K
PROJECT MRR · POSTA (FROM MAY 2026)
36,516
INVOICES PROCESSED
Cumulative invoices processed · 2026
▲ 18.3× Jan → Aug
2,000
Jan
5,300
Feb
9,600
Mar
14,500
Apr
19,800
May
25,600
Jun
31,800
Jul
36,516
Aug
Production data · Zakk admin · August 2026
Customers

Customers aren't testing Zakk. They're using it.

Three production workflows, before and after Zakk.

Faroe Islands' biggest importer
Shipping / logistics
Before

6 employees tied up in manual customs clearance work.

With Zakk

Now 4 people run the same volume. Intelligent Weight Distribution is used on every single shipment — and the right HS codes are surfaced automatically.

Result

Same output with fewer people, and capacity to scale.

Island leader
Construction & home materials supplier
Before

Customs paperwork scattered across desks and inboxes — one person tied up just keeping documents organized.

With Zakk

One fewer person needed in customs. Invoices processed automatically and every document stored in Zakk's Document Storage.

Result

When the authority asks, everything is in one place. Instant, stress-free compliance.

Postal operator
Before

High-volume customs fed by multiple systems, dependent on rules, integrations and human expertise.

With Zakk

Zakk is the intelligence layer. Sanitized data flows in, customs decisions flow back into Posta's systems.

Result

Infrastructure stays in place. Core systems become intelligent — a repeatable model for postal and freight operators.

Also trusted by
BakkafrostSamskipNorlinkKJSkálkurFøroya KeypssamtøkaRit & RákKanjonTangavirkiðRadiobúðin
Business model

Subscription revenue today. API revenue later.

~€6.7K MRR, zero churn, and another ~€6.7K in the immediate pipeline. Current ACV: €5.1K.

Core revenue
Platform subscription
LIVE
Seat + platform fee
Recurring fee per organisation and seat. This is what customers pay today.
Integration & API
COMING LATER
Usage-based
Metered access for ERP, TMS and agent consumers as systems come online.
€5.1K
Current average ACV
Market

Start with customs. Expand across cross-border trade.

Enterprise trade teams are already served by SAP and big ERPs. SMBs are not — and that's where Zakk wins.

01 · Wedge

Customs brokers + freight forwarders

Target companies: ~8,000
×Realistic ACV: ~€5K
= ~€40M

Bottom-up estimate: Nordics + Northern Europe broker/forwarder universe.

02 · Expansion

SMB importers + mid-market trade teams

Target companies: ~40,000
×Realistic ACV: ~€3K
= ~€120M+

SMBs lack the SAP/ERP customs modules that enterprises rely on — they need a lightweight intelligence layer.

03 · Platform

Trade intelligence consumed through software, APIs and agentic workflows

Model: API calls + workflow automation
×Sizing: Not sized until early API demand is verified
= Usage-based, beyond seats

No TAM claimed here — sizing follows evidence, not assumption.

Bottom-up only: SMB focus avoids head-to-head ERP competition. Figures are directional estimates.

Competitive landscape

Customs is moving from paper to intelligence.

Customs 1.0

Paper & EDI

Forms, faxes, edifact files. Classification is a human's job; tariff books live in drawers.

  • ▸Legacy broker software
  • ▸National EDI portals
  • ▸In-house Excel
Customs 2.0

TMS bolt-ons

Customs as a sidecar inside the TMS. Faster forms, still manual HS. Tariff data updated quarterly.

  • ▸e-AWB tools
  • ▸Carrier portals
  • ▸TMS plugins
Zakk

Agentic, authority-grounded customs

An agentic flow that reads documents, reasons across authority data, and produces declaration-ready output — with human escalation at every uncertain step.

  • ▸Agentic document-to-declaration flow
  • ▸Live feeds from 7 authorities
  • ▸Reasoning across HS graph
  • ▸Auto-extract from any invoice
Named players today
Edentriedentri.com

Nordic OCR/ML data capture for customs docs

Zakk → Live authority feeds + reasoning — not just extraction
Wovewove.com

Broad US trade-intelligence platform

Zakk → Customs-first depth, Nordic authorities live today
DigiCustdigicust.com

AI customs agents focused on German ATLAS

Zakk → Multi-authority from day one — FO, DK, EU, NO, UK, CA, US
Opereitopereit.ai

AI agents for carrier invoice audit & claims

Zakk → Adjacent problem — Zakk owns clearance, not freight billing
Financial projections

~€537K gets us to a repeatable Nordic growth engine.

Prove Denmark first. Add headcount only when revenue and demand justify it.

Base case management projections
2026E2027E2028E
SaaS ARR€100K€400K€1.1M
Customers~19~65~150
Average ACV€5.4K€6.2K€7.4K
Recognised SaaS revenue~€70K~€270K~€750K
Project revenue (Posta, non-recurring)~€54K——
Total recognised revenue~€123K~€270K~€750K
Operating expenses~€134K~€300K~€410K
EBITDA~-€11K~-€30K~+€340K
~€537KSeed round
2 → 4Milestone-based team
2028Target EBITDA positive
Headcount follows proof — not the round
Today2 FTE~€12K / month fixed operating cost
€150–200K ARRHire #1 · 3 FTEAdd capacity when demand justifies it.
€300–400K ARRHire #2 · 4 FTEAdd capacity for Nordic expansion.
€1M+ ARR4-person core teamOperating leverage becomes visible.
Base case assumptions
Current ACV: ~€5.1KACV expansion: €5.4K → €7.4KCustomers: 14 today → ~150 by 2028Posta: ~€6.7K / mo · from May 2026Grant: ~€13K VinnuframiFixed cost: ~€12K / moTwo future FTE: ~€16K / mo

ARR excludes project revenue. Posta is non-recurring and ends with 2026. Management estimates.

Roadmap

From customs automation to trade intelligence infrastructure.

Documents
Decisions
Memory
Infrastructure
NowCustoms intelligence
  • Understand trade documents
  • Structure line-item data
  • Classify products
  • Human-in-the-loop validation
  • Connect to customs workflows
NextCompany trade memory
  • Reusable product intelligence
  • Historical classification context
  • Company-specific compliance knowledge
  • More authorities
  • More integrations
ThenTrade intelligence infrastructure
  • APIs embedded across trade software
  • ERP/TMS intelligence layer
  • Machine-to-machine trade workflows
  • AI agents querying Zakk for trusted trade context

We enter through a workflow. We compound through intelligence.

Team

Built by a team that can ship the intelligence layer.

Applied AI, enterprise engineering and commercial execution — shipping customs software today.

Robert Sivertsen

CEO & Co-Founder

The commercial founder: experience building and scaling revenue at early-stage companies before Zakk.

LinkedIn →

Rói Holgarsson

CTO & Co-Founder

The AI/systems founder: MSc in AI & Algorithms from DTU and a decade of production applied AI.

LinkedIn →

Eiler Poulsen

Senior Software Engineer & Co-Founder

The enterprise engineer: 10+ years shipping robust software at Trifork and Klintra.

LinkedIn →
The raise

Raising ~€537K to make Zakk the trade intelligence layer for Northern Europe.

Raising~€537K~29% equity
Valuation€1.34M
Runway18 months
Today
€80KARR
14Customers
7Authorities
1Markets
Next round milestone
€540KARR
60+Customers
10+Authorities
3Markets
Use of funds
Product & engineering50%
Go-to-market30%
Operations / regulatory expansion20%

This capital buys a clearly defined value-inflection point.

The intelligence layer for trade.

Every cross-border transaction creates data. Zakk turns it into intelligence.

Robert SivertsenCEO & Co-Founderzakk.app ↗

Customs is where we start.

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