Julius Köhler is a co-founder and managing director of Sennder. David Nothacker started the company in 2015 during his INSEAD MBA. Köhler and Nicolaus Schefenacker, former Roland Berger colleagues, joined as co-founders.
The first business model, parcel delivery, did not work. In mid-2016 the company switched to full truckloads. The first office was a garage in late 2016, with five employees.
In 2017 Sennder signed a partnership with Scania and had 30 staff. It raised a Series A in 2018 and had 100 staff. In 2020 it merged with Everoad and bought Uber Freight's European business.
In 2021 it raised $160 million at a valuation above $1 billion. By 2022 it had 1,000 employees, and in 2025 it took over C.H. Robinson's European surface transport.