It all started with an algorithm that matches print job requirements with production machine specifications and immediately outputs prices. A few years later, the Cologne-based start-up sourc-e has become a full-service print broker that, with a team of 40 and an international network of 250 print shops, is rethinking the purchasing of print products and, above all: digitizing them.
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Print buyers know the procedure: Specify requirements, find suitable production partners, obtain offers, evaluate, decide. This takes time; sometimes even 10 to 15 days. But it doesn’t have to, says Lucas Scherer, founder and CEO of sourc-e. The Cologne-based start-up has since developed into a full-service print broker with a powerful network of international print shops behind it.
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The print-and-packaging platform sourc-e is now supported by a new investor: The digital agency nexum is investing in the start-up founded in Cologne in 2016. “With nexum, we have brought additional expertise and a partner on board with whom we can continue our market penetration in D-A-CH and our international growth strategy,” says sourc-e CEO and founder Lucas Scherer.
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