Coco Robotics, the world’s largest urban robot delivery platform, has appointed Ralf Wenzel to its Board of Directors, effective immediately. The appointment reflects Coco’s strategy of building an operationally experienced board as the company scales its autonomous fleet and expands into new cities and geographies.
Wenzel founded Foodpanda and helped lead Delivery Hero through its 2017 IPO, then founded JOKR, a hyperlocal instant grocery platform now dominant in Brazil. He also served as Managing Partner at SoftBank Group International. Across those roles, he has built delivery operations in complex urban markets across more than 40 countries.
Coco Robotics has completed more than 500,000 zero-emission deliveries across the U.S. and Europe, with recent launches in San Jose and Jersey City. The company operates through platforms including Uber Eats, DoorDash, and Wolt, and is targeting thousands of robots deployed globally by year-end.
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“Coco brings last-mile delivery to an entirely new level, dramatically improving reliability, efficiency, and cost of delivery. I’ve seen and experienced the differences in building and running delivery companies across more than 40 countries, and every country has its own complexity. I want to bring that thinking, experience, and way of operating to Coco to make it the fastest-growing and most successful last-mile robotics company globally.”
Ralf Wenzel, Board Member, Coco Robotics
“Ralf has done the actual work of scaling last-mile logistics across dozens of markets under real operational pressure. That kind of pattern recognition is rare, and it is exactly what we need as we move from proving the model to building a global platform.”
Zach Rash, Co-Founder and CEO, Coco Robotics
