What Countercheck does

Countercheck GmbH is a Berlin-based AI anti-counterfeiting technology company founded in 2021 as a spin-out of BEUMER Group's internal startup builder, Beam. The company builds offline brand-protection software that integrates directly into express parcel sortation facilities, where it uses optical character recognition, machine learning, and anomaly detection to perform automated risk assessment on 100% of parcel flow without physically opening consignments. Its single-node platform connects three customer segments — brand-side IP holders (fashion and luxury, sports, consumer electronics, pharmaceutical, automotive), logistics carriers (courier and express parcel operators), and authorities (law enforcement and customs) — through a shared detection infrastructure that flags suspicious parcels, sideloads them from the sortation belt, and enables brand authentication and authority-led destruction within a 32-hour pre-confirmation window. The platform monitors 80 million parcels per month across the global carrier network and has supported more than 1,000 blocked parcels and 300+ brand interceptions per month per hub.

Commercially, Countercheck operates an enterprise field-sales motion, routing prospects through a website 'Book a demo' funnel and selling subscription or volume-based recurring licenses tied to parcel throughput or facility scale. Its distribution is structurally anchored in BEUMER Group's global courier and express parcel carrier network, providing embedded access to high-value logistics accounts that an independent startup would struggle to reach, and the company is publicly endorsed by BEUMER Group CEO Dr. Christoph Beumer. No external venture funding rounds, named customer logos, or revenue figures are disclosed; financial support to date has come via two funding rounds from BEUMER's Beam vehicle in 2021 and 2022. The company has accumulated three consecutive years of industry recognition — the Startup PIP Award (2021), Sorting and Fulfilment Technology of the Year (2022), and the INTA Open Innovation Challenge Award (2023) — alongside memberships in Unifab, INTA, ACG, Andema, and INDICAM, supporting its positioning as a global standard for offline anti-counterfeiting enforcement at the parcel layer.

Name

Countercheck

Legal name

Countercheck GmbH

Website

https://countercheck.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Countercheck is a Berlin-based AI anti-counterfeiting company that intercepts counterfeit parcels directly at express carrier sortation facilities using OCR and machine learning, serving brand IP holders, logistics carriers, and law enforcement authorities globally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Anti-counterfeiting technology services: AI-enabled brand protection technology that enables brands to intercept and remove counterfeit products from the supply chain. The service is delivered through software installed at sortation facilities and likely involves recurring licensing or subscription fees based on parcel volume or facility scale.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Countercheck provides an AI-powered offline anti-counterfeiting platform integrated into parcel sortation facilities that monitors 80 million parcels monthly, automatically identifying and sideloading suspicious consignments for brand authentication. The solution enables brands, logistics carriers, and law enforcement authorities to intercept counterfeit goods in the supply chain through real-time risk assessment, multi-parameter parcel data analysis, and coordinated enforcement activities, without requiring physical inspection of parcels.

Product overview

Countercheck offers a unified offline anti-counterfeiting technology platform focused on taking counterfeit parcels out of the supply chain at express parcel carriers. The core offering consists of an AI-powered brand protection solution that monitors 80 million parcels monthly, enabling brands to intercept counterfeits through a three-stage process: interception via automated risk assessment, real-time authentication by brands, and destruction coordinated with law enforcement. The platform serves three customer segments (brands, logistics firms, and authorities) through a single-node collaboration model that integrates with carrier sortation systems.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Offline Brand Protection Solution for Brands AI-powered anti-counterfeiting platform that intercepts parcels up to 50 kg containing goods infringing brand intellectual property, providing real-time actionable intelligence for brand-led enforcement. Enables brand IP holders to monitor, authenticate, and remove counterfeit shipments at carrier sortation hubs with multi-parameter parcel data and insights. Brands can authenticate products in less than two minutes through a three-stage interception, authentication, and destruction workflow.
• Automated Risk Assessment for Authorities AI-driven preselection technology enabling customs, border forces, and law enforcement bodies to automatically assess risk for 100% of parcel flow and streamline enforcement activities. Provides automated sideloading of suspicious parcels from the sortation belt to a separate chute, real-time intelligence access, analytics for target prioritization, and a 32-hour pre-confirmation window for IPR holders. Designed to reduce enforcement budgets and manpower requirements while enabling jurisdiction-specific targeting of infringers.
• Carrier Sortation Integration for Logistics Operators Direct deployment of Countercheck's AI risk-assessment technology into courier and express parcel carrier sortation facilities. Enables logistics operators to streamline daily operations, increase sorter efficiency and revenue, and avoid disruptions from authorities by automatically detecting and removing illicit parcels. The 24/7 technology assesses 100% of parcel flow and operates as a globally scalable firewall technology against counterfeits.

Quantifiable outcome

• 80 million parcels monitored each month
• +5 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• UnifabminorOthersCountercheck is a member of Unifab, an industry association related to intellectual property protection and anti-counterfeiting efforts.
• INTA (International Trademark Association)minorOthersCountercheck is a member of INTA, the International Trademark Association, and won the INTA Open Innovation Challenge Award in 2023.
• ACG (Anti-Counterfeiting Group)minorOthersCountercheck is a member of the Anti-Counterfeiting Group (ACG), an industry organization dedicated to combating counterfeiting.
• AndemaminorOthersCountercheck is a member of Andema, an industry association for brand protection and anti-counterfeiting.
• INDICAMminorOthersCountercheck is a member of INDICAM, an industry association dedicated to intellectual property protection.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Digimarc: Digimarc provides digital watermarking and product authentication for retail, logistics, and brand-protection applications. Its barcode-less identification technology competes with Countercheck's parcel-level AI inspection.
• OpSec Security: OpSec Security is a long-standing global brand-protection and authentication provider offering holograms, track-and-trace, and online brand-protection services. It overlaps with Countercheck on offline authentication and enforcement but serves a much wider portfolio of customers.
• Systech International: Systech offers serialization, track-and-trace, and authentication solutions for supply chains across pharma and FMCG. Its end-to-end visibility platform competes with Countercheck's parcel-flow-level enforcement intelligence.
• SICPA: SICPA is a global leader in security inks, traceability, and brand-protection solutions used by governments and brand owners. Its product authentication and supply-chain integrity offerings overlap with Countercheck's enforcement intelligence.
• Zebra Technologies: Zebra Technologies supplies logistics automation, RFID, and parcel-tracking hardware/software to global carriers and sortation operators. As the underlying sortation infrastructure provider, Zebra could partner with or compete against Countercheck in parcel-level intelligence.

Direct peers

• Authentic Vision: Authentic Vision provides AI-based anti-counterfeiting and brand-protection solutions using tamper-proof labels and mobile authentication. It competes directly with Countercheck in the offline brand-protection space for luxury, pharmaceutical, and consumer goods brands.
• AlpVision: AlpVision provides invisible marking and AI-driven authentication for pharmaceutical and luxury packaging, with logistics-side enforcement integrations. It is comparable to Countercheck in using AI/ML for product authentication and counterfeit interception.

Emerging players

• Sproxil: Sproxil offers mobile-based product verification and anti-counterfeiting solutions primarily in emerging markets, with strong pharma exposure. It is comparable to Countercheck's brand-verification workflow for IP-rights holders.
• YPB Group: YPB Group provides brand-protection and consumer engagement solutions including tracer authentication and QR-based verification. It overlaps with Countercheck's offline brand-protection offering for FMCG and luxury.
• Scantrust: Scantrust provides secure QR codes, serialization, and supply-chain traceability for brand owners across multiple verticals. It is comparable to Countercheck on authentication and supply-chain visibility, though it focuses on item-level rather than parcel-level enforcement.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/countercheckcom
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/countercheck

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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