Our philosophy
Automating vehicle-related processes is where our roots and our future lie. While everyone is talking about digitization, we are driving it forward. As the market leader for customized software solutions, we are turning the digital evolution of corporate and vehicle mobility into reality. Our goal is to ensure demand-driven procurement and make fleet vehicle use – flexible, transparent and easy to manage.
Matthias von Tippelskirch
CEO
We’re digitizing the fleet industry
Since our founding, we have been driving the digital transformation in the fleet industry. Especially now, the market is in such flux – whether it’s the desire for sustainable, individualized mobility or the push for digital innovation due to the pandemic. Our goal is to support the transformation to (partial) EV fleets.
Hans-Joachim Guth
CEO
Industry pioneer for 30 years
With our field-tested solutions, we have been spearheading vehicle-based mobility for three decades. We see ourselves as the intermediator between fleet operators and service providers, whose aim is to make operational mobility cost-effective and smart. To this end, we are in constant dialog with our customers so that we may react flexibly to their ever-changing needs.
Alexander Lehr
Product Manager
A future facing fleet is sustainable
Converting e-mobility and ensuring efficient vehicle utilization are challenges all modern fleets are confronted with. As an industry expert, we help guide our customers on their way to sustainable and economical fleet management. To ensure our solutions meet the constantly changing requirements, we incorporate the results of our research projects into the development of new products.
Jennifer Mocke
Customer Success Management
Exchange on equal terms
At Carano, we aim to provide comprehensive support to our 300 customers. These include fleet operators, service and leasing companies, and car dealers. An exchange on equal terms, by which we mean our customers’ concerns are resolved to their fullest satisfaction, is our top priority. Only then can we ensure that at every step of the way, they feel well advised and taken care of – from test installation, implementation to product deployment.
Facts of interest
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1992
Digital beginnings
1995
First automotive solutions
First fleet solutions deployed in large fleets of up to 25,000 vehicles
2008
Mobile solutions
Apps for smartphones as adjunct to our fleet solutions
2010
SaaS solutions
Vehicle configurator Easy+ is the fleet industry’s first software-as-a-service solution
Vehicle configurator Easy+ is the fleet industry’s first software-as-a-service solution
2012
International projects
First customers in France and the Benelux countries
2013
E-mobility gets the green light
First field tests in e-mobility supported by the German federal government
2016
eMobility Scout funding project
IT solution that facilitates access to and sustainable use of e-mobility
2018
CaranoCloud
Cloud-based, self-service solutions including add-on services like EdTech
Cloud-based, self-service solutions including add-on services like EdTech
2020
Move from Alt-Moabit to Forum 1 in Steglitz
2021
New branch office
We have opened an office in the polish city of Wroclaw in order to expand our network of potential customers and partners in the european region
2022
Focus on smaller fleets
Development of new software solutions that are more aligned with the demands of fleets from ten to 150 vehicles
What´s next?
What does the fleet of tomorrow look like? How can more individual concepts of mobility contribute to a more ressource-saving fleet mangement and what role does software development play in this?
How can intercompany electric fleets benefit from being more efficiently connected?
Career at Carano
Agile. Innovative. Attractive. – How we work
Behind our successful software solutions and innovations are people who bring with them a wealth of expertise. In our company, inventiveness, assertiveness, joy and innovation dovetail to work on the fleet industry of tomorrow. As we continue to expand, we are ever on the lookout for experienced IT experts and project developers, as well as inquisitive young recruits looking to gain exciting insights into the fleet industry and future mobility.
The Carano media service
Informative. Multimedia. State-of-the-art. – Our press portal
Open, communicative and helpful – that’s how we see working with the media and the trade press. We would be pleased to let you in on our work, our events and our corporate philosophy. In short: We live for communication!
The Carano Blog
The ABCs of efficient invoice processing for fleets
If there is a fleet, there is sure to be invoices and invoice management. Manual invoice processing is time consuming and laborious: to ensure expenditures are entered correctly and assigned to the right cost centers. This also happens to be where many mistakes are made.