Flexport

Flexport, Inc. is a global freight forwarder and logistics platform that offers online customs brokerage and freight forwarding services. Founded in 2013 and based in San Francisco, California, the company provides businesses with an online dashboard to understand, purchase, manage, and track essential services for global trade. Flexport specializes in customs brokerage, which includes customs clearances, bonds, product classification, and government agency filings. Its freight forwarding services encompass ocean freight, air freight, and trucking and delivery. Additionally, Flexport offers supply chain services such as cargo insurance, quality inspections, warehousing, fulfillment, product sourcing, and trade finance. By utilizing modern software, Flexport enhances the user experience in global trade, allowing logistics companies to optimize transportation routes and manage inventory effectively. The company's expertise enables businesses to focus on their core operations while ensuring timely and cost-effective delivery of goods to fulfillment and distribution centers.

Ryan Petersen

CEO & Founder

Past deals in Transport and logistics

Rider

Seed Round in 2022
Developer of a logistics platform designed for online sellers in Pakistan. The company delivers e-commerce products from online stores and marketplaces to the customers' doorstep, also provides cash on delivery and cash now, and delivers later service, enabling vendors to receive payments early and deliver goods to their customers on time.

Clicoh

Series A in 2022
Clicoh is a startup born in Cordoba, Argentina in 2018 that provides fulfillment and logistics solutions through innovation and technology for digital companies in Latam.

OnePort 365

Seed Round in 2022
Oneport 365 is a B2B digital freight forwarding platform offering simplified, all-inclusive, and transparent freight forwarding services driven by technology.

Oware

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Oware offers businesses scalable and tech-driven warehousing and distribution for B2B and retail through its connected fulfillment centers and third-party logistics providers. Companies can quickly start operations from one or more locations to reach more customers, unhindered by operationally intense and complex logistics planning and capital investment restricting business growth.

Airhouse

Series A in 2022
Airhouse, Inc. develops and offers Airhouse, an application for logistics and ecommerce operations. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Freightpay

Seed Round in 2022
Freightpay’s mission is to enable the global supply chain to transact more efficiently.

Amitruck

Seed Round in 2022
Amitruck Limited is a Nairobi-based company that operates a mobile and web-based logistics platform designed to connect cargo owners with trucking professionals. Founded in 2018, Amitruck streamlines the delivery process by allowing customers to book shipments through its online platform. The company has developed a driver application that enables transporters to access client requests and communicate seamlessly. Users can track their deliveries in real time, receive instant quotes, and find the nearest available trucks, ensuring timely updates on their shipments. Amitruck’s innovative approach provides complete visibility throughout the delivery process, enhancing efficiency for both clients and drivers.

Nuvocargo

Venture Round in 2021
Nuvocargo, Inc. is a freight forwarder and licensed customs broker specializing in the transportation of cargo between the United States and Mexico. Founded in 2017 and based in New York, the company offers standardized and transparent quotes through its network of carriers. Nuvocargo provides a cloud-based dashboard that allows customers to track shipments in real-time, including updates on shipment status, customs clearance, and necessary paperwork. By leveraging technology and extensive logistics experience, Nuvocargo enhances visibility and data accessibility for shippers, improving their understanding of supply chain dynamics.

Ofload

Series A in 2021
Ofload is a digital road freight platform that fully tackles inefficiencies. Ofload connects road freight to thousands of reliable carriers and manage it through technology. This means less waste and more data. Ofload manages end-to-end logistics fulfillment through technology, connects carriers with shippers helping shipments to be delivered quickly and affordably by taking up what would have been empty space in delivery vehicles, allowing businesses to have visibility of their shipments.

CloudTrucks

Series B in 2021
CloudTrucks develops a virtual trucking carrier application designed to reduce operating costs for truck drivers. The platform helps to manage and book loads from brokers and shippers, offer instant payments after load delivery, and access to cheap insurance options, enabling truck owners and operators to strategize their schedule and design a revenue-maximizing driving program. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Skydropx

Series A in 2021
Skydropx, Inc. is a logistics marketplace based in Mexico that connects businesses with independent local distributors and shipping providers for efficient product delivery. The company offers a platform that manages and regulates shipments, consolidating volume to provide discounted rates. Its technology integrates seamlessly with users' shopping carts through API, allowing for real-time tracking and management of shipments. By utilizing a network of independent drivers, Skydropx enables companies to send and receive parcels in a streamlined manner, enhancing the overall delivery process.

BridgeLinx

Seed Round in 2021
BridgeLinx helps businesses, mainly large manufacturers and retailers, move freight by connecting them with carriers (truckers, owner-operators, transporters, and private fleets) through its online marketplace.

Telegraph

Venture Round in 2021
Telegraph System is a SaaS transportation technology startup leveraging machine learning and artificial intelligence to digitize a critical segment of the supply chain. It was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Trella

Venture Round in 2021
Trella is a platform that connects shippers to carriers. Trella offers services and technology to empower drivers, improve their efficiency, boost their earnings and utilization as well as creating job opportunities. Trella aims to reduce costs for shippers, introduce a transparent pricing structure and provide them with a more reliable source of carriers. All the while allowing them to track their shipments in real-time as well as report key insights on their transportation trends and performance.

Denim

Series A in 2021
Axle Payments specializes in providing financial solutions to the freight industry, focusing on small freight brokers and their carriers. Founded in 2016 by Shawn Vo and Bharath Krishnamoorthy, the company is headquartered in New York. Axle Payments offers non-recourse factoring and payment processing services, which help brokers and carriers access the working capital they need to operate effectively. In addition to factoring, the company provides integrated payment solutions, collections, and financing options that enhance the efficiency and transparency of financial transactions within the logistics sector. Axle Payments aims to support the sustainability of the global logistics industry through its innovative financial services.

Flextock

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Flextock is a provider of on-demand warehousing and logistics platforms to help businesses efficiently scale their operations.

Flextock

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Flextock is a provider of on-demand warehousing and logistics platforms to help businesses efficiently scale their operations.

Crux Systems

Acquisition in 2019
Founded in 2014, Crux Systems provides cargo owners, freight forwarders, and trucking companies real-time status and location of import containers coming into North America, all in one place. This data informs supply chain planning by driving actionable insights that can reduce dwell times, demurrage fees, and hours spent tracking containers. In 2019, Crux Systems joined Flexport to further empower shippers globally with visibility and control over their inventory in motion and unlock lower and more predictable supply chain costs. With a shared vision and commitment to transparency, customer-centricity, and efficiency, Crux Systems and Flexport are building an Operating System for Global Trade with the intention to enable clients to track every container in the world, making global trade even easier for everyone involved.