LFX Venture Partners

Shippeo is a technology company specializing in real-time transportation visibility for supply chains. Founded in 2014, it offers a platform that allows shippers, carriers, and 4PLs to track deliveries and communicate proactively with end customers. The platform integrates with various data sources, including transportation management systems and telematics products, to provide real-time location data and delivery tracking. With a proprietary algorithm, Shippeo calculates estimated arrival times, helping businesses lower transportation costs, enhance customer satisfaction, and promote sustainable operations. The company tracks over 40,000 deliveries monthly across Europe, serving notable clients such as Leroy Merlin, Saint-Gobain, and Faurecia, and connects with more than 600 carriers.

Pipe17 offers a cloud-based order operations platform that streamlines the management of retail operations for brands, retailers, and fulfillment providers. By integrating selling and fulfillment platforms with back-office applications, Pipe17 enables these systems to work together efficiently to process orders. The platform connects various inventory systems, warehouses, and sales channels, providing a consolidated real-time view of stock while ensuring that source systems remain synchronized. It monitors inventory levels, checks order counts against repositories, and alerts users to discrepancies, allowing for proactive resolution of logistical and delivery challenges. This functionality helps clients address fulfillment issues before they arise, eliminates integration problems, automates data flow, and enhances profit margins.

Pipe17 offers a cloud-based order operations platform that streamlines the management of retail operations for brands, retailers, and fulfillment providers. By integrating selling and fulfillment platforms with back-office applications, Pipe17 enables these systems to work together efficiently to process orders. The platform connects various inventory systems, warehouses, and sales channels, providing a consolidated real-time view of stock while ensuring that source systems remain synchronized. It monitors inventory levels, checks order counts against repositories, and alerts users to discrepancies, allowing for proactive resolution of logistical and delivery challenges. This functionality helps clients address fulfillment issues before they arise, eliminates integration problems, automates data flow, and enhances profit margins.

UniUni is a developer of a B2B delivery services platform focused on enhancing shipping solutions for the e-commerce and logistics sectors. The company utilizes innovative technology to automate the package sorting process and facilitate efficient last-mile delivery. By providing reliable, cost-effective, and flexible services, UniUni enables e-commerce businesses to thrive by ensuring that products are safely delivered directly to consumers' doorsteps. Its approach positions UniUni as a key player in the evolving landscape of delivery services in North America.

Invent Analytics is a provider of advanced analytics solutions tailored for retailers and fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies. The company's offerings enable organizations to enhance profitability through data-driven decisions related to inventory and pricing. By utilizing Invent's proprietary platform, businesses have experienced a 2-6% rise in profitability, validated through large-scale A/B testing. The platform focuses on retail forecasting, allocation, and replenishment, emphasizing effective supply chain network design and profit-optimized inventory management. It allows for dynamic real-time order orchestration that accurately predicts customer demand and sales forecasts, facilitating improved merchandise planning and increased product turnover. Invent's SaaS model supports agility and scalability, requiring no upfront capital investment, as clients can subscribe on a pay-as-you-go basis.

Rippey AI specializes in automating business processes through the use of conversational artificial intelligence and document machine learning, specifically targeting the supply chain and logistics sectors. The company develops robotic process software that streamlines time-consuming tasks such as data entry, quoting, email responses, and routine customer inquiries. By leveraging automation technology and natural language processing, Rippey AI enhances productivity for service providers, allowing them to improve efficiency in documentation and customer interactions.

GoFreight is a web-based software as a service (SaaS) platform tailored for international freight forwarders. Established in 2016, the company provides tools that enable freight forwarders to digitize their operations and manage processes efficiently across various shipping methods, including sea, air, and land. The platform enhances operational efficiency through features such as data visualization, automation, freight tracking, and instant booking and quotation services. GoFreight facilitates the seamless updating and management of logistics documents, allowing operators to generate and print necessary documentation at any operational stage while also archiving copies for future reference. By streamlining these processes, GoFreight empowers logistics businesses to fully embrace digital transformation in their operations.

Shippeo is a technology company specializing in real-time transportation visibility for supply chains. Founded in 2014, it offers a platform that allows shippers, carriers, and 4PLs to track deliveries and communicate proactively with end customers. The platform integrates with various data sources, including transportation management systems and telematics products, to provide real-time location data and delivery tracking. With a proprietary algorithm, Shippeo calculates estimated arrival times, helping businesses lower transportation costs, enhance customer satisfaction, and promote sustainable operations. The company tracks over 40,000 deliveries monthly across Europe, serving notable clients such as Leroy Merlin, Saint-Gobain, and Faurecia, and connects with more than 600 carriers.

Locus is a technology company based in Bengaluru, India, founded in 2015, that addresses challenges in last-mile logistics through its order-to-delivery dispatch management platform. The company offers automation and optimization solutions designed to enhance the efficiency of delivery operations for businesses. Its platform supports clients in managing deliveries, optimizing workflows, and improving customer experiences. Locus has successfully facilitated 650 million deliveries across over 30 countries, serving notable clients such as Unilever, Nestle, and BlueDart. The company’s solutions have resulted in significant cost savings, totaling $200 million in transit expenses, and have contributed to a reduction of 70 million kilograms in CO2 emissions while maintaining a high service level adherence rate of 99.5%. Locus is backed by prominent investors, including GIC Singapore, Qualcomm Ventures, Tiger Global, and Falcon Edge.

GT Nexus, Inc. is a provider of a cloud-based supply chain platform designed to enhance the efficiency and visibility of global supply chains. Established in 1998 and headquartered in Oakland, California, the company offers a suite of solutions that include supply chain intelligence, visibility, factory and transportation management, inventory management, and supply collaboration. These solutions facilitate collaboration and transaction automation among trading partners, enabling improved working capital management and reduced risks. The platform connects various stakeholders, including importers, exporters, suppliers, and logistics providers, enhancing the flow of goods and information from order to payment. Additionally, GT Nexus provides tools for data services and web services, which support logistics management by enabling access to critical shipping information. The company serves a diverse range of industries, including manufacturing, retail, logistics services, and financial services, and operates as a subsidiary of Infor (US), Inc. since 2015.

PCH is a global company founded in 1996, specializing in end-to-end product development and supply chain orchestration for leading brands across diverse sectors such as beauty, technology, fashion, and wellness. With a focus on rapid and rigorous product development, PCH offers a unique platform that enhances visibility and sustainability while connecting brands directly to consumers through various market channels, including eCommerce and retail. The company operates internationally, leveraging cost synergies and access to talent, and utilizes an asset-light model that optimizes the complete product lifecycle. PCH's innovation hubs in San Francisco and Shenzhen, along with its headquarters in Cork, Ireland, support its mission to facilitate efficient and agile supply chains. Furthermore, PCH is known for founding Highway1, a prominent hardware accelerator that aids startups in bringing innovative products to market. The company emphasizes diversity, inclusion, and professional growth, creating an environment that fosters teamwork and passion.

ecVision is a cloud-based supply chain collaboration platform designed to enhance product life cycle and supply chain processes. The platform facilitates increased visibility and collaboration, enabling users to manage costs, mitigate risks, and streamline the flow of goods. It offers tailored modules for apparel, footwear, and softlines retailers, brands, and manufacturers, serving a wide array of stakeholders including internal teams, suppliers, mills, factories, logistics providers, inspection agencies, and banks both in the United States and globally. Notable customers include prominent brands such as PVH, Coach, Gap, Abercrombie & Fitch, Timberland, and Ralph Lauren. In 2015, ecVision was acquired by Amber Road.