Locad is a logistics provider focused on enhancing e-commerce brands with a cloud-based supply chain solution across the Asia-Pacific region. The company offers a technology platform that integrates inventory management across various online channels while streamlining order fulfillment through a network of warehouses and carriers in countries such as Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand, Hong Kong, and Australia. This infrastructure allows businesses to store products closer to their customers, facilitating faster delivery and reducing shipping costs. Locad's services include auto-scaling fulfillment and on-demand capacity, which are designed to support brands in scaling their operations efficiently. By providing a comprehensive logistics solution, Locad aims to empower businesses to achieve rapid growth and improved customer satisfaction through enhanced shipping capabilities.
WaveBL is a digital platform that employs proprietary blockchain technology to facilitate the electronic transfer of trade documents, specifically electronic Bills of Lading. The platform allows for instant, encrypted, and authenticated transmission of these documents, ensuring compliance with established global processes and regulations. Designed to serve various stakeholders in the trade ecosystem—such as shipping companies, agents, brokers, and banks—WaveBL enhances communication by providing a decentralized and secure network for remote interactions. The company has established strong partnerships with leading players in global trade, aiming to accelerate the digital transformation and adoption of electronic documentation within the industry.
Locad is a logistics provider focused on enhancing e-commerce brands with a cloud-based supply chain solution across the Asia-Pacific region. The company offers a technology platform that integrates inventory management across various online channels while streamlining order fulfillment through a network of warehouses and carriers in countries such as Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand, Hong Kong, and Australia. This infrastructure allows businesses to store products closer to their customers, facilitating faster delivery and reducing shipping costs. Locad's services include auto-scaling fulfillment and on-demand capacity, which are designed to support brands in scaling their operations efficiently. By providing a comprehensive logistics solution, Locad aims to empower businesses to achieve rapid growth and improved customer satisfaction through enhanced shipping capabilities.
Altana Technologies
Series B in 2022
Altana Technologies is a company that specializes in transforming both public and non-public data into an intelligent, interconnected map of the global supply chain. By utilizing its platform, Altana Atlas, the company enables enterprises, governments, and logistics providers to connect and collaborate, fostering trust and transparency across business networks. The platform offers comprehensive trade data management services by integrating internal and external data, providing clean data sets, and delivering real-time insights related to transactions, ownership, movements, and risks in the global trade network. Through advanced machine learning techniques, Altana Technologies equips organizations across various sectors with the tools to enhance the safety, efficiency, and profitability of trade, contributing to a more resilient, secure, and sustainable approach to globalization.
Roambee Corporation specializes in developing an on-demand shipment and asset monitoring platform tailored for industries such as logistics, transportation, finance, pharmaceuticals, and automotive. Their flagship product, the Honeycomb API, integrates with existing enterprise software to offer comprehensive supply chain monitoring through desktop and mobile portals. This platform helps businesses track high-value assets, optimize shipping routes, address delays, and manage risks associated with theft and degradation of goods, particularly in cold chains. Roambee leverages technologies like IoT, NB-IoT, Sigfox, GPS, GSM, Bluetooth low energy (BLE), and Wi-Fi to provide near real-time status updates. The company has strategic collaborations and operates globally with offices in multiple countries including Mexico, Brazil, the UK, Germany, UAE, India, Malaysia, and Indonesia. Founded in 2013 and based in Santa Clara, California, Roambee serves over 300 enterprises, many of which are among the top global companies in various sectors.
Previse
Venture Round in 2020
Previse Limited is a London-based company established in 2014 that utilizes a proprietary artificial intelligence solution to facilitate instant payments between corporate buyers and small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The company's technology assesses the likelihood of corporate buyers fulfilling their payment obligations to suppliers by generating a predictive score based on extensive data analysis. This score enables funders, such as banks and asset managers, to provide immediate payment to suppliers, alleviating their reliance on costly short-term credit. By allowing suppliers to receive payments instantly, Previse enhances their ability to reinvest in growth and contributes to overall economic development. The solution seamlessly integrates with existing payment systems, requiring no significant changes in infrastructure or processes for either buyers or funders, thus ensuring a frictionless adoption experience.
Secondmind
Corporate Round in 2019
Secondmind Ltd. is a software development company based in Cambridge, United Kingdom, founded in 2016. The company specializes in machine learning technology to assist automotive innovators in designing cleaner, more sustainable vehicles. Its core product, the Secondmind Decision Engine, is a cloud-based platform that empowers users to predict, plan, and manage complex decisions while navigating the intricacies of engineering design, particularly during the transition to electrification. By leveraging advanced machine learning algorithms, Secondmind aims to enhance the design, development, and driving experience of vehicles, ultimately contributing to the goal of carbon-neutral mobility. Formerly known as Prowler.io Limited, the company rebranded in October 2020 and has established itself as a leader in applying practical machine learning research to the automotive sector.