The Goldman Sachs Group

Goldman Sachs is a prominent global investment banking, securities, and investment management firm, established in 1869 and headquartered in New York City. The firm provides a range of services to corporations, financial institutions, governments, and high-net-worth individuals. Its Investment Banking segment offers advisory services for mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, and restructuring, as well as underwriting for public offerings and private placements of various securities. The Institutional Client Services segment focuses on client execution across fixed income, currencies, commodities, and equities, while also offering financing and securities lending to institutional clients. The Investing & Lending segment engages in originating long-term loans and investing in debt securities and real estate. Additionally, Goldman Sachs Asset Management serves both institutional and individual investors with comprehensive investment and advisory solutions across diverse asset classes. The firm also operates several specialized investment groups, including private equity and infrastructure funds, targeting a variety of sectors and investment strategies worldwide.

Andre Alfaro

Managing Director

Margaret Anadu

Managing Director

Sara Beth Beckmeier

Vice President

Alexander Blostein

Managing Director and Senior Analyst, Global Investment Research

Charles Bouckaert

Managing Director

Michael Brandmeyer

Managing Director, Global Co-head and Co-CIO of the Alternative Investments and Manager Selection Group

Beat Cabiallavetta

Partner

David Campbell

Managing Director - Merchant Banking Division

Will Chen

Managing Director

Jaejoon Choi

Managing Director - Head of Korea Global Markets

David Chou

Managing Director

David Cohen-Mintz

Managing Director

Stephen Daniel

Managing Director

Samayita Das

Vice President

Christopher Dawe

Managing Partner

Adam Dawson

Managing Director

Brian DeCenzo

Managing Director, TMT / Internet Banking — Investment Banking Division

Nicholas Dier

Vice President

Ajay Diwan

Vice President of Investment Research

Nicola Dondi

Managing Director

Dominique Dorlipo

Managing Director, France Country Head

Benjamin Ferguson

Managing Director, Co-Head of Japan and Head of Client and Business Management

Wolfgang Fink

CEO, Germany and Austria

Sebastien Gagnon

Managing Director

Timur Galen

Managing Director

Stefan Goetz

Executive Director - Principal Investments Area

Andrew Gordon

Associate

Ashwin Gupta

Managing Director

James Hayward

Managing Director of Growth Equity

Sonya Huang

Investment Banking Analyst

Graham Hurtt

Vice President, Technology and Services Investment Banking

Gaurav Jaitly

Managing Director

Kani Keita

Associate, Merchant Banking Division

Larry Kellerma

Partner

Simon Kubbies

Managing Director (Private Equity)

Aaron Lamshed

Head of equity capital markets in Australia and New Zealand

Kirk A. Lepke

Executive Director, GS Growth

Cedric Lucas

Managing Director

Cedric Lucas

Managing Director

Lyla Maduri

Managing Director

Jade Mandel

Vice President, Growth Equity

Joshua Matheus

Managing Director of Technology

Mathew McDermott

Managing Director

Masanori Mochida

President of Goldman Sachs Japan

Karen Moon

TMT Investment Banking Analyst

Scott Myers

Managing Director

Jason Nassof

Vice President

Maya Poddar

Associate

Jeffrey Possick

Managing Director

Nikhil Reddy

Managing Director, Asset Management Division

Ben Reiber

Vice President

Christian Resch

Managing Director, GS Growth

Josh Richardson

Managing Director

Max Ritter

Managing Director

Ronald Rolighed

Managing Director

Simon Rothery

CEO, Australia

Brady Schuck

Managing Director

Peter Seccia

Managing Director

Greg Shell

Head Managing, Inclusive Growth Strategy Partner

Sarah Shenton

Vice President in the Merchant Banking Division

Andrew Sickinger

Vice President, M&A

Gavin Simms

Managing Director

Rajat Sood

Managing Director

Rajat Sood

Managing Director

Stephen Branton Speak

Partner and Managing Director

John Stevenson

Vice President

Chang Q. Sun

Executive Director In the Investment Banking Division

Ram Sundaram

Partner

Adriana Tajonar

Vice President of Life Sciences Investing

Alex Tishakov

Analyst, Investment Banking Division

Rana Yared

Managing Director of Securities Division

Alec Zhang

Analyst

Past deals in Supply Chain Management

New York Shipping Exchange enables the transformation of the container shipping industry through two innovations: a new standardized freight contract and a new way to trade freight digitally. The company is supporting the transformation of container shipping by solving inefficiencies associated with booking downfalls and shipment rollings. They determined to eliminate the distrust between shippers and carriers that has been created by the lack of accountability in ocean contracts. It was founded in 2014 and headquartered in New York, United States.

Kobo360

Series B in 2021
Kobo360 is a digital logistics platform that connects cargo owners, truck operators, and drivers to streamline the supply chain process. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria, the platform utilizes data analytics and artificial intelligence to enhance efficiency in logistics operations, particularly in last-mile delivery. Kobo360 aims to reduce communication gaps and optimize pick-ups and deliveries, ensuring goods are moved seamlessly across the continent. The company also supports rural farmers by minimizing farm wastages, thereby enabling them to access new markets and increase their earnings. In addition to its logistics services, Kobo360 plans to establish a marketplace to link farmers directly with buyers globally, which will help eliminate intermediaries and improve profitability for smallholder farmers. Ultimately, Kobo360 seeks to build a comprehensive logistics ecosystem that enhances trade and commerce in Africa and emerging markets.
Shanghai Jushuitan Network Technology Co., Ltd. specializes in developing software as a service (SaaS) solutions focused on enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications. Established in 2014 and based in Shanghai, the company offers a range of services, including order management, warehouse management, supply chain management, and distribution management tailored for e-commerce platforms. Its innovative platform enhances operational efficiency by automating order processing, enabling businesses to manage their supply chains and logistics more effectively. Additionally, Jushuitan is involved in the ownership of intellectual property rights related to its software solutions.

Kobo360

Series A in 2019
Kobo360 is a digital logistics platform that connects cargo owners, truck operators, and drivers to streamline the supply chain process. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria, the platform utilizes data analytics and artificial intelligence to enhance efficiency in logistics operations, particularly in last-mile delivery. Kobo360 aims to reduce communication gaps and optimize pick-ups and deliveries, ensuring goods are moved seamlessly across the continent. The company also supports rural farmers by minimizing farm wastages, thereby enabling them to access new markets and increase their earnings. In addition to its logistics services, Kobo360 plans to establish a marketplace to link farmers directly with buyers globally, which will help eliminate intermediaries and improve profitability for smallholder farmers. Ultimately, Kobo360 seeks to build a comprehensive logistics ecosystem that enhances trade and commerce in Africa and emerging markets.

BlackBuck

Series D in 2019
BlackBuck is an online fleet management platform that connects shippers with fleet operators in India. By leveraging technology, it aims to enhance the logistics landscape, making it more reliable and efficient. The platform provides features such as price discovery, route optimization, in-transit tracking, and assurance of timely deliveries. This comprehensive approach not only improves operational productivity for clients but also positively impacts the broader transportation ecosystem, which is crucial for numerous livelihoods. BlackBuck is positioned to drive significant advancements in the transportation sector.

TraceLink

Series D in 2018
TraceLink, Inc. specializes in providing track and trace network solutions that enhance the life sciences supply chain and combat counterfeit prescription drugs. The company offers a range of products, including pharmaceutical serialization, drug tracking, and compliance solutions through its TraceLink Life Sciences Cloud. Key offerings include the Smart Rx Manager, which helps healthcare providers comply with the European Union Falsified Medicines Directive, and Serialized Product Intelligence, a cloud application that utilizes serialization data to identify supply chain issues and optimize operations. TraceLink serves a diverse clientele, including pharmaceutical companies, wholesale distributors, and re-packagers, and has established strategic partnerships with notable firms such as Amazon and KPMG. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in North Reading, Massachusetts, TraceLink also has offices in the United Kingdom, India, Singapore, and Brazil. The company's platform is recognized for its ability to deliver global connectivity and visibility across the pharmaceutical supply chain, ensuring compliance and improving operational efficiency.

TraceLink

Series D in 2018
TraceLink, Inc. specializes in providing track and trace network solutions that enhance the life sciences supply chain and combat counterfeit prescription drugs. The company offers a range of products, including pharmaceutical serialization, drug tracking, and compliance solutions through its TraceLink Life Sciences Cloud. Key offerings include the Smart Rx Manager, which helps healthcare providers comply with the European Union Falsified Medicines Directive, and Serialized Product Intelligence, a cloud application that utilizes serialization data to identify supply chain issues and optimize operations. TraceLink serves a diverse clientele, including pharmaceutical companies, wholesale distributors, and re-packagers, and has established strategic partnerships with notable firms such as Amazon and KPMG. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in North Reading, Massachusetts, TraceLink also has offices in the United Kingdom, India, Singapore, and Brazil. The company's platform is recognized for its ability to deliver global connectivity and visibility across the pharmaceutical supply chain, ensuring compliance and improving operational efficiency.

Tradeshift

Series E in 2018
Tradeshift Inc. is a cloud-based platform that connects buyers and suppliers, streamlining digital trade transactions and enhancing supply chain efficiency. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Tradeshift offers a suite of solutions including Tradeshift Buy, an eProcurement tool; Tradeshift Pay, an accounts payable automation platform; and Tradeshift Risk, which focuses on risk data collection and analysis. The company also provides Tradeshift Engage, a platform for supplier collaboration, and Tradeshift Go, which offers visibility into employee spending. Additionally, Tradeshift Frontiers serves as an innovation lab, exploring emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and distributed ledgers to transform B2B commerce and global supply chains. With a commitment to eliminating paper and manual processes, Tradeshift enables clients to optimize procure-to-pay processes securely while capitalizing on early payment discounts and minimizing risks.

Mahindra Logistics

Venture Round in 2017
Mahindra Logistics Limited is end-to-end logistics solution and service provider. Mahindra Logistics is part of Mahindra Group (M&M), one of India's leading corporate groups with operations across several industries and countries. Before 2008 the logistics business of M&M was operated as a division of M&M serving the transportation and distribution, warehousing and in-factory logistics requirements of M&M. The logistics solution of the company includes transportation and distribution, warehousing, in-factory logistics and value added services to its clients. Company also provide people transportation solutions and services across India to over 100 domestic and multinational companies operating in the IT, ITeS, business process outsourcing, financial services, consulting and manufacturing industries in 12 cities and over 120 clients.

TraceLink

Series C in 2016
TraceLink, Inc. specializes in providing track and trace network solutions that enhance the life sciences supply chain and combat counterfeit prescription drugs. The company offers a range of products, including pharmaceutical serialization, drug tracking, and compliance solutions through its TraceLink Life Sciences Cloud. Key offerings include the Smart Rx Manager, which helps healthcare providers comply with the European Union Falsified Medicines Directive, and Serialized Product Intelligence, a cloud application that utilizes serialization data to identify supply chain issues and optimize operations. TraceLink serves a diverse clientele, including pharmaceutical companies, wholesale distributors, and re-packagers, and has established strategic partnerships with notable firms such as Amazon and KPMG. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in North Reading, Massachusetts, TraceLink also has offices in the United Kingdom, India, Singapore, and Brazil. The company's platform is recognized for its ability to deliver global connectivity and visibility across the pharmaceutical supply chain, ensuring compliance and improving operational efficiency.

iControl Systems

Venture Round in 2015
iControl Systems offers software solutions aimed at improving processes in the food, drug, and convenience value chain industries. The company serves over 50,000 retail locations and 4,000 distributors, providing tools for automating data synchronization, streamlining financial transactions, and reconciling billing errors. Its platform facilitates real-time visibility into inventory and sales data at the store and item levels, particularly for direct store delivery. By enhancing electronic collaboration between retailers and their vendors, iControl helps clients optimize performance and reduce costs, while processing millions of invoices annually.

LLamasoft

Series B in 2015
LLamasoft, Inc. specializes in developing supply chain design and analysis software aimed at enhancing operational efficiency for various industries, including aerospace, automotive, healthcare, and retail. Founded in 1998 and based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the company offers a range of products such as Supply Chain Guru, a design software that helps businesses visualize and optimize their supply chains, and Transportation Guru, which focuses on transportation routing. Additionally, LLamasoft's platform leverages artificial intelligence and advanced analytics to provide insights for decision-making, enabling clients to address inefficiencies and improve cost, service, and risk management. The company's solutions have reportedly generated over $16 billion in value for its customers. LLamasoft also delivers consulting, training, and technical support services, and collaborates with humanitarian organizations to optimize health supply chains, aiming to positively impact millions of lives. As of late 2020, LLamasoft operates as a subsidiary of Coupa Software Incorporated.

Shanghai ANE Logistics

Series D in 2015
Shanghai ANE Logistics Co., Ltd. is a leading less-than-truckload (LTL) operator in China, known for its innovative franchise model. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Hangzhou, the company has developed a comprehensive national delivery network comprising approximately 5,000 franchised stores. Shanghai ANE Logistics operates 50 distribution centers and utilizes a combination of self-operated sorting centers and contracted line-haul trucks to provide efficient trucking and logistics services across the country. This strategic approach has positioned the company as one of the largest and fastest-growing players in the LTL industry in China.

Ramco

Post in 2015
Ramco Systems is part of the USD 1 Billion diversified conglomerate, the Ramco Group of companies. Ramco Systems is a rapidly growing cloud enterprise software company focused on providing multi-tenanted enterprise software to corporates in the area of HCM and Payroll, ERP and M&E MRO for Defence and Civil Aviation, with Mobile first philosophy and In-memory based Planning and Optimization engine. At Ramco, we understand that functionality alone cannot help a product succeed in today’s crowded marketplace. With utmost importance to usability, Ramco has charted out a product philosophy of MUSIC—an acronym for Mobility, User Interface, Social, In-Memory and Context-aware applications. Globally, Ramco has over 150,000 users from 1000+ customer organizations. Headquartered in Chennai (India), the company has 20 offices spread across India, USA, Canada, Europe, Australia, Middle East, South Africa and APAC

Odyssey Logistics & Technology

Venture Round in 2014
Odyssey Logistics & Technology (OL&T) and its subsidiaries deliver a comprehensive portfolio of managed logistics and third-party services to the global chemical and process manufacturing industries. The Odyssey Global Logistics PlatformSM is OL&T’s technology infrastructure, and features a patented proprietary net-native transportation management system that supports the safe, reliable and efficient delivery of client products throughout the world. With double digit average annual revenue growth rates for the last five years, OL&T moves products with more than $42 billion in value between 185,000 origins and destinations and 220 ports worldwide, servicing midsize to large global chemical and process industry clients.

Best

Series E in 2014
Best Logistics (百世物流) is a Chinese comprehensive logistics supply chain service provider. The company provides comprehensive supply chain design and logistics services for domestic and foreign enterprises through its complete and systematic partner authentication management system, professional supply chain design solution, advanced information technologies, and comprehensive self-developed operation platform GeniMax system. Founded in 2007, Best Logistics combines internet, information technology, and traditional logisctics services to create a new subversive commercial model to integrate the large logistics industry in China. The company has established multilevel operation centers nationwide, with a distribution network that covers the whole country.

TVS Logistics Services

Venture Round in 2012
TVS Logistics is a fast growing 3rd party logistics provider across multiple verticals including automotive, distribution, electronics, and discrete component manufacturing. They are a flagship company of the highly respected TVS group. TVS Logistics was established in 2004 and provides integrated supply chain solutions across the world either directly or through there joint ventures and subsidiaries. With there extensive global footprint and strong expertise in supply chain logistics, they offer unparalleled levels of customer satisfaction.

iSuppli

Venture Round in 2007
iSuppli Corporation helps clients improve performance in the electronics value chain by providing them with the facts, analysis and advice they require to know precisely how to succeed. Their team of industry veterans monitor the status of the electronics value chain, and continuously update a score of self-consistent databases that track industry performance. Services afforded by iSuppli range from electronic component research to device-specific application market forecasts, from teardown analysis to consumer electronics and from display device and systems research to automotive markets.
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) is a semiconductor foundry providing integrated circuit (IC) foundry and technology services at 0.35-micron to 40-nanometer. SMIC develops one-stop turnkey services to meet its customers’ needs. In addition to IC manufacturing, SMIC offers a full range of services that includes design services, mask manufacturing, and testing. SMIC provides integrated circuit (IC) foundry and technology services on process nodes from 0.35 micron to 28 nanometer. Headquartered in Shanghai, China, SMIC has an international manufacturing and service base. In China, SMIC has a 300mm wafer fabrication facility (fab) and a 200mm mega-fab in Shanghai; a 300mm mega-fab and a majority-owned 300mm fab for advanced nodes in Beijing; 200mm fabs in Tianjin and Shenzhen; and a majority-owned joint-venture 300mm bumping facility in Jiangyin; additionally, in Italy SMIC has a majority-owned 200mm fab. Headquartered in Shanghai, China, SMIC has a 300mm wafer fabrication facility (fab) and a 200mm mega-fab in Shanghai, a 300mm mega-fab in Beijing, a 200mm fab in Tianjin, and a 200mm fab project under development in Shenzhen. SMIC also has customer service and marketing offices in the U.S., Europe, Japan, and Taiwan, and a representative office in Hong Kong. SMIC competes with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., United Microelectronics Corporation, GlobalFoundries, Fujitsu Limited, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., and Toshiba Corporation.

3PLex.com

Series B in 2000
3PLex.com is an online logistics service provider that enhances productivity across the transportation industry by integrating the expertise of third-party logistics (3PL) companies with the advantages of Internet-based logistics solutions. Founded in 1999 and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the platform offers 3PLs immediate access to cost-effective online load-matching and automation tools, thereby facilitating efficiency improvements. Unlike other logistics websites that aim to eliminate the role of 3PLs by connecting shippers and carriers directly, 3PLex.com focuses on fostering collaboration among these parties. This approach enables member companies to improve their productivity and expand their operations by facilitating the movement of goods in a more economical, straightforward, and reliable manner. 3PLex.com is currently owned by IBM.

ShipLogix

Series A in 2000
ShipLogix program is a suite of transportation management tools designed to streamline the process of purchasing and executing transportation for both shippers and carriers and their trading partners.

MEDCHANNEL

Series B in 2000
MedChannel is building the first global network to connect every organization and dramatically reduce costs along the medical supply chain. MedChannel’s world-class team of technology, healthcare, logistics and Internet experts understand the complexities of rearchitecting an entire global supply chain and has created the first blueprint for truly reducing medical supply costs at every level. From manufacturers to distributors and physician and hospital purchasers, MedChannel will offer a broad range of powerful Internet-based applications for purchasing commodity medical supplies, tracking and fulfilling orders, managing inventory, forecasting demand, monitoring contract compliance and processing financial transactions.

StorageNetworks

Series B in 1999
StorageNetworks, Inc. specializes in data storage management software and services, aimed at helping customers effectively manage their storage environments. The company offers a range of solutions, including software products like the STORos StorageManager v5.0, which is designed for storage resource management. Additionally, StorageNetworks provides professional services that assist enterprise organizations in designing and optimizing their primary data storage systems and infrastructures. Although the company previously offered managed services, it exited this segment in June 2003. Following this decision, StorageNetworks' Board of Directors adopted a plan for complete liquidation and dissolution in July 2003. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, StorageNetworks faced competition from major industry players such as EMC, IBM, and Hitachi Data Systems.
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