Ben Gordon

The new health care supply chain landscape

By Benjamin Gordon

The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates.

In 2020, hospitals around the world faced a shortage of N95 face masks and other medical essentials, adding to the chaos surrounding COVID-19. Two years later, the same hospitals confronted the opposite problem, as a surplus of supplies overwhelmed the system. 

These issues ignited the demand for health care supply chain solutions, triggering a...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-new-health-care-supply-chain-landscape

FourKites’ recent raise highlights FreightTech’s current fundraising climate

After a recent round of layoffs, supply chain visibility platform FourKites has disclosed its latest funding round details.

According to a filing Thursday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the Chicago-based company in late June raised $30 million from undisclosed investors in exchange for equity, and it hopes to close the funding round with another $50 million. 

In a statement to TechCrunch, CEO Mathew Elenjickal confirmed that one of the strategic investors was FedEx. 

When...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fourkites-recent-raise-highlights-freightechs-current-fundraising-climate

Open letter to supply chain leaders: Ukraine needs humanitarian relief

This commentary was written by Benjamin Gordon, managing partner at Cambridge Capital.

Dear fellow supply chain leader,

There are moments in history that we all remember: Nov. 22, 1963, when President Kennedy was assassinated. Dec. 25, 1991, when the Soviet hammer and sickle flag lowered for the last time and President Gorbachev resigned. Sept. 11, 2001, when America was attacked by al-Qaeda, and Osama bin Laden’s terrorists hijacked four planes and killed 3,000 people.

I believe we’re again...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/open-letter-to-supply-chain-leaders-ukraine-needs-humanitarian-relief

Meet the Investor: Ben Gordon inspired by scrappy underdogs and curious billionaires

FreightWaves’ Meet the Investor series delves into the stories behind the industry’s biggest investments, the individuals who manage them and the lessons they learned along the way.

Ben Gordon, the founder and managing partner of Cambridge Capital, has spent his career investing in and advising supply chain companies, ranging from some of the largest global logistics providers to e-commerce startups.

While his younger self was passionate about civic leadership, he realized the impact that...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/meet-the-investor-ben-gordon-inspired-by-scrappy-underdogs-and-curious-billionaires

Cambridge Capital invests $20M, joins board of ReverseLogix

ReverseLogix Corp., a cloud-based platform for automating reverse logistics, announced Thursday it has raised $20 million in first-round funding from Cambridge Capital.  

Along with the investment, Cambridge Capital’s Benjamin Gordon and Matt Smalley have joined ReverseLogix’s Board of Directors. Together, the team aims to create a modular SaaS platform to execute the tangled processes of end-to-end reverse logistics.

“After bootstrapping ReverseLogix for over 6 years, I am excited to announce...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/cambridge-capital-invests-$20m-joins-board-of-reverselogix

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