critical goods

GoExpedi’s heavy industry procurement platform draws $33M from investors

Procurement and supply chain management platform GoExpedi announced Wednesday it has closed on $33 million in additional funding from new investors Tiger Global, Labyrinth Capital Partners, Cortes Capital (Love’s private equity group), I2BF and FJ Labs to continue growing its technology for heavy industry.

GoExpedi last raised $25 million in September 2020. The company has raised a total of $108 million from past investors, including Top Tier Capital Partners, Crosslink Capital, Bowery Capital,...

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Toilet paper rolls and supply chain roles

Before the coronavirus pandemic, the American consumer likely reached for a package of toilet paper on the supermarket shelf without a thought about how that product got there. 

“People now understand how critical it is for us to get our goods. When we’re standing in line waiting to get toilet paper and paper towels, they now start to understand a little bit about the role the ports and everybody in the supply chain play in getting goods and actually where those goods are manufactured,” said...

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