Visibility and risk management platform Paxafe announced it has closed on an additional $1.5 million in capital led by early-stage fund Venture 53 with participation from Value Chain Ventures, project44 founder and CEO Jett McCandless and Peter Rentschler, CEO of supply chain business consulting and software development firm Metafora, formerly known as CarrierDirect.
This comes after recently raising its seed round in 2021, led by Ubiquity Ventures and participation from Greenlight...
CarrierDirect announced Monday it has changed its name to Metafora, Greek for transportation, as the company continues expanding its full-service consulting and technology development offerings.
“When I joined, we were the best kept secret in transportation — having done incredible work with some of the biggest companies and being behind some of the most innovative work in the space,” Ryan Schreiber, vice president of industry and growth, told FreightWaves. “This change comes at a time when...
This fireside chat recap is from Day 2 of FreightWaves’ F3 Virtual Experience.
FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: How a hybrid tech strategy leads to success
DETAILS: FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller talks with CarrierDirect CEO Peter Renstchler on technology trends in the brokerage industry, the 3PL M&A environment and changing growth strategies to reach maximum value.
INTERVIEWER AND SPEAKER: Craig Fuller, founder and CEO of FreightWaves, and Peter Rentschler, CEO of CarrierDirect.
BIO: Rentschler is the CEO of...
This commentary was written by Peter Rentschler, CEO of CarrierDirect. The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates.
By Peter Rentschler
Someone is recruiting your employees, and your employees may be looking for new jobs. What are you doing to keep them?
According to Prudential’s Pulse of the American Worker Survey, an estimated 25% of workers are planning to look for a new job “once the threat of the pandemic...
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