Redpoint Ventures

Softbank backs headless commerce unicorn fabric

Faisal Masud has said that the term “headless commerce” is really not an accurate representation of what his company, fabric, provides for commerce. 

“The traditional monolithic business platforms (Oracle, SAP, etc.) are where a big box [retailer] holds many smaller boxes inside of it. So if one box broke, you broke the [entire thing],” he explained to Modern Shipper last year.

Instead, Masud likes to call his company’s approach “composable commerce” – the business logic remains separate,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/softbank-backs-headless-commerce-unicorn-fabric

Logixboard raises $13M to modernize freight forwarders’ customer experience

Logixboard, a white-label platform for freight forwarders, has announced it has closed a $13 million Series A investment led by Redpoint Ventures, including continued investment from Social Leverage, F-Prime Capital Partners and Founders Co-op. The company has raised a total of $18.8 million since 2016.

Logixboard’s platform enables freight forwarders to create a customized digital experience for their customers, creating a transparent environment that mirrors shipment tracking platforms like...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/logixboard-raises-13m-to-modernize-freight-forwarders-customer-experience

Fabric’s rapid rise continues with close of $43M Series A funding round

Commerce platform Fabric has announced the closing of a $43 million Series A funding round led by Norwest Venture Partners with participation from Redpoint Ventures and Sierra Ventures.

The funding round comes just over three months after Fabric closed a $9.5 million seed round at the end of October. Total funding in the company is now $53.5 million, according to Crunchbase. Redpoint led the seed round.

Fabric is a headless — meaning separating the front-end design from the back-end...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fabrics-rapid-rise-continues-with-close-of-43m-series-a-funding-round