EXCLUSIVE: Shippeo lands $30M to further its North American and Asia-Pacific ambitions

Paris-based visibility provider Shippeo announced Wednesday it has secured $30 million in strategic funding led by Toyota’s growth fund Woven Capital as the company aims to accelerate its expansion in North American and Asia-Pacific (APAC) markets. The round also included participation from existing investors Battery Ventures, Partech, NGP Capital, Bpifrance Digital Venture, LFX Venture Partners, Shift4Good and Yamaha Motor Ventures.

“Across the board, the level of risk on the supply chain of...

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Visibility Guide: Ensuring high data quality to maximize ROI of real-time transportation visibility solutions

In logistics, precision matters. Real-time visibility platforms promise efficiency and control, but without solid data, you might not be seeing the full value. Low data accuracy can slow you down and reduce your ROI.

Download our guide to see how improving data quality can boost performance, speed up results, and help you get the most out of your investment.

Inside the guide:

  • Learn why data quality matters: Get the full picture on how data quality impacts performance and ROI.
  • See Shippeo’s...

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FreightTech Friday: Gartner critiques real-time-visibility market players

Technology research and consulting firm Gartner recently released its Real Time Transportation Visibility Platform (RTTVP) report, highlighting the space’s top performers while suggesting areas for improvement.

The company describes RTTVPs as platforms engineered to offer real-time tracking and status updates on orders after they leave the warehouse, using integration with carrier systems or telematics for data gathering. The report assesses various levels of complexity in RTTVP implementation,...

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Shippeo and BuyCo collaborate to provide container visibility and control

Shippeo, a digital supply chain visibility company, and BuyCo, a container shipping software platform, have established a strategic partnership to provide shippers with total visibility and control throughout the whole container shipping process, from early planning and booking to real-time tracking.

Shippeo and BuyCo aim to use this collaboration to help large-volume shippers optimise processes, respond quickly to exceptions, and improve the overall customer experience.

Shippers may simply get...

https://container-news.com/shippeo-and-buyco-collaborate-to-provide-container-visibility-and-control/

Shippeo raises $40M to further supply chain visibility platform expansion

Shippeo, a Paris-based supply chain visibility platform, announced Monday the closing of a $40 million funding round.

With new money from existing investors Battery Ventures, Partech, NGP Capital, ETF Partners, Bpifrance Digital Venture and SAP.io, alongside new strategic investors Hong Kong-based LFX Venture Partners and Japan-based Yamaha Motor Ventures, Shippeo plans to use the funding to accelerate expansion efforts in North America and the Asia-Pacific regions.

“Given the challenging...

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Shippeo expands footprint in North America

The real-time transportation visibility provider Shippeo is expanding its North American operations and US executive team, and it is also enhancing its customer-centric, multi-modal visibility platform, in an effort to support the company’s growing North American customer base.

With this step, Shippeo aims to support its growing North American customer base, as well as to deliver a better experience for its global customers by providing them with the visibility data needed to increase...

https://container-news.com/shippeo-expands-footprint-in-north-america/

project44 initiates aggressive global expansion amid COVID, supply chain crisis

Project44, a leading real-time transportation visibility provider, is meeting the challenge of COVID-19 and the supply chain crisis head-on, with an ambitious plan to grow aggressively in multiple global regions, including Latin America and Southeast Asia.

Recent acquisitions by project44, conversations with company executives, key new hires and documents obtained by FreightWaves tell the story of the visibility startup’s evolving approach to international expansion.

Adam Compain, senior vice...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/project44-initiates-aggressive-global-expansion-amid-covid-supply-chain-crisis

What Gartner’s new Magic Quadrant tells us about the real-time visibility market

Deeper market penetration and larger contracts driving segment growth

The leading real-time visibility solution providers are still relatively small players in a fast-growing market that will reach $1 billion by 2024, and they’re racing to build new technologies for their shipper customers, scale their carrier networks and create a blueprint for international expansion.

On Wednesday, Gartner (NYSE: IT) released its first Magic Quadrant for Real-Time Transportation Visibility Platforms, a document...

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