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167 Captain John Konrad, founder and CEO of gCaptain

167 Shipping Podcast – Are all the stars aligned now – is there a new time for the maritime industry?

Captain John Konrad is THE influencer in the maritime industry. He started the gCaptain, which is currently the largest media outlet in the maritime domain.

John is equally interested in changing the narrative for the maritime industry as I am. We agree that we need to work together to create sustainable marketing for and about the maritime industry.

No one speaks about Über in the Silicon Valley...

https://shippingpodcast.com/167-captain-john-konrad-founder-and-ceo-of-gcaptain/

5 tips for FreightTech startups raising venture capital

The FreightTech scene is almost unrecognizable from when venture capitalists discovered it as a marketplace in 2015. Since then, investment in the space has grown exponentially, but what venture capitalists are looking for has also changed. Here we give FreightTech founders five tips for successfully raising venture capital (VC) money today.

1. Understand where you are in the VC cycle.

Understanding where you are in the VC cycle is one of the most important yet overlooked things you can do to...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/5-tips-for-freighttech-startups-raising-venture-capital

Commentary: How Cargomatic started the digital brokerage boom

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

When Uber launched in 2010, it didn’t take a logistics genius to wonder how the technology and business processes the company brought to market for people was going to reshape the trucking industry. Fast-forward to 2020 and Uber for X is a movement that has already come and gone.

While it may seem that Uber Freight and Convoy have cornered the digital freight...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/commentary-how-cargomatic-started-the-digital-brokerage-boom

Liftit raises $22.5 million to automate last mile in Latin America

Quito, Ecuador.

Last week, Liftit, the Colombia-based freight tech startup automating last-mile logistics in Latin America, announced that it had closed a $22.5 million Series B round led by Cambridge Capital, with participation from IFC, monashees, Jaguar Ventures, NXTP Ventures and others.

Liftit estimates that the “short distance trucking market” in Latin America is worth $100 billion and growing thanks to accelerating e-commerce penetration of Latin American retail. Liftit, founded in 2017, operates in 18...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/liftit-raises-22-5-million-to-automate-the-last-mile-in-latin-america

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