Online Travel Leader Joins Freightos In Automating Trillion Dollar Freight Industry
Hong Kong (PRWEB) October 29, 2014 -- Following a 600% year-over-year growth in online automated freight quoting, Freightos has added Robert Mylod, the managing partner of Annox Capital and former Priceline Group CFO, Vice Chairman and Head of Worldwide Strategy, to its Board of Directors. Mylod will further promote online automation in freight, following his role as a key member of the team which successfully automated online consumer travel.
“Freightos is poised to revolutionize the trillion dollar freight industry, introducing the same efficiency and transparency that Priceline brought to consumer travel”, said Mylod. “While the freight industry is inherently complex, Freightos’ innovative platform can vastly improve the global freight quoting process and introduce significant savings to global supply chains.”
Mylod played a major role in transforming the Priceline Group into one of the most profitable and valuable tech companies in the world. Currently a director of Dropbox, Everbank and Redfin, Mylod has proven expertise in identifying innovative, industry-shaping companies and guiding them to broader global implementation. Companies acquired by Priceline during Mylod’s tenure account for the majority of the Priceline Group’s profit.
Mylod joins the $7.6 million round, funding the company’s vision of bringing international freight online with automated pricing and booking. Other investors in the round include Aleph, ICV and OurCrowd.
“Almost $19 trillion dollars of goods were imported/exported in 2013. That’s a growth of 5X compared to 1990. But the technology of the cargo industry hasn’t changed at the same pace,” said Zvi Schreiber, CEO of Freightos. “Freightos is automating freight sales and bringing it online. Importers and exporters are people who buy clothing, electronics and food online in seconds - they shouldn’t wait days for freight price quotes, with inaccuracies that drive up shipping costs."
Freightos has successfully automated the routing and pricing of freight including all the intricacies of ocean, air, and land transportation. With Freightos, freight forwarders can quote instantly for even the most complex routes. Freightos provides dozens of leading global freight brokers and major import/export companies around the world with automated rate management and quoting solutions, leveraging big data technology to generate instant, door-to-door freight quotes in seconds. The result is a proven 12X return on investments (ROI) in months.
As the backbone of international supply chains, the spotlight on logistics technology companies continues to increase. Global investments have grown to over $1.8 billion dollars invested in logistics startups in Q1-Q3 2014, a figure that has increased by a factor of almost 12 since 2012.
Contact Details
Eytan Buchman, Marketing Manager for Freightos
Phone: +972 54 206 9227 / Email: eytan(at)freightos(dot)com
About Freightos
Freightos, the online freight network, is automating the trillion dollar global B2B freight industry and bringing it online. Using big data technology, Freightos enables freight forwarders, shippers and carriers to automate freight booking and pricing online, introducing unprecedented efficiency and transparency into the industry. For additional materials, visit Freightos Press Kit or http://www.freightos.com. Freightos is the trading name of Tradeos Limited, a Hong Kong Company.
About Annox Capital
Annox Capital is a privately held venture capital firm based in Bloomfield, MI. Annox Capital looks to invest in and advise companies that use a disruptive technology or online strategy to unambiguously improve business processes or human experiences.
http://www.annoxcapital.com
Eytan Buchman, Freightos, http://www.freightos.com, +972 54 206 9227, [email protected]
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