Updated 3/23/21
Launches
3PL Central Launches Enhanced Small Parcel Suite to Support High-Volume E-commerce and Omnichannel Fulfillment – March 18, 2021
Global Shipping Business Network Successfully Incorporated to accelerate the Digital Transformation of Global Shipping and Trade – March 16, 2021
BluJay Solutions Launches Augmented Global Trade Platform, Reimagining Customs and Compliance Management for International Trade – March 10, 2021
Turvo Launches New Customer Experience Solution Purpose-Built for the Supply Chain – March 9, 2021
Mergers & Acquisitions
RGL Logistics expands supply chain operations with Appleton purchase – March 16, 2021
Kaleris Announces Merge of Best-In-Class Companies PINC, ShipXpress, and RailCarRX – March 11, 2021
Tive Acquires UK-based MyTrackingDevices – March 9, 2021
Panasonic [maybe] set to buy US supply chain software company for $6.5bn – March 8, 2021
project44 Acquires Ocean Insights – March 4, 2021
Metro Supply Chain Group Completes Strategic Investment in Defence Logistics Company HCL Logistics – March 2, 2021
Descartes Acquires QuestaWeb – March 1, 2021
Funding
Duckbill Announces the Closing of its US$50 Million Funding led by Temasek, a New Record in the Industry – March 20, 2021
Shelf Engine Raises $41 Million to Transform the Grocery Supply Chain, Quadrupling Retailer Profits While Reducing Food Waste by One Third – March 18, 2021
Delhivery Close To $3 Bn Valuation With Pre-IPO Funding Led By Fidelity – March 17, 2021
Flowspace Raises $31M in New Funding Round – March 16, 2021
Lineage Logistics Raises $1.9 Billion in New Equity to Fund Investment in Global Network Capacity and Industry-Leading Technology – March 11, 2021
Atlanta SPAC will raise $400M to invest in logistics industry – March 8, 2021
Deliverr raises $170M in new funding – March 3, 2021
Instacart raises $265M at a $39B valuation – March 2, 2021
Deposco Secures $35 Million in New Growth Funding Led by NewSpring – March 1, 2021
Partnerships & Collaborations
Southfield Capital Partners with Alba Wheels Up – March 16, 2021
Longbow Advantage and AutoScheduler Announce Strategic Partnership – March 9, 2021
ClearMetal and Munich Re Group Partner to Guarantee Shippers Complete and Timely Delivery of Data – March 9, 2021
Moderna and IBM Plan to Collaborate on COVID-19 Vaccine Supply Chain and Distribution Data Sharing – March 4, 2021
Locus Partners With Lytx To Offer Future-Ready Logistics – March 2, 2021
ReBranding
XPO Logistics names contract-logistics business GXO – March 18, 2021
Leading Supply Chain Risk Analytics Companies, Resilience360 and Riskpulse, Combine and Rebrand as Everstream Analytics – March 2, 2021
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