Zencargo

Whilst shipping goods by sea, air & truck is a complex trillion dollar industry, you might be surprised to know that many of the processes that could be simplified with technology are currently done over the phone, by fax and email or even jotted down on scraps of paper.Zencargo is a digital first freight forwarder & logistics provider, simplifying global trade. Our platform allows customers to book, manage and keep track of their international freight as well as use analytics to drive intelligent supply chain decisions that help their businesses thrive.Our CEO, Alex Hersham, mostly recently spent 4 years building an international shipping and logistics platform at one of the largest Private Equity businesses in the world. Prior to that, he started his career at Goldman SachsRichard Fattal, our CMO has a background in finance (@morganstanley) and helped building an agricultural commodities business in West & Central Africa, exporting single origin chocolate to Europe (experiencing logistical nightmares first hand). Richard was head of growth at Grokker (raised $25m).Jan Riethmayer, our CTO has a background in information retrieval and machine learning. Previously co-founder & CTO of an international loyalty platform (raised $9m).