Lightspeed leads sparkling investment in logistics-tech startup Freight Tiger

Logistics-technology startup Freight Tiger on Tuesday stated it had raised $8 million (around Rs 55 crore at the cutting-edge exchange price) in a funding round led via present investor Lightspeed Venture Partners.

Alsthom Industries Ltd, that’s a cement grinding unit of Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd, and the Pawan Munjal Family Trust additionally participated in the spherical, Freight Tiger said in a declaration.

VCCircle had stated in May that Alsthom Industries had joined Freight Tiger’s investor pool.

The organization said it goals to apply the fresh capital to feature more clients and leverage the electricity of synthetic intelligence and system mastering to extend its product and technology offerings.

“The contemporary fundraising round and investors’ self-assurance strengthens our imaginative and prescient to construct a working machine that powers the entire logistics and freight atmosphere,” said Swapnil Shah, founder and leader govt officer of Freight Tiger.

It is operated with the aid of Freight Commerce Solutions Pvt. Ltd, the startup turned into founded in 2014. It affords a platform that connects stakeholders within the delivery chain and updates them on each operation of their workflow.

An alumnus of Harvard Business School, Shah in advance worked at US-primarily based automotive technology firm Dana and logistics challenge Caterpillar Logistics Inc.

Freight Tiger had obtained an investment of around Rs 23 crore from Shriram Transport Finance and Lightspeed two years in the past.

Deals inside the logistics-tech segment

There have been some of the sales within the logistics-era phase this yr.

In March, Delivery entered India’s unicorn membership after raising $395 million in a Series F funding round led through Japanese conglomerate SoftBank. Own fairness firm Carlyle and China’s Fosun additionally invested in this round.

In May, VCCircle mentioned that Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), the North American united states’ biggest public pension fund, changed into looking to accumulate a minority stake in India’s most-valued logistics organization.

In May, BlackBuck raised $a hundred and fifty million in it’s Series D spherical that became led by using Goldman Sachs Investment Partners and project capital company Accel.

In the same month, Falcon Edge Capital and Tiger Global Management led a $22 million investment in Locus.

Rivigo is also at the verge of getting into the unicorn club. It was remaining raised around Rs 255 crore ($36 million) from current investors Warburg Pincus and SAIF Partners in advance this 12 months.

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Some tech receives on board

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