supply chain
Kusari is building a supply chain security platform on top of open source
The software supply chain, which comprises the components, libraries and processes companies use to develop and publish software, is under threat. According to one recent survey, 88% of companies believe…
Supply chain attack targeting Ledger crypto wallet leaves users hacked
Hackers compromised the code behind a crypto protocol used by multiple web3 applications and services, the software maker Ledger said on Thursday. Ledger, a company that makes a widely used…
North Korea-backed hackers target CyberLink users in supply-chain attack
North Korean state-backed hackers are distributing a malicious version of a legitimate application developed by CyberLink, a Taiwanese software maker, to target downstream customers. Microsoft’s Threat Intelligence team said on…
How much carbon pollution is in your product? Muir AI raises $3.25M seed to answer that question
Everything from materials to manufacturing and distribution leaves a carbon footprint, and not all vendors report their emissions.
4 founders give us their take on what’s ahead for construction tech
Founders chatted with us about construction tech trends so we could get a basic idea of where the industry is headed.
Redwood Materials raises $1B to expand US battery supply chain
Redwood Materials, the battery recycling startup founded by former Tesla co-founder and CTO JB Straubel, has raised over $1 billion in a Series D round at a post-money valuation of…
Socket lands $20M investment to help companies secure open source software
Socket, a startup that provides a scanning tool to detect security vulnerabilities in open source code, today announced that it raised $20 million in a Series A round led by…
Silo raises $32M to help food supply chain companies manage their finances
In 2012, after moving to the Bay Area, Ashton Braun set out to build a platform that could solve some of the inefficiencies in food and agricultural supply chains. He…
Large brand distributors dominate the top of the supply chain, but toward the bottom, there are thousands of middlemen, including wholesalers, who are the ones creating relationships with retailers. Founded…
Rose Rocket, whose platform helps transportation companies communicate, raises $38M
In 2015, Justin Sky, Justin Bailie and Alexander Luksidadi — all veterans of the trucking and logistics industry — came to the realization that, in order to reach a stage…
Praktis lands $20M to help Indonesian D2C brands handle their supply chains
Small to medium-sized enterprises contribute 60% of Indonesia’s gross domestic product. But companies in the D2C space still struggle to compete against bigger brands. Praktis wants to put them on…
Signaling that investments in the supply chain sector remain robust, Pando, a startup developing fulfillment management technologies, today announced that it raised $30 million in a Series B round, bringing…
ZEBOX, an incubator for supply chain startups, launches its Asia hub in Singapore
ZEBOX, an international accelerator network founded by shipping conglomerate CMA CGM to introduce more tech innovation into the supply chain industry, announced today the launch of its APAC headquarters. Based…
Everstream, which applies big data to supply chain management, raises $50M
Just short of a year after raising $24 million from backers, including DHL, Everstream Analytics, a company that provides predictive insights for physical supply chains, has secured a fresh round…
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Conventional wisdom
If you’d told me five years ago that I would be flying to Chicago in March to attend a supply chain and logistics show, you would have been greeted by a momentary blank stare, followed by the image of a man attempting to determine in real time where his life…
Overhaul, which taps AI to secure physical supply chains, raises $73M in equity and debt
Businesses dependent on the physical supply chain face a number of potential roadblocks. Customers expect fast deliveries with visibility into each step, but costs —…
Logistics startup Slync raises $24M, attempts to distance itself from disgraced founder
Supply chain management software startup Slync, which was at one point valued at $240 million, hasn’t had the easiest go of it lately. Slync’s founder, Christopher Kirchner, was charged by…
Apkudo, a platform for managing connected devices, raises $37.5M
Apkudo, a Baltimore-based startup developing a platform to help manage, sell and test connected devices like smartphones and laptops, today announced that it raised $37.5 million in a Series C…
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How Fictiv is making hardware manufacturing more like building software
What do you want to be good at as a startup? Running supply chains or creating and selling cool products?
Maritime giant DNV says 1,000 ships affected by ransomware attack
DNV, a Norwegian shipping classification society, has confirmed its systems were hit by a ransomware attack, affecting around 1,000 ships that rely on its technology. The Oslo-based DNV said in…
Amazon introduces AWS Supply Chain to help bring order to supply chain chaos
Over the last several years, we’ve seen supply chain disruptions the likes of which we haven’t seen previously. The pandemic led to a series of issues that spiraled into a…
Logistics and procurement on autopilot is the future Cofactr wants to live in
Cofactr is a logistics and supply chain tech company that provides scalable warehousing and procurement for electronics manufacturers. The company today announced it raised a $6 million round of seed…
Why ButcherBox built two dry ice factories during the pandemic
As a startup, when you’re trying to stay as lean as possible, outsourcing is the name of the game; if you can get someone else to do the work for…
Sigstore launches free software signing and verification service for open source projects
Software supply chain quickly became a hot topic in the last few years, especially as the number of high-profile attacks increased and the White House got involved. Sigstore, an open…
Makersite lands $18M to help companies manage product supply chains
In 2018, Neil D’Souza, a software engineer by trade and previously the VP of product development at Thinkstep, came to the realization that his 10-plus-year effort to solve enterprise product…
Endor emerges from stealth with $25M to secure software supply chains
An increasing percentage of the code that companies use to develop software is open source. In a 2018 survey by Tidelift, a software supply chain management platform, 92% of professional…
Why Ford will have to eat an extra $1B in supplier costs this quarter
Ford said Monday that supplier costs will be $1 billion higher in the third quarter than expected due to rising inflation and persistent supply chain problems. Ford also disclosed that…
HICX raises $30M to give companies visibility into their supply chain
HICX, a supplier experience management platform designed to give companies visibility into their supply chain, has raised $30 million in a round of funding led by U.S. private equity firm…
TruckSmarter comes out of stealth with a free load board for truckers
Technological innovation has caused a rise in e-commerce that is crying out for more truck drivers to deliver our smartphones and Pelotons and pineapples. But the trucking industry, the backbone…
Alima aims to build out Latin America’s perishable foods supply chain
Alima’s platform digitizes and optimizes procurement, transport and traceability using artificial intelligence and analytics integration so that less food is spoiled.
