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Freight management platform Portex secures $6.25M in seed funding to transform logistics for small and midsize shippers with AI-powered, user-friendly platform.
Portex has just landed $6.25M in seed funding. Their mission? To help make freight management easy for small and midsize shippers.
SMB shippers often struggle with expensive, complex enterprise systems. Portex aims to make this game as simple as possible.
At the end of the day, the customer wins.
"We used to consolidate 22 spreadsheets — a process that took four days. Now, I just awarded 75 lanes in 45 minutes," raves a Windmill Rice Co. logistics manager.
Ennix credits success to co-building features with customers. It's not just tech; it's a partnership.
Jillian Williams, Cowboy Ventures partner, says: "While small-to-midsized companies might be an overlooked market, they represent more than half of the $4 trillion global freight market."
Portex is doing what it can to make SMB freight management easy with user-friendly tech and a collaborative approach. With investment secured, time will tell what Portex will do next.
Source: FreightWaves
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