Haven Inc. is a company that automates

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for ocean freight companies. Based in

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and

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, it manages a

freight rate A freight rate (historically and in ship chartering simply freight) is a price at which a certain cargo is delivered from one point to another. The price depends on the form of the cargo, the mode of transport (truck, ship, train, aircraft), the w ...

and logistics for large international

supply chain In commerce, a supply chain is a network of facilities that procure raw materials, transform them into intermediate goods and then final products to customers through a distribution system. It refers to the network of organizations, people, acti ...

s. Haven is considered one of the pioneers of the digital revolution in shipping logistics. FourKites®, the market leader in real-time supply chain visibility, announced in April 2021 its acquisition of Haven, Inc., and introduction of Dynamic Ocean, a next-generation visibility solution that redefines end-to-end management for international ocean shipments.

History

Matt Tillman, a serial tech entrepreneur, had the idea for a freight and logistics platform in 2014, when he tried to book space on a container vessel to ship a truck. He created a

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over

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, treating all

freight forwarder A freight forwarder, or forwarding agent, is a person or company who, for a fee organizes shipments for individuals or corporations to get goods from the manufacturer or producer to a market, customer or final point of distribution.

s the same, and realized that the process could be automated. Tillman met with Jeff Wehner, who had worked in supply chain at

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and

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. They concluded that the traditional carrier-forwarder-shipper procurement structure was not the best model for shippers in terms of price discovery and booking. Together with Renee DiResta, they founded Haven Inc.

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* {{US logistics Logistics companies of the United States Software companies established in 2014 Companies based in San Francisco Companies of Singapore Companies based in Basel Transportation companies based in California