Starboard
Starboard, founded in 2024 in Toronto, Canada, develops AI-powered software to automate logistics operations for small and mid-sized freight forwarders.
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Starboard, founded in 2024 in Toronto, Canada, develops AI-powered software to automate logistics operations for small and mid-sized freight forwarders. Starboard offers an automated quoting tool that reads and reviews pricing requests and automatically generates quotes based on over 100 parameters. Annual recurring revenue is expected to reach $2 million by 2025.
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Investor· 3
Founders / team· 1
Funding history
- 2024-12New funding round$6M
Investors · Eclipse, Everywhere Ventures, Garuda VenturesSource · SVTR Weekly #084
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2 Transport & Logistics deals in the last 24 months · 1 in Canada
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