Beacon is a supply chain visibility platform. We began life as a digital freight forwarder. During that time we repeatedly saw the same customer problems come up again; no matter how good their forwarders were, customers had little visibility of their shipments, and managing data across multiple forwarders and carriers was painful and inefficient. We saw first-hand how all of this resulted in real business impact, particularly during the Suez Canal crisis, the Covid-19 pandemic and its aftermath. So we came up with a solution.
Location: United Kingdom, England, London
Employees: 51-200
Total raised: $65M
Founded date: 2018
Investors 3
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | 2xN | 2xn.vc |
| - | Northstar | northstar.... |
| 09.12.2020 | Manta Ray ... | mantaray.v... |
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 04.10.2021 | Series B | $50M | - |
| 01.06.2020 | Series A | $15M | - |
Mentions in press and media 16
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| 07.09.2023 | Крупнейшие зарубежные стартапы грузоперевозок | За последние годы мировой рынок логистики пережил много потрясений: covid в 2020 году, последовавший за ним контейнерный кризис 2021-2022 гг, нарушение цепочек поставок в связи с конфликтом в Украине. На этом фоне появляется все больше стар... |
| 01.04.2022 | Garrett Camp on his startup studio, its new $200M fund and what he makes of ‘Super Pumped’ | When I first met Garrett Camp in March 2007 on a reporting assignment, it was at the San Francisco-based offices of StumbleUpon, a web-discovery tool that had registered more than 2 million users and drawn attention to Camp, the startup’s t... |
| 16.11.2021 | 24 London-based startups that have raised $10M or more in Oct 2021 and are hiring right now | According to a ranking of international startup hubs compiled by Startup Genome for its annual Global Startup Ecosystem Report 2021, the UK’s capital city London is the leading destination to grow a tech business. The report also revealed t... |
| 05.10.2021 | Jeff Bezos and Marc Benioff-backed digital supply chain and freight platform Beacon bags €43M | London-based Beacon, a digital supply chain and freight platform, announced that it has raised over $50M (approx €43M) in its Series B round of funding. The company says that it has witnessed hyper-growth that led to surging customer demand... |
| 04.10.2021 | UK digital supply chain and freight platform Beacon raises $50 million Series B round | LONDON, Oct. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Highlights: $50 million raised in oversubscribed Series B fundraise Round led by new investor Northstar.vc Funds will accelerate growth by investing in people, technology and continued market expansion R... |
| 04.10.2021 | Digital supply chain provider Beacon raises $50M | Beacon, a U.K.-based digital supply chain and freight platform maker, revealed on October 4 that it has raised $50 million in a series B funding round, led by Northstar.vc. Beacon’s software is designed to optimize digital supply chains wit... |
| 04.10.2021 | Jeff Bezos invests in London’s digital supply chain and freight platform Beacon | An integrated digital supply chain and freight platform from London, Beacon, has raised over $50 million (nearly £37 million) in an oversubscribed Series B round with expansion plans. Eyes global expansion The investment round was led by No... |
| 04.10.2021 | Beacon Raises $50M in Series B Funding | Beacon, a London UK-based digital supply chain and freight platform, raised $50M in Series B funding. The round was led by Northstar.vc with participation from Upper90 with participation from Jeff Bezos, the founder and executive chair of A... |
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| 04.10.2021 | Digital supply chain provider Beacon raises $50M | The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now! Beacon, a U.K.-based digital supply chain and freight platform maker, revealed on October 4 that it has raised $50 million... |
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