Introducing the Founders Camp 2018 Class
The 20 startups joining us from across the US and Europe
We are proud to host our first Founders Camp in Chattanooga, TN with 20 startups joining us from across the US and Europe for the week. Founders will get insights and advice from proven operators and managers who have scaled startups and enterprises. Also, over the course of two days, we will facilitate opportunities to drive revenue through introductions to potential customers and partners.
A big thank our sponsors Covenant Transportation, Chick-fil-a, Omnitracs, EPB, and Market Street Partners.
The startups joining us range in maturity from seed through Series A. They are focused on various opportunities across supply chain ranging from trucking safety, warehouse automation through to trade finance and insurance products. Please join us in welcoming them!
BoxLock. BoxLock makes integrated hardware and software solutions specially designed for protecting deliveries. The suite of solutions provide frictionless service experiences with real-time secured authentication.
HQ: Atlanta, GA
Founder(s): Brad Ruffkess
Smarthop. Smarthop is an intelligent dispatching agent that helps shippers minimize shipping costs while helping drivers earn more.
Founder(s): Guillermo Garcia, Joaquin Brillembourg, Miguel Sucre
HQ: Miami, FL
Idelic. Idelic is a safety and risk management platform for transportation fleets that promotes safe driving and driver satisfaction using machine learning.
Founder(s): Andrew Russell, Hayden Cardiff, Nick Bartel
HQ: Pittsburgh, PA
frAIght. Fraight AI is transportation’s first artificial intelligence enabled freight broker. Fraight AI delivers a familiar brokerage service, but with superhuman speed and accuracy. Fraight learns your supply chain needs and brings tech benefits with no adoption necessary.
Founder(s): Parker Holcomb, Zeke Nierenberg
HQ: Chicago, IL
SteamChain. SteamChain enables original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to offer usage-based financing (hardware-as-a-service) to their customers.
Founder(s): Michael Cromheecke
HQ: Grafton, WI
Union Crate. Union Crate helps CPG brands and retailers unify supply chain data and make it digestible for supply and demand forecasting. Leveraging machine learning, their product has been proven improve demand forecasts by over 30% for major brands.
Founder(s): James Amable, Shastri Mahadeo
HQ: New York, NY
Vector AI. Vector AI automates trade documentation and identifies key parameters to help streamline the trade finance process from data gather through to underwriting and funding.
Founder(s): James Coombes, Nisarg Mehta
HQ: London, England
GatikAI. Gatik AI is a Silicon Valley based artificial intelligence startup developing software solutions for autonomous urban driving.
Founder(s): Apeksha Kumavat, Arjun Narang, Gautam Narang
HQ: Sunnyvale, CA
Senoptica Technologies. Senoptica has developed optical sensors that are embeddable in food packaging that reflect the real-time gas composition (oxygen) of perishable packaged foods. Stakeholders are informed to make improved decisions regarding perishability, handling, and inventory management.
Founder(s): Brendan Rice
HQ: Dublin, Ireland
FleetPanda. FleetPanda is a technology-enabled fleet services company. Their service allows fleets to increase fleet utilization by providing overnight maintenance, refueling, and wash services.
Founder(s): Pavan Boob
HQ: San Francisco, CA
Stocked Robotics. Stocked Robotics designs and builds self-driving retrofit kits to automate electric lift trucks for manufacturing, warehousing, and distribution.
Founder(s): Saurav Agarwal, Suhas Ahuja
HQ: Austin, TX
Factory Fix. FactoryFix connects manufacturing companies to a vetted network of skilled workers such as machinists and automation experts for contingent labor needs.
Founder(s): Patrick O’Rahilly
HQ: Chicago, IL
Unsupervised AI. Unsupervised has AGV systems that facilitate goods to people movement without costly warehouse or manufacturing facility retrofits. Unsupervised allows for dynamic workflows in an environment where robots and humans can better work together.
Founder(s): Alexis Theallier, Clément Jambou
HQ: San Francisco, CA and Paris, France
LogisticsExchange. A freight marketplace that brings financial markets efficiency to trucking. LE’s core product is a freight forward contract called LE Forward that is digital, and enforceable. It’s entered into on the platform, binding both parties to abide by LE’s trading rules. If all goes as planned, the carrier provides transportation services in the pre-agreed date, and the shipper pays the carrier as specified in the digital contract. If either party’s needs change, they can trade out their contract on the LE Platform.
Founder(s): Anshu Prasad, Stefan Friederichs
HQ: New York, NY
OpenLegacy. OpenLegacy offers API integration software that allows large enterprises to leverage their legacy systems while innovating like a a nimble newcomer. Their solutions work with a variety of products ranging from mainframes to ERPs, CRMs, and more. OpenLegacy helps enterprise to interface with newer cloud-based solutions and architectures while foregoing months of integration and large consulting expenses.
Founder(s): Romi Stein, Roi Mor, Zeev Avidan
HQ: Reston, VA
Sudu. On-demand and scheduled trucking service that connects companies that ship freight with a network of trucks and diverse carriers.
Founder(s): Amari Ruff, Michelangelo Ho
HQ: Atlanta, GA
Trackter. A marketplace for buying and selling produce. The Trackter solution covers shipping, tracking, and payment modules for parties on the platform.
Founder(s): Josh Whitlock
HQ: Atlanta, GA
OmniRisk. Improved insurance underwriting for autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicles. Leveraging geospatial analysis and AI, OmniRisk underwrites policies based off of vehicles and their components.
Founder(s): Ian White, Michael Dorfman, Damian Hites
HQ: New York, NY
Tobly. A marketplace that helps facilities managers with their scissor lifts, boom lifts, and forklifts rental needs..
Founder(s): Pablo Carvallo, Tanausu Gonzalez
HQ: New York, NY
TruckX. Trucking operations software including ELDs, dispatching, compliance, and driver invoicing.
Founder(s): Tapan Chaudhari
HQ: San Jose, CA
Tomorrow, we spend the day learning from domain experts across product management, sales, engineering, and operations. Our workshop presenters are joining during peak Q4 season to share their stories and experiences across key functional areas — a big thank you to them!
About Dynamo
Dynamo is an early stage fund that invests in extraordinary founders building startups that can transform global trade and commerce with a focus on “logistics technology” that encompasses supply chain and transportation. Dynamo are equipped to support founders through the seed spectrum in their effort to transform the backbone of the global economy.
About Founders Camp
Founders Camp is for early stage startups transforming global trade and commerce powered by Dynamo. It’s a four day program focused on helping founders build their business through operator-led workshops and drive meaningful traction through introductions to a variety of corporations. The concept of a “camp” draws from our hometown, Chattanooga’s heritage and strength as a capital for logistics technology and an epicenter for outdoor culture. Camp will start the evening of 10/8 through lunch on 10/12 in Chattanooga, TN.
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