Highlights from their conversation include: Solvento and Logistics Payment Automation (0:41) Jaime’s background in Supply Chain and Logistics (1:51) Solvento's Infrastructure for Freight Industry (9:46 Lending Facility and Quick Pay Solutions (15:49) Mexican Trucking Industry Insights (22:34) Nearshoring and the Mexican Supply Chain (25:53) Lending Models in Emerging Markets (28:39) VC Investment and Capital Efficiency (30:51) Jaime’s Motivation and Industry Impact (32:05) Rapid Fire: Security, Elections, and Interest Rates (34:01) Final thoughts and takeaways (37:01) Dynamo is a VC firm led ..read more

Highlights from their conversation include: Discussion about recent supply chain conferences (0:41) Cautious optimism and conference reflections (3:21) Venture side of funding (8:35) Outlook on the market and funding (12:15) Discussion on downstream capital and themes (16:13) Series A and B funding perspective (19:09) Freight market challenges and optimism (22:26) The freight market dynamics (23:19) Retail sales warnings and their impact (27:21) Capacity changes and seasonality in the freight market (28:20) Future trends in supply chain and logistics (30:52) Geopolitical impact on supply chai ..read more

Highlights from their conversation include: David’s background and journey in co-founding sennder (0:41) European Freight Market Dynamics (2:39) The State of the European Freight Industry (4:47) Diversification and Business Strategy (6:14) Influence of Market Dynamics on Strategy (8:40) Outlook for 2024 and Managed Transportation Capability (10:47) Profitability and Investment in Technology (12:20) Technology Adoption and Future Services (15:17) Challenges and Opportunities of Leveraging Technology (20:26) Key Technology Metrics and Path to Profitability (22:26 Inorganic Growth and Acquisitio ..read more

Highlights from their conversation include: Barry’s journey in Co-Founding Access America (0:53) Venture Capital and Technology in the Freight Industry (4:39) Challenges and Strategies in the Industry (8:26) Future Outlook and Business Optimization (14:02) Role of Technology in Freight Brokerage (15:54) The Impact of AI and Future Trends (19:18) Opportunities in the Supply Chain Industry (21:21) Final thoughts and takeaways (23:29) Dynamo is a VC firm led by supply chain and mobility specialists that focus on seed-stage, enterprise startups. Find out more at: https://www.dynamo.vc ..read more

Highlights from their conversation include: The transition back to CEO and managing company changes (1:23 Acquisition of Shopify Logistics and Convoy (3:41) Focus on profitability and going public (10:15) The culture of velocity (11:13) Building trust and transparency (12:10) Focus, quality, and cost discipline (14:02) User experience for importers and exporters vs. freight forwarders (22:29) Supply chain start-ups and the importance of return on invested capital (23:47) The endurance of supply chain and the value of technology in the industry (28:33) The importance of network effects (33:37 ..read more

Highlights from their conversation include: The origin story of Equal Ventures (0:41) The challenges of the new brokerage concept (5:16) Impacts of market dynamics on brokerage business models (8:16) The Entrepreneur's Agency (11:11) Rolling Over Equity (12:13) Platform Solution for Freight Forwarders (15:27) The freight cycle and the future of startups (22:18) Consolidation and partnerships in the industry (26:39) Enabling rather than disrupting the industry (28:07) The success of brokers based on relationships (00:31:20) Appreciation for the supply chain ecosystem (32:21) Dynamo is a VC fi ..read more

Highlights from their conversation include: Pawan’s background and journey in supply chain (0:58) The core concepts of AI and its impact on supply chain (4:02) The role of AI in supply chain operations (10:28) Framework for adopting AI in organizations (11:38) Considerations for implementing AI in supply chain (12:51) The closed loop solution (21:29) AI developments in interaction (25:00) Changing business processes (26:46) Dynamo is a VC firm led by supply chain and mobility specialists that focus on seed-stage, enterprise startups. Find out more at: https://www.dynamo.vc ..read more

Highlights from their conversation include: Nisarg’s background and journey in founding Raft AI (1:20) The use of transformers in Raft (3:02) Delivering customer value with transformers (5:01) The impacts of AI and language models on supply chain (8:48) The movement of goods, money, and information (14:12) Revolutionizing supply chain with technology (15:32) Considerations for building an AI product (16:15) Final thoughts and takeaways (22:24) Dynamo is a VC firm led by supply chain and mobility specialists that focus on seed-stage, enterprise startups. Find out more at: https://www.dynamo.v ..read more

Highlights from their conversation include: Steve’s journey into supply chain investment (1:27) The Intersection of AI and Supply Chain (3:28) Applicability of Generative AI in Supply Chain (11:23) Capital efficiency and scaling challenges (12:36) AI's role in improving efficiency (14:02) Use of generative AI for internal operations (15:57) AI’s application for SaaS and other mediums (18:48) Final thoughts and takeaways (21:01) Dynamo is a VC firm led by supply chain and mobility specialists that focus on seed-stage, enterprise startups. Find out more at: https://www.dynamo.vc ..read more

Highlights from their conversation include: The intersection of AI and Supply Chain (0:56) The technology-centric approach at Lineage Logistics (1:24) Specific focus areas at Lineage Logistics (3:29) The talent stack needed for AI in supply chain (14:00) The importance of varied backgrounds in AI (15:13) Cultural shift in working with AI in supply chain (20:39) Current developments in the field (26:51) Real-world problems and disasters (27:56) Focusing on being problem-centric (29:34) Dynamo is a VC firm led by supply chain and mobility specialists that focus on seed-stage, enterprise startu ..read more