Forto is a private company building in digital freight forwarding / logistics technology, founded in 2016. The latest valuation stands at $1.2B. No public ticker exists for the company.
1 valuation. The latest, $1.2B post-money, was set by the Growth round (unnamed) in Jun 2021.
NorthzoneCCherry VenturesUUnboundForto operates as a digital freight forwarder, booking and managing sea, air and rail cargo shipments for businesses through its own online platform. The company, originally launched as FreightHub, was founded in Berlin in 2016 and has since opened offices across Germany, Asia and Europe, including Shanghai, Singapore, Copenhagen and, as of late 2024, Rotterdam. Its clients span fashion, furniture and electronics brands that need visibility into container movements from origin to destination.
More than half of Forto's customers use its carbon-offsetting program, under which the company doubles the CO2 compensation on every shipment through what it calls its '1+1 Approach', part of a stated goal of making global trade more sustainable.
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No. Forto is a private company; its shares do not trade on a public exchange.
The last valuation is $1.2B.