Freightera Freight Marketplace

Company
Milestones

2014
May Freightera was founded
2016
JAN Listed over 250 revenue shipper accounts and 3 billion carrier lanes
APR Raised approximately $0.9 million, bringing the total invested to date to $2.1 million
JUL Listed in Fortune’s Term Sheet
SEP Managed a six-figure shipping project which boosted annualized revenue by 50%
OCT Passed 5 billion lanes and 466 revenue accounts
2017
FEB Launched low emission freight marketplace
MAR Celebrated hypergrowth
MAR Signed all 7 class 1 railroads in North America
APR Passed 6 billion lanes and 680 revenue accounts
SEP Major website redesign
OCT Featured among “Socially Responsible Companies” in Inc. Magazine
DEC Had 6,173 shipper accounts; 1,152 revenue accounts; and 14.5 billion lanes
2018
APR Had 600 carrier accounts and 16 billion lanes
MAY Booked 10,000th shipment
MAY Went live with Canadian National rail rates
JUN Featured in the State of Vancouver’s Green Economy 2018 report
NOV Organic customer growth accelerated
DEC Shipper accounts surpassed 8,963, with 1,770 revenue accounts, and over 5,440 shipments in 2018
DEC Recognized by Frost and Sullivan as “profiled among the top 5 Key Automated On-Demand Brokerage Solutions—North America”
2019
JAN Surpassed $7 million in financing
FEB Significant decrease in customer acquisition costs
MAR Made Rocket Builders’ ICT “2019 Ready to Rocket” prediction list of companies with highest growth potential in BC
JUL Agreement with OV2 Investments 1 Inc. for public listing
DEC Had 11,339 shipper accounts; 2,442 revenue accounts, and over 21,531 bookings
DEC Gross revenue surpassed $12.6 million
2020
APR Created a local sourcing community as a response to COVID-19
APR Made Rocket Builders’ ICT “2020 Ready to Rocket” prediction list of companies with highest growth potential in BC
MAY Became 2020 Technology Impact TIA award finalists
JUL Launched SaaS model with new membership plans for shipper
SEP Launched monthly educational webinars for clients
OCT Made Globe and Mail's 2020 list of Canada’s top growing companies
NOV Won Deloitte Technology Fast50 award
2021
JAN Served 209,420 automated freight quotes; had 86% bookings via lower emission carriers; had 20+ billion unique freight rates in the system
APR Won the DotCom Magazine Company of The Year award
JUNE Became 2021 Technology Impact TIA award finalists
SEP Placed #102 on the Globe and Mail’s List of Canada’s Top Growing Companies
2022
JAN Launched The Nearshoring Canada Directory in Partnership With Supply Chain Canada
MAR Won the Globe and Mail 2022 Changemakers Award
JUNE Freightera’s Quote Machine™ Got Speed Boost

Awards &
Recognition

GLOBE AND MAIL AWARD

2022 Changemakers
2022

DOTCOM MAGAZINE AWARD

Company of the year
2021
company milestones 2021

DELOITTE TECHNOLOGY FAST50 AWARD

Business growth, innovation, and entrepreneurship

Globe and Mail's Report

Among Canada's top growing companies

Ready to Rocket

Among top private tech companies in BC

Consumer Choice Award

Freight Brokerage category
2020

Business in Vancouver Award

For Top 100 Fastest Growing Companies

Ready to Rocket

Placement among top private tech companies in BC

Clean50 Award

For “Outstanding Contribution to Clean Capitalism”
2019
company milestones 2019

Owler’s Award

For “Canada’s Most Likable CEO” - second place

Transport News INTL Award

As “The Best Online Freight Marketplace in North America”

Plug and Play’s

Global Supply Chain and LogisticsAccelerator

W3 Design Silver Award

For Web Applications/Services
2017

FBCTech Technology Impact Award

For “Excellence in Product Innovation”
2016
company milestones 2016

BC Technology Industry Association

HyperGrowth Accelerator Program
2015
company milestones 2015

Conferences &
Public Engagement

2015
MAR Freightera featured at the Canadian Financing Forum in Vancouver, BC
JUN Eric Beckwitt presented on the Future of Online Freight Shipping at BCTIA Hypergrowth
2016
SEP Freightera featured at the Techbrew Event by BCTIA
NOV Eric Beckwitt presented on the Green Future of Freight at the COP22 United Nations Climate Conference in Marrakesh, Morocco
2017
NOV Eric Beckwitt and Zhenya Beck of Freightera invited by the government of Canada to attend COP23 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany
2018
MAY Freightera featured as the Canadian Business Showcase in the G7 Summit version of Climate Change: The New Economy
OCT Eric Beckwitt presented on Freight Brokerage Industry at the Surface Transportation Summit in Toronto, ON
2019
FEB Eric Beckwitt featured speaker on “Disruptive Clean Technologies in Freight” at the Cleantech Alliance Breakfast in Seattle, WA
APR Eric Beckwitt participated with fellow Clean50 sustainability leaders in an open letter in the Globe and Mail on Earth Day
MAY Eric Beckwitt featured speaker at Connect 2019 Supply Chain, Management, and Technology Event in Bothell, WA
JUN Eric Beckwitt presented the Morning Keynote “A Green Future for Freight” at the Cleantech Innovation Showcase in Seattle, WA
JUN Eric Beckwitt presented on Disruptive Clean Technologies in Freight at the GreenMarine GreenTech Environmental Conference in Cleveland, OH
2020
FEB Eric Beckwitt presented “Digital Transformation of Freight” at the North America Cargo Logistics Conference in Vancouver, BC
MAR Eric Beckwitt keynoted the Urban Freight Forum event “Cities Taking Freight Action” in Toronto, ON