Website www.flexport.com Founder Ryan Petersen Type of business Private | Headquarters San Francisco Founded 2013 | |
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Industry Logistics
Freight forwarder Key people Ryan Petersen, CEO
Amos Elliston, CTO
Sanne Manders, COO Profiles | ||
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Flexport is a freight forwarding and customs brokerage company based in San Francisco, California.
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Flexport is the freight forwarder of choice client testimonial
Business
Flexport is the first international freight forwarder and customs brokerage built around an online dashboard. The company manages global logistics for businesses including Roominate, and Nextiva.
In April 2015, Paul Graham, the founder of Y Combinator, told Bloomberg News, "There will be more international trade because of Flexport and international trade is a very big thing for there to be more of ". The Economic Times of India said of Flexport, "It's one of the first freight-forwarding outfits to digitise international shipping, making it easy to move goods through customs and around the world."
Flexport's CEO, Ryan Petersen, is a contributor to TechCrunch as well as the founder of Import Genius.
Founding
Flexport was started by Ryan Petersen, a UC Berkeley and Columbia Business School graduate in March 2013.
Growth
In May 2015, the company told Chinese media outlet 36kr.com that they were on pace to generate $60M in sales for 2015.