Freight Forwarding & Supply Chain Platform
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The company’s post does not show a dateline; the WSJ article, published February 7, 2022, fixes the announcement day. Sources agree on the round details.
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The company describes the financing as a $1 billion investment/funding and does not assign it a series label.; not on the page it cites, so not applied: date
Published by hand (flexport.com): "Today, we’re excited to share how we’re accelerating and further realizing that vision with a $1 billion investment led by the SoftBank Vision Fund...": checked by hand: the page states the Series D of $1 billion, as the research found
Valuation none read as $3.2 billion (forbes.com): "Flexport Hits $3.2 Billion Valuation": reported by the press, not stated by the company
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The source does not identify a lead investor; it says the funding was filled out almost entirely by existing investors and joined by Joe Lonsdale of 8VC.; not on the page it cites, so not applied: date
Published by hand (flexport.com): "Today we’re announcing that we’ve raised a Series B round of $65M to fund our global expansion.": checked by hand: the page states the Series B of $65M, as the research found
| Round | Amount | Announced | Lead | Buzz |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series D+ Series E funding round [ HISTORY ]: An earlier round, from the company's own announcement, found while researching the company. Checked like any round, but not new, so it stays out of the daily feed and alerts; a date range shows it. | $935M at $8 billion valuation | 2022-02-07 | Andreessen Horowitz, MSD Partners | No recent discussion |
2 sources [ VERIFIED ] read against 2 sources The company’s post does not show a dateline; the WSJ article, published February 7, 2022, fixes the announcement day. Sources agree on the round details. | ||||
| Funding round [ HISTORY ]: An earlier round, from the company's own announcement, found while researching the company. Checked like any round, but not new, so it stays out of the daily feed and alerts; a date range shows it. | $1.0B at $3.2 billion valuation | 2019-02-21 | SoftBank Vision Fund | No recent discussion |
1 source [ VERIFIED ] read against 1 source
The company describes the financing as a $1 billion investment/funding and does not assign it a series label.; not on the page it cites, so not applied: date Published by hand (flexport.com): "Today, we’re excited to share how we’re accelerating and further realizing that vision with a $1 billion investment led by the SoftBank Vision Fund...": checked by hand: the page states the Series D of $1 billion, as the research found Valuation none read as $3.2 billion (forbes.com): "Flexport Hits $3.2 Billion Valuation": reported by the press, not stated by the company [ BUILT WITH ]·[ SEARCH ]found by Firecrawl search·[ SCRAPE ]1 page read: flexport.com·[ JSON ]round read into a schema, with the sentence that states it·[ VERIFY ]confirmedchecked against 1 source·[ BRANDING ]logo and colour from the homepage | ||||
| Series B [ HISTORY ]: An earlier round, from the company's own announcement, found while researching the company. Checked like any round, but not new, so it stays out of the daily feed and alerts; a date range shows it. | $65M $94M to date | 2016-09-26 | not stated | No recent discussion |
1 source [ VERIFIED · CORRECTED ] read against 1 source The source does not identify a lead investor; it says the funding was filled out almost entirely by existing investors and joined by Joe Lonsdale of 8VC.; not on the page it cites, so not applied: date Published by hand (flexport.com): "Today we’re announcing that we’ve raised a Series B round of $65M to fund our global expansion.": checked by hand: the page states the Series B of $65M, as the research found [ BUILT WITH ]·[ SEARCH ]found by Firecrawl search·[ SCRAPE ]1 page read: flexport.com·[ JSON ]round read into a schema, with the sentence that states it·[ VERIFY ]correctedchecked against 1 source·[ BRANDING ]logo and colour from the homepage | ||||