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A Tale of Two Ports: Automation at Oakland vs Rotterdam
Talks about Technology, Automation and Logistics
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Ryan Petersen
Partner at Founders Fund
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Ryan Petersen is the Founder and CEO of Flexport, a successful logistics and supply chain tech company, and a Partner at Founders Fund. He has made significant investments in companies like Teleport, TruckSmarter, and Primer, focusing on Series A and Seed stages in the San Francisco Bay Area. Petersen holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a BA from the University of California, Berkeley.
Work Experience
Founder and Executive Chairman of the Board
2013 - Current
Flexport is a licensed customs brokerage and freight forwarder built around a modern technology stack. Our mission is to fix the user experience in global trade and bring the world free trade through technology. By connecting all the parties involved in complex global trade transactions through a secure data and messaging platform, we're giving every company tools to increase visibiltiy, reliability and control over international shipping. All while lowering the cost of getting goods to customers all over the world.
Flexport is a full-service global freight forwarder and logistics platform using modern software to fix the user experience in global trade.
Raised $2,699,000,000.00 from Shopify.
Partner
2023
Looking to back a generational company
Founders Fund is a venture capital firm that invests in companies building revolutionary technologies.
Education
Investments
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