by Jesper E. Thomsen | Jun 26, 2020 | Digital, Logistics, Software
After having been on Arviem’s Advisory Board for a couple of years, I was asked to join Arviem’s board and naturally accepted. Fortunately, the shareholders agreed at the Annual Shareholders meeting (which had been postponed two months due to Covid-19)....
by Jesper E. Thomsen | Jun 11, 2020 | Business, Logistics, Software
It has just been announced that Descartes has acquired Kontainers. The press release gives the obvious reasons, but I know that the two founders, Graham and Charlie, set out to change the industry, and I honestly don’t think there is a better place for...
by Jesper E. Thomsen | Mar 22, 2020 | Digital, Logistics, Transformation
CB Insights has done an analysis of the impact of the outbreak of Covid-19 private funding, which in particular impacts startups. The bad news Unsurprisingly, the bad news is that it is going to go down, and based on experience from previous outbreaks, especially Asia...
by Jesper E. Thomsen | Feb 21, 2020 | Digital, Logistics
FreightTech has seen a continuous rise over the last 18-24 months beyond what others, e.g. FinTech, have experienced. The front runners have been Flexport (although more forwarder than a pure technology company) and WiseTech. I have discussed their valuations more...
by Jesper E. Thomsen | Oct 6, 2019 | Branding, Business, Logistics, Transformation
We are beyond the point where anybody questions whether your brand actually means anything. However, assessing exactly how much is an altogether different matter, and few are bold enough to try. Brand Finance is one of them, and they have recently published their...
by Jesper E. Thomsen | Sep 17, 2019 | Business, Digital, Logistics, Transformation
Shipping (and logistics in general) has not been used to Venture Capitalist backed investments. There has been a lot of tax based investments in vessels, containers and other “hard assets”, but these have all been low risk. For “normal”...
