HOW IT ALL STARTED
Founders Giovanni Gubbels and Jeroen Kemp started ChainCargo in September 2018 with the idea of making the transport market more sustainable and more digital.
Thanks to years of experience in the sector, they knew the logistics processes like no other and saw many opportunities. Sustainable working through digitization was, and still is, the driving force. Their main goal was to use available transport capacity and provide visibility. This digital focus ensures smooth collaboration and communication between shippers and carriers.
Shortly after that, Coen van Boxtel joined as a partner, and then the first colleagues followed. They now work with a team of over forty professionals on state-of-the-art solutions to make better use of the current capacity and create transparency within the logistics.
2018
2021
CHAIN CARGO AT A GLANCE
September 2018
Hiring first employees
October 2018
Coen joins as a partner
March 2019
Launching the ChainCargo platform and app in the Benelux
April 2019
The first shipment via the platform
October 2019
Seed investment of €400,000 from BOM Brabant Ventures
July 2020
ChainCargo 2.0 goes live
August 2020
Expansion to Budapest and first employee
September 2020
Expansion into the European market with FTL services
September 2020
Seed investment of €520,000 from BOM Brabant Ventures and Rabobank Region Eindhoven
May 2021
Relocation to a larger office in Eindhoven
August 2021
Seed investment with €1.75 million from BOM Brabant Ventures
November 2021
ChainCargo V3.0 goes live
April 2022
Collaboration with Justdiggit: offsetting CO2 emissions
December 2022
Strategic partnership with NewCold
January 2023
Expansion to the USA: opening an office in Chicago