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                      TRUCKNETIC









                         Leading the transformation in India’s digitized
                                          freight forwarding space





                                                    Corporate Review | Akshita Kapoor



                       ndoubtedly,  freight  forwarders  are  the   overall impression remains unclear, the footsteps of
                       head honcho of the logistics and supply   transformation could be felt.
                       chains industry. When the term ‘digitiza-     New  startups  and  entrepreneurs  are  updating
                       tion of logistics sector’ became head-   the musty processes of the freight forwarders with
                       line news- a catalyst of change paving   automation and associated new-age technologies.
          Uways to automate and reconstruct the                 Young companies carrying the potential to disrupt
            familiar  processes. The sector was  pushed  ahead   are transforming almost every area- from sales to
            on its journey of digitization. Entrepreneurs started   cargo handling, transportation and tracking to last-
            conceptualizing  to  create  amazons  and  ubers  of   mile delivery and billing. These startups are making
            freight forwarding space. Freight forwarding has    things  possible  in  the  logistics  space  that  once
            travelled a long way – from keeping manual records   seemed impossible.
            and  fax  machines  to providing  instant quotations      The  above lines  bring  us  to  the  journey of
            and real-time updates.                              Trucknetic  and  his  young  leader,  Arham  Partap
                However,  the  ‘big  cheese’  of  the  freight   Jain who has  kept innovation at the  heart of his
            forwarding space is still calculating about wearing   entrepreneurship.  Via  his  entrepreneurial  venture,
            the digital avatar. The transportation industry still   Arham  is helping logistics  companies  leverage
            stands as a low-tech, fragmented and labour-inten-  technological  breakthroughs  to  transform  their
            sive space. The digital momentum of the logistics   supply chain and operational flows to meet growing
            industry gets sleepy with transportation. While the   consumer demand. Founded in 2019, Trucknetic is
                                                                a technology platform that connects shippers with
                                                                carriers  and  establishes  a  marketplace  that  is  a
                                                                central  portal  for  both  front loads  and  backloads
                                                                by using  machine  learning,  automation,  and  other
                                                                software services.

                                                                Putting more stars to its sky, Trucknetic has proven
                                                                its  mettle  in a  highly  competitive industry. Just
                                                                within two years of its journey, Trucknetic has been
                                                                acknowledged  and  appreciated  globally. Here is
                                                                the glimpse:
                                                                „   Selected  among Top  80 Startups  in India for
                                                                    Startup Leadership Program
                                                                „   Selected under Top 40 startups in TIE Venture
                                                                    Studio first cohort
                                                                „   Counted among Top 10 logistics companies in
                                                                    the world for the year 2021
                                                                „   Selected in Top 10% startups by Y Combinator
                                                                    W’21

                                                                „   Arham  was  awarded  as  Entrepreneur  Of  the
                                                                    Year  award  for  Trucknetic  in 2020.by  Indian
                  Arham Partap Jain - Founder & CEO                 Achievers’ Association



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