cargo.one is a company.
cargo.one has raised $64.0M across 3 funding rounds.
Key people at cargo.one.
cargo.one has raised $64.0M in total across 3 funding rounds.
cargo.one has raised $64.0M in total across 3 funding rounds.
cargo.one's investors include Ambridge Capital, Badhouse Ventures, Balderton Capital, Bascom Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Burda Principal Investments, Creandum, DST Global, Earlybird Venture Capital, Fabric Ventures, Founders Fund, General Catalyst.
Key people at cargo.one.
cargo.one is a Berlin-based technology platform that digitizes air freight booking and management, enabling freight forwarders to search, compare, book, and track shipments from over 75 airlines in real-time with instant quotes and confirmations.[1][2][3][5][6] It serves more than 28,000 freight forwarders across 172 countries, including 21 of the top 25 global companies, by solving inefficiencies in a $191B largely offline market—such as manual quoting, asynchronous communication, and lack of transparency—through tools like AI-powered quoting, dynamic pricing, and operational controls.[1][2][4][5] The company has raised $63.8M in funding, reaching Series B stage, with strong growth including quadrupled search requests and millions of bookable offers during peak periods.[2][3]
Founded in 2017 in Berlin, Germany, by Moritz Claussen (co-founder and co-CEO) and partners with expertise in digital business models and B2B modernization, cargo.one emerged to address the air cargo industry's outdated processes.[1][2][3] Claussen highlighted the cumbersome manual booking reliant on "market feel," prompting the creation of the world's first real-time booking engine linking directly to airline systems for instant visibility on capacity, prices, and parameters like temperature control.[2] Early traction included partnerships with major airlines like Lufthansa, Finnair, Etihad, and All Nippon Airways, plus forwarders such as Hellmann and Flexport; by 2020, it served 1,500+ offices and raised $18.6M then $42M to expand to North America and Asia.[1][2][3]
cargo.one rides the digitalization wave in supply chain and logistics tech, transforming a fragmented $191B air cargo market from manual, opaque processes to a unified online ecosystem akin to Skyscanner for freight.[1][2][3][5] Timing aligns with post-pandemic e-commerce surges and industry catch-up on tech adoption, as noted by Claussen at CNS Partnership Conference 2025, amid rising demands for speed and data-driven decisions.[3] Market forces like volume spikes, airline distribution cost reductions, and forwarder agility needs favor it, positioning cargo.one as the "backbone of modern air freight" with 1.1M+ monthly offers and global expansion.[1][2][4][5] It influences the ecosystem by partnering with top airlines (e.g., American, Air Canada) and forwarders, accelerating tech standards and enabling scalable growth without team expansion.[4][6]
cargo.one is poised to dominate as the global OS for air cargo, with 2025 releases like AI enhancements and operational tools signaling peak-season scalability for even higher volumes.[5] Trends like AI optimization, API-driven integrations, and real-time analytics will shape its path, potentially capturing 100% of forwarder bookings as airline partnerships grow quarterly.[4][6] Its influence may evolve from booking platform to full logistics enabler, further unifying a fragmented sector and driving revenue gains for users—building on its Series B momentum to redefine air freight efficiency.[2][3][5]
cargo.one has raised $64.0M across 3 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $42.0M Series B in December 2020.
