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Freightol is a Barcelona, Spain-based technology startup that digitalizes the transportation and logistics industry through its proprietary Freight Management Software. The platform enables global freight forwarders to manage commercial activities, shipment handling, quoting, billing, and customs clearance in real-time within a single integrated system. Operating with a business model that offers free services for clients to manage bookings in a private environment, the company targets enterprises requiring air, maritime, land, or courier shipments. To demonstrate its early operational scale, the business aimed to process over 7,000 freight movements annually during its initial expansion phase. The enterprise has raised $1 million in total seed funding to support its international expansion efforts into the American and Asian markets. Freightol was founded in 2019 by a core executive team that includes James Archidona, Alberto Hospital Marco, Raúl Pérez, and Andrea Corda.
Freightol has raised $470K across 1 funding round.
Freightol has raised $470K in total across 1 funding round.
Freightol has raised $470K in total across 1 funding round.
Freightol's investors include Premoney.
Freightol has raised $470K across 1 funding round. Most recently, it raised $470K Seed in February 2020.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 2020 | $470K Seed | — | Premoney | Announced |
Freightol is a technology startup founded in 2019 that builds Freightol Manager, a customizable Freight Management System (FMS) designed to digitalize operations for global freight forwarders.[1][3] The platform unifies pricing, quoting, sales automation, shipment tracking, billing, customs management, and integrations with maritime, air, land, and ERP suppliers, serving freight forwarders and logistics companies to save up to 80% of time and costs while enabling real-time global operations.[1][3] It targets the fragmented logistics sector by centralizing commercial activities, automating processes, and providing tools for customer management and performance reporting, with early growth including $1M in seed funding from Demium and ambitions for international expansion.[1][2]
Currently at seed stage with headquarters in Barcelona, Spain, Freightol addresses inefficiencies in supply chain tech by offering a cloud-based SaaS that handles air, maritime, land, and courier shipments, allowing instant bookings and democratized pricing access.[1][2][5] Pricing starts at $29/user/month, scaling to enterprise plans around $2,420/month, reflecting steady momentum in a market ripe for automation.[6]
Freightol was founded in 2019 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, by Raúl Pérez (CEO), Andrea Corda (CTO), and Alberto Hospital (COO), who identified the logistics industry's lag in digitalization.[1][2] The idea emerged from the need for a "Transport 4.0" tool in a fragmented sector dominated by manual processes, enabling companies to list shipments across air, maritime, land, or courier and secure bookings in seconds based on price or delivery time.[2][3] Early traction included raising $1M in seed funding from Demium about four years ago (around 2022), with 2019-2020 goals to process over 7,000 movements nationally and expand to America and Asia.[1][2] Pivotal moments involved launching Freightol Manager as a free initial service to build market share among forwarders, positioning it as a comprehensive FMS.[2][3]
Freightol rides the supply chain digitization trend, part of the $5,505-company strong Supply Chain & Logistics Tech space focusing on shipping, inventory, trucking, and last-mile solutions amid post-pandemic e-commerce surges and global trade disruptions.[1] Timing is ideal as logistics remains fragmented and under-automated, with market forces like rising fuel costs, regulatory pressures, and demand for real-time visibility favoring SaaS platforms that consolidate forwarders and enable instant decisions.[2][3] By empowering freight forwarders—key pillars of global supply chains—Freightol influences the ecosystem through operational efficiency, broader pricing access, and scalability for SMEs entering digital forwarding, potentially accelerating industry-wide adoption of FMS amid AI-driven logistics growth.[1][4]
Freightol's Mosaic Score dipped recently (-17 points), signaling potential funding or market challenges post its 2022 seed round, but its focus on automation positions it for rebound in a logistics market projected to grow with e-commerce and nearshoring.[1] Next steps likely include international offices in America/Asia, enhanced AI integrations for predictive quoting, and scaling to enterprise clients amid vendor expansions.[2][3] Trends like sustainable shipping and blockchain tracking will shape its path, evolving Freightol from a national tool to a global FMS leader—ultimately digitalizing freight forwarding as the "perfect buddy" for agile operators in an inefficient industry.[4]
