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Beacon Live Board with an order and its cargo ready date being edited
Press release
November 13, 2024

Beacon Launches Order Tracking and Collaboration Solution

Beacon, the supply chain visibility and workflow automation platform, today announces the launch of its Order Tracking and Collaboration solution, marking a significant milestone in the evolution of its product offering.

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Press release image for the Beacon 2024 survey on supply chain visibility capabilities, including carbon emissions tracking
Press release
April 11, 2024

70% of organisations lack the capability to track carbon emissions in their supply chain, according to data from visibility platform Beacon

Beacon, the supply chain visibility and collaboration platform, has released its 2024 Supply Chain Visibility Capabilities Report examining the progress organisations are making on improving supply chain visibility. The company has also launched ‘Beacon PowerScore’, a quick and comprehensive way to assess and benchmark your supply chain visibility capabilities against similar companies.

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Press release image for the Beacon 2023 Port Congestion Review on global container dwell times
Press release
January 18, 2024

Global container dwell times down 20% from the beginning of 2023, according to Beacon 2023 Port Congestion Review

Beacon, the supply chain visibility and collaboration platform, has released its 2023 Port Congestion Review. While average global vessel anchor and berth times hovered at a combined 1.5 days throughout the year, Asia outperformed while North American ports struggled. In a sign of further recovery for global supply chains, container dwell times at port improved between January and December at 71% of analysed ports with Colombo leading the way with average dwell times of 1.8 days in 2023.

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Press release image for the launch of road freight tracking, alongside ocean and air tracking
Press release
January 15, 2024

Beacon expands multi-modal capabilities with the launch of road freight tracking

Beacon, the supply chain visibility and collaboration platform, today launches road freight tracking, further expanding its multi-modal capabilities. The advancement allows Beacon platform users to gain complete visibility of their ocean, air, and road transport in a single dashboard.

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Press release image for the launch of Beacon Live Boards, shared workspaces for supply chain collaboration
Press release
November 6, 2023

Beacon transforms supply chain collaboration with the launch of Beacon Live Boards

Beacon, the supply chain visibility and collaboration platform, has launched Beacon Live Boards, a collaborative feature enabling seamless information sharing and communication across supply chain partners. Marking a move beyond freight tracking, the launch enhances supply chain collaboration and visibility for customers.

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Press release image announcing Tata Consumer Products as a new Beacon customer
Press release
October 16, 2023

Beacon wins new contract with Tata Consumer Products

Beacon, the supply chain visibility and collaboration platform, has been awarded an exclusive 12-month contract by Tata Consumer Products to track thousands of containers of raw materials and finished goods for the company.

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Press release image for the launch of air freight tracking and ocean transshipment visibility
Press release
September 5, 2023

Beacon launches air freight tracking and ocean transshipments visibility to further extend global coverage and enhance customer offering

Beacon, the supply chain visibility platform, has added air freight tracking and ocean transshipments to its suite of products, taking it closer to its goal of providing a single source of truth for all of its customers’ supply chain data.

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Press release image for Beacon container dwell reports, with Colombo showing the lowest average monthly dwell time in the first half of 2023
Press release
July 24, 2023

Beacon launches new container dwell reports; data shows Colombo had lowest average monthly dwell time in H1 2023

Beacon, the supply chain visibility platform, is now offering free container dwell reports through its new website.

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Press release image announcing Beacon raising a $50 million Series B round
Press release
October 20, 2021

Beacon raises $50 million Series B round

Beacon, the digital supply chain and freight platform, has raised over $50 million in its Series B round, led by Northstar.vc. Upper90 also participated as a new investor. The fresh capital will be used to grow the team, continue the development of Beacon’s technology and expand into new markets.

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Press release image announcing Beacon on the Otta 2021 Rocket List
Press release
January 19, 2021

Beacon makes the Otta 2021 Rocket List

We are delighted to have been included in Otta.com‘s 2021 Rocket List along with some of the most exciting start-ups in London! 🚀 You can see our entry here.

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Press release image announcing the close of Beacon $15 million Series A fundraise, with investment from Jeff Bezos
Press release
June 1, 2020

Beacon closes $15 million Series A fundraise, with investment from Jeff Bezos

London-based Beacon, the next generation freight forwarding and supply chain finance company, has raised over $15 million in its Series A fundraising round, with investors including Jeff Bezos, the founder and CEO of Amazon, and leading US venture capital firm 8VC.

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In the press

Coverage of Beacon in the trade and business press.

FINSMES

Beacon Raises $50M in Series B Funding

October 4, 2021
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UK Tech News

Beacon Technologies secures £37 million Series B investment led by Northstar.vc

October 4, 2021
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The Paypers

Beacon raises USD 50 mln in a Series B round

October 4, 2021
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Freight Waves

Bezos invests in overseas supply chain platforms Beacon and Ula

October 4, 2021
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Business Matters

Bezos-backed British logistics start-up Beacon lands £37m funding boost

October 4, 2021
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VentureBeat

Digital supply chain provider Beacon raises $50M

October 4, 2021
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Retail Tech Innovation Hub

Jeff Bezos backed Beacon announces Series B funding round

October 4, 2021
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UK Tech News

Jeff Bezos invests in London’s digital supply chain and freight platform Beacon

October 4, 2021
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AltAssets

Jeff Bezos just doubled down on this booming startup through a Northstar-led Series B round

October 4, 2021
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Evening Standard

London’s Bezos-backed logistics start-up Beacon raises £37m to fuel expansion as supply chains falter

October 4, 2021
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Retail Systems

Supply chain platform Beacon raises $50m

October 4, 2021
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CILT

UK digital supply chain and freight platform raises $50M

October 4, 2021
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Business Cloud

£37m for hyper-growth digital supply chain firm Beacon

October 4, 2021
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Sky News

Bezos-backed British logistics start-up Beacon lands £37m funding boost

October 3, 2021
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PYMNTS

Supply Chain Management Firm Beacon Nets $50M for Product Development, Expansion

October 3, 2021
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Fraser Robinson is the Co-Founder & CEO of Beacon, a supply chain visibility and collaboration platform. Prior to starting Beacon, Fraser founded Taggstar and held roles as Head of Business for EMEA at Uber where he led strategy, investments and partnerships and Commercial Director at lastminute.com. Fraser holds a Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University.

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