WaveBL has secured $26M in Series B funding
Summary
TEL AVIV, Israel, June 6, 2023 WaveBL, a market-leading provider of electronic Bills, has successfully raised $26 million in its latest funding round, consolidating its position as a leading player in the digital trade document sector globally.The round was led by NewRoad Capital Partners, an operator-led, demand-driven investment firm focused on innovative and growth-oriented companies in the supply chain and logistics, retail, and marketing technology sectors. Existing investors ZIM, Marius Nacht, Contour Venture Partners, Frank Sica, and Techstars Central LLC also participated in this funding round, as did a new investor, Reefknot Investments, backed by Temasek and Kuehne + Nagel.WaveBL, led by former technological leaders and experts from the Israel Defense Forces, has emerged as the premier digital platform for the electronic transfer of trade documents. WaveBLs proprietary blockchain technology enables the instantaneous, secure, and authenticated transfer of unique electronic trade documents, ensuring compliance with universal processes and regulations. WaveBLs state-of-the-art multi-carrier platform is trusted by the worlds largest ocean carriers and NVOCCs, including MSC, ZIM, Hapag Lloyd, ONE, Leschaco, and Saco, and is designed to meet the needs of all parties involved in trade.Our goal is to streamline, speed up and reduce the cost of global commerce by breaking the trade industrys paper addiction, stated Noam Rosenfeld, CEO of WaveBL. The investment will be used to expedite our growth by increasing our employee base, primarily in sales, marketing, and R&D.NewRoad Capital Partners is excited to join Wave BL in an effort to accelerate the digitization of global trade from todays manual, paper-based processes to technology that enables increased speed and security, reduces costs, and creates a more environmentally friendly solution.