“Can a digital freight forwarder become the financial operating system for Latin American importers and exporters by embedding working capital and insurance directly into the logistics workflow?”
Founded in 2018 as a digital freight forwarder in Latin America targeting the region's inefficient and opaque logistics sector. Expanded beyond pure freight forwarding to embed financial services—specifically inventory financing and factoring—through Nowports Capital (a Mexican SOFOM entity), positioning itself as an all-in-one logistics and fintech platform for Latin American importers and exporters. Significant headcount reduction (from ~268 to ~166 employees YoY) suggests post-unicorn rationalization and refocus on core Mexico and Chile markets.
Nowports was founded by Alfonso De los Rios and Maximiliano Casal and is founded in 2018, headquartered in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.
Nowports has raised $242.6M in total (latest round: Series C, 2022; valuation: $1.1B post-money (2022)).
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