Named one of Forbes’ Next Billion-Dollar Startups, FourKites connects global end-to-end supply chains with the most powerful technology on the planet, helping our customers and their customers work better together.
Mathew Elenjickal, CEO, FourKites
We help companies transform their end-to-end supply chain with real-time visibility. Over 600 of the world’s most recognized brands, including 9 of the top-10 CPG and 18 of the top-20 Food & Beverage companies trust FourKites to digitize their supply chains for greater agility, efficiency and sustainability.
As the largest visibility platform in the world, we’re tracking over 2 million shipments daily for our global customer base. Our massive network reaches 176 countries across road, rail, ocean and air, and includes over 450,000 carriers and 99% of the world’s ocean traffic. Founded in 2014, today FourKites has over 500 passionate employees around the world, with offices in the US, Europe and Asia.
One of our favorite mottos is “Always be innovating.” In 2014, we revolutionized the supply chain industry by introducing real-time visibility, and we haven’t stopped since.
Matt Elenjickal founds FourKites, pioneering the supply chain visibility category
FourKites launches predictive visibility and tracking for full truckload, and signs its first customer: Smithfield!
FourKites introduces its free driver app, CarrierLink®, which supports carriers with ongoing, reliable visibility into brokered loads or assets — without ELD/GPS connectivity
FourKites begins tracking less-than-truckload shipments
FourKites introduces end-to-end temperature tracking, allowing shippers to track the real-time temperature of a shipment throughout its journey
FourKites adds parcel tracking capabilities to its platform
FourKites begins tracking rail shipments
FourKites tracks its first shipments in Europe
FourKites tracks its first ocean shipments
FourKites launches its Advanced Analytics suite, helping users centralize disparate data across their supply chain and turn those insights into actionable strategies to improve performance
FourKites introduces Network Visibility, giving customers unparalleled visibility into their pre-paid and collect inbound freight
FourKites releases Recommendation Engine, which enables users to proactively manage their supply chain with prescriptive recommendations from pickup to delivery
FourKites launches Lane Connect, which analyzes historic lane patterns to identify better asset utilization opportunities for shippers, carriers and brokers
FourKites launches its machine learning-powered Dynamic ETA® algorithm, which analyzes 150+ data points with each geolocation update
FourKites tracks its first loads in Latin America
FourKites launches Smart Forecasted Arrival, which provides predictive ETAs for loads that would otherwise go untracked
FourKites puts out its security and compliance solution, which immediately alerts users if shipments deviate from a designated path, enabling quick recovery
FourKites introduces Appointment Manager, a 24/7 live appointment scheduling platform that leverages Dynamic ETA visibility for flexible, automated calendar management
FourKites release ocean-to-rail tracking, unleashing true end-to-end visibility
FourKites tracks its first loads in Asia-Pacific
FourKites adds air shipment visibility to its platform
FourKites launches Partner Hub, a secure and scalable GPS onboarding platform to help brokers and carriers get up and running with ELDs
FourKites acquires TrackX Holdings Inc.’s yard management solutions, laying the foundation for its next-generation YMS, Dynamic Yard®
FourKites introduces its free Sustainability Dashboard, which analyzes data from shippers, carriers and facilities, and identifies the highest sources of freight-related emissions
FourKites introduces its Live Network Congestion Map to track interstate transit metrics, delays at over 230 ports globally and cross-border freight movements throughout North America, Mexico and Europe
FourKites releases its FourKites Manager App for Retail, which enables retail workers and merchandisers to track last-mile shipments from local warehouses to retail outlets, in order to optimize receiving and restocking
FourKites introduces Dynamic ETA for LTL to help shippers, carriers and 3PLs track less-than-truckload shipments with 6x more ETA accuracy than industry-standard predictions
FourKites introduces its next-generation YMS, Dynamic Yard®, bringing real-time visibility to the yard and leveraging live data to bridge yard operations and transportation for the first time
FourKites introduces multimodal purchase order tracking for all freight, enabling shippers, carriers and receivers to track the full lifecycle of shipments
FourKites tracks its first courier shipments
FourKites releases its enhanced Instant Messenger, centralizing communications between track-and-trace, dispatch, drivers and warehouse personnel that had previously been sent via third-party messaging, email and phone
FourKites acquires Haven, Inc., and introduces Dynamic Ocean℠, the next-generation, end-to-end platform for international ocean shipment visibility
FourKites was awarded a patent for its Smart Forecasted Arrival capabilities, which provide companies with highly frequent and accurate ETAs, even for untrackable loads
FourKites is led by a talented and experienced group of entrepreneurs, engineers, operators, analysts, creatives, go-getters, innovators and listeners offering a bold alternative to traditional supply chain management.
Our investors are more than investors. They are visionaries and partners, deeply committed to reimagining the future of supply chain. We are proud to have these leaders by our side as we continue to push the boundaries of the status quo.
