MassChallenge

Green Mining is focused on creating a sustainable solution for environmental, social, and economic challenges through innovative reverse logistics technology. This technology is designed to efficiently retrieve post-consumer packaging by identifying waste generation points, collecting materials from the surrounding areas, and facilitating their transfer to recycling companies. By enabling clients to recover materials, Green Mining supports the reintegration of these resources back into the supply chain, promoting a shared responsibility for waste management and sustainability.

Sedna Technologies specializes in enhancing the seafood supply chain by providing a comprehensive traceability platform. This platform improves efficiency, transparency, and sustainability by offering services such as real-time condition monitoring, water quality assessment, and cold chain logistics. Additionally, it facilitates automated traceability and manages essential purchases like bait and fuel. By integrating an IoT platform, Sedna Technologies enables the development of predictive analytical models, which assist in inventory management, sales tracking, and back-office operations. The company's suite of products and services aims to support suppliers and distributors in promoting sustainable practices while ensuring compliance with industry regulations.

Procurance is a solution that helps manage the sustainability of brands, retailers, and other value-chain partners' supply chains. It combines intelligent web and mobile-based tools, developed using globally-aligned metrics and methodology for risk detection, advanced analytics that combine micro-data with satellite data (e.g. deforestation maps) to provide actionable insights to procurement, marketing, and sustainability managers.

Taskility helps logistics companies to digitally manage their shipments' lifecycle without coding. We are the Shopify of digital logistics.

Patturn is a web-based inventory management software that allows resellers to tackle the complexities of customer returns. The end-to-end software includes the following features: purchase orders management, inventory management, warehouse management, sales channel management, order management, and business intelligence. In addition to this, our software has the unique capability of processing customer returns. Returns management is the process of taking returned/distressed inventory and recapturing its lost value. Through data-driven metrics, our system is capable of helping you make the best decision to maximize recovery. In addition to this, it allows resellers to store their inventory in a variety of conditions (i.e. new, used, refurbished, open box). Our goal is to help resellers make smarter decisions when processing customer returns. The key objective is working to improve productivity in the reseller’s operations and warehouses. Our system will provide a step-by-step guide of where to begin once a return enters their warehouse. When a customer returns an item, there is a loss of profit that must be taken into account to maintain a high standard of customer satisfaction. However, our program will be beneficial to many resellers by recapturing some of that lost value. In addition to this, resellers can adjust the software to their unique business needs. They will be able to modify the software in a way that best suits their business such as how they want to process returns, ship out orders, and select specific sales channels they want to be present on. Lastly, we believe in creating a new norm that values social responsibility and sustainability. Resellers will find a better way to reprocess their returns instead of sending them into landfills where waste will continue to increase and cause harm to our environment.

Nile Agro Value Chain is an agribusiness startup in agriculture that identifies the set of actors and activities that bring a basic agricultural product from production in the field to final consumption, where at each stage value is added to the product. Nile Agro value Chain achieves this through vertical linking or a network between various independent business organizations and by involving them into food processing, packaging, storage, transport and distribution. The startup also engage in traditional agricultural value chains by generally through spot market transactions involving a large number of small retailers and producers. The venture also characterize agriculture value chain by vertical coordination, consolidation of the supply base, agro-industrial processing and use of standards throughout the chain. The venture achieves its mission in agriculture value chain through agricultural mechanization, traditional farming, farm portfolio investments, interstate trade of agricultural commodities, online trade of food produce through its online marketplace, aggregating farmers into a multipurpose cooperative society, linking farmers to off-takers, contract farming, food processing, providing extension services and collaborating with different stakeholders in the agriculture value chain in Uganda,Africa and beyond. We are currently working with over 1,200 farmers in Ibanda District aggregated or organized under our farmers groups and cooperative society.

Relay connects and digitizes the supply chain for domestic bulk commodity shipments. As a result, customers are able to reduce error rates and redundancy, increase staff productivity, and get paid faster.

Authena is a traceability solution provider headquartered in Zug, Switzerland, specializing in enhancing transparency across the supply chain through the integration of IoT devices, blockchain, and AI technologies. Its platform offers real-time, unit-level tracking and environmental condition monitoring, enabling industries such as Pharmaceuticals, Luxury, and Food and Beverage to safeguard brand reputation and consumer trust. Authena's notable products, Authena SHIELD™ and Authena L1VE, not only comply with regulatory standards but also foster consumer confidence through transparency and authenticity. The company is recognized for its commitment to sustainability and is the only traceability solution provider incorporated into NEOM's Oxagon accelerator, positioning itself as a leader in promoting a greener future. By protecting product identity against counterfeiting, diversion, and fraud, Authena helps brands achieve full visibility, improve financial performance, and enhance direct-to-consumer sales.

MellowVans specializes in electric delivery vehicles designed for efficient last-mile delivery in urban environments. Their vehicles are distinguished by their large cargo capacity, capable of accommodating 2.4 cubic meters, and provide over 100 kilometers of range on a single charge. With operational costs of less than a dollar per day, MellowVans offers a cost-effective solution for e-commerce businesses seeking to enhance their delivery services. The vehicles also feature regenerative braking and an integrated IoT system that facilitates data generation and route planning, further improving delivery efficiency and reducing emissions. MellowVans aims to transform urban logistics with its attractive and high-performance electric vehicles, ensuring a sustainable and economical approach to urban deliveries.

FreightFlows, Inc. is a maritime market intelligence company based in Boston, Massachusetts, founded in 2018. It specializes in providing predictive analytics for global trade, focusing on the needs of traders, shippers, owners, and brokers. The company has developed a data platform that sources, synthesizes, and analyzes current market data, enabling users to explore trends in market, port, and fleet activities. This platform allows clients to identify vessel availability, routes, and estimated time of arrival, while also gaining visibility into commodity cargoes and trade activities. Additionally, FreightFlows offers market analysis services to help clients navigate futures markets, manage commercial risks, and hedge against freight rate volatility.

TrucksOnTheMap Limited is a digital freight brokerage platform that specializes in providing software solutions for truck and freight management. Established in 2015 and based in London, the company offers a software as a service (SaaS) platform that includes features such as truckload allocation, bidding, process analysis, job allotment, and real-time truck tracking. The software enables trucking professionals to visualize truck availability, request quotations, and optimize freight logistics, thereby turning empty freight runs into profitable opportunities. By focusing on technology-driven solutions, TrucksOnTheMap aims to enhance efficiency in the transportation and supply chain sectors.

Ponera Group specializes in innovative modular packaging solutions aimed at enhancing sustainability and efficiency in freight transportation. The company develops reusable industrial packaging systems that can be configured from any direction to create custom-sized boxes, accommodating heavy-duty cargo and improving handling convenience. By transforming traditional one-time-use packaging materials into intelligent, reusable assets, Ponera Group supports the implementation of a circular economy in logistics, minimizing waste and optimizing supply chain processes.

Wenda is an Italian startup founded in 2015 that focuses on enhancing food safety and sustainability through an innovative collaborative platform for food traceability. This platform automates the collection, analysis, and sharing of supply chain data, integrating seamlessly with existing tools and systems used by clients. By providing real-time insights into temperature and traceability, Wenda's platform supports decision-making for all stakeholders in the food supply chain, ultimately aiming to reduce food waste. The company's technology leverages Internet of Things (IoT) capabilities, blockchain for improved transparency and security, and machine learning to refine process management. Wenda's user-friendly solution is designed to address the needs of food distribution companies by optimizing processes, reducing costs, and enhancing service levels. It offers various modules for different phases of the supply chain, including shipping, storage, inbound, outbound, and delivery, each tailored to improve efficiency and compliance with safety standards. With a focus on global scalability and strategic partnerships, Wenda aims to revolutionize the food supply chain through digitalization and data-driven insights.

Less Platform is a logistics optimization and management company specializing in route planning and transportation solutions. The company provides a range of services that include last-mile logistics, distribution logistics, less than truckload, and field services logistics. Its platform is designed to enhance fleet management and streamline logistics and distribution processes, helping businesses save costs while maintaining service standards. Key features of the platform include the ability to track various performance metrics, such as late deliveries and mileage efficiency, which allows businesses to optimize their logistics operations and integrate automation effectively.

Cinchy Inc. is a Toronto-based company that provides a data collaboration platform designed to enhance data management and protection through a networked architecture known as data fabric technology. Established in 2014, Cinchy enables organizations to connect various data sources while allowing real-time collaboration among systems and users without the need for separate application databases. The platform addresses the challenges of data silos by transforming data into a federated network, facilitating the co-production of data and streamlining processes that typically involve time-consuming and error-prone integrations. With applications across diverse sectors, including banking, retail, and higher education, Cinchy supports critical projects such as data governance, operationalizing AI technologies, and modernizing legacy systems. The company’s approach not only improves efficiency and reduces costs but also enhances data quality and security, ultimately allowing businesses to leverage their data assets more effectively.

ConsolHub is an online pricing and booking system for ocean consolidated shipments. Consolhub was created to simplify the search, access and booking of consolidated cargo. It simplifies and automates the logistics process Consolhub platform provide instantly to the shipper a range option in terms of the shipping companies (consolidators), departure dates, transit days, routes and price. The platform (consolhub.com) allows buyers to search for routes, pricing, itineraries and, then, securely book and upload all the documentation required. The advantages to the shippers (buyers) from using Consolhub include: • Time savings: less phone calls and emails to get the best options • 24/7 service: an online platform to book 24/7, where all the processes are automated and documents are managed online, saving more time and reducing errors • Access to better prices

Dronistics, based in Lausanne, Switzerland, specializes in developing a personal drone delivery system designed for last-centimeter delivery to hard-to-reach locations. The company's drones operate autonomously, utilizing GPS technology and a web application that can be accessed from various devices, including smartphones, tablets, and laptops. Each delivery is facilitated through a 4G internet connection, ensuring seamless control and communication. Dronistics emphasizes safety in its operations, incorporating multiple safety checks to protect individuals during the flight and delivery process. This innovative approach enables logistics and online retail companies to effectively address delivery challenges in remote areas.

Koldchain specializes in the validation of cold supply chain and distribution processes. The company offers monitoring technology that utilizes thermosensitive labels to track the temperature of goods throughout the supply chain. This is accomplished through a smartphone app, SMS, or handheld scanners, which provide real-time notifications to end users. By ensuring that temperature-sensitive products are maintained within prescribed conditions, Koldchain enhances the reliability and safety of deliveries in the cold supply chain.

Topl is a company that specializes in blockchain infrastructure aimed at enabling businesses and communities to monetize their ethical and sustainable practices. Founded in 2017 and based in both Maastricht, Netherlands, and Houston, Texas, Topl offers blockchain-as-a-service solutions tailored for supply chain management and certification. Its primary product, the Topl Blockchain, serves as a protocol designed specifically for the impact sector, allowing organizations to verify and monetize their positive contributions. In addition to the blockchain, Topl provides a suite of hosted services and tools that facilitate user interaction with its technology, supporting projects across various industries and borders. Overall, Topl seeks to empower companies to transform their social and environmental impact into tangible assets.

OtailO is a company that offers a smart and sustainable solution for managing online product returns. Founded in 2019 and based in Ramat Hasharon, Israel, OtailO employs an AI and data-driven platform designed for enterprise retailers. The system calculates the optimal shelf for each return in real time and facilitates dynamic routing to that location. Key features include remote inspection to verify the condition of returns and the transformation of authorized partners into local reselling, recycling, refurbishing, and donation points. This approach minimizes logistical costs, reduces carbon emissions, and addresses returns-related fraud while enhancing customer loyalty by improving the overall post-purchase experience. By connecting online and offline retailers, OtailO creates a more efficient returns process that benefits both retailers and consumers.

Authena is a traceability solution provider headquartered in Zug, Switzerland, specializing in enhancing transparency across the supply chain through the integration of IoT devices, blockchain, and AI technologies. Its platform offers real-time, unit-level tracking and environmental condition monitoring, enabling industries such as Pharmaceuticals, Luxury, and Food and Beverage to safeguard brand reputation and consumer trust. Authena's notable products, Authena SHIELD™ and Authena L1VE, not only comply with regulatory standards but also foster consumer confidence through transparency and authenticity. The company is recognized for its commitment to sustainability and is the only traceability solution provider incorporated into NEOM's Oxagon accelerator, positioning itself as a leader in promoting a greener future. By protecting product identity against counterfeiting, diversion, and fraud, Authena helps brands achieve full visibility, improve financial performance, and enhance direct-to-consumer sales.

Topl is a company that specializes in blockchain infrastructure aimed at enabling businesses and communities to monetize their ethical and sustainable practices. Founded in 2017 and based in both Maastricht, Netherlands, and Houston, Texas, Topl offers blockchain-as-a-service solutions tailored for supply chain management and certification. Its primary product, the Topl Blockchain, serves as a protocol designed specifically for the impact sector, allowing organizations to verify and monetize their positive contributions. In addition to the blockchain, Topl provides a suite of hosted services and tools that facilitate user interaction with its technology, supporting projects across various industries and borders. Overall, Topl seeks to empower companies to transform their social and environmental impact into tangible assets.

BlueTrace provides a traceability solution tailored for the seafood industry, specifically focusing on shellfish growers, wholesalers, distributors, and dealers. The company's technology enables organizations of all sizes to enhance their operational efficiency, comply with industry regulations, and manage inventory effectively. By offering a unique tagging and compliance system, BlueTrace helps shellfish farmers meet increasing customer demands while also reducing animal mortality rates and minimizing labor costs. This comprehensive approach supports the optimization of various activities within the seafood supply chain, ensuring that stakeholders can navigate the complexities of the industry with greater ease.

GoFlit.com is a logistics company focused on integrating current technologies to make local freight transportation simpler and more efficient. It is an on-demand platform for local light cargo.

GenLots developed at ETHZ, is an artificial intelligence company that discovered the optimal way to place an industrial company’s orders through time, based on its material requirements forecasts accounting simultaneously for all relevant factors (perishability, lead times, storage, etc.). It minimizes supply chain costs, allowing up to 40% reduction on inventory values and order costs per material.

PartRunner is a delivery service provider that specializes in facilitating same-day deliveries for home service contractors and supply houses, particularly in the plumbing, HVAC, electric, appliance, and construction industries. Founded in 2017 in Framingham, Massachusetts, the company offers a platform that allows businesses to efficiently transport parts and materials. By connecting clients to a network of independent truckers through its web and mobile applications, PartRunner enables users to request deliveries at any time, ensuring quick and reliable logistics. The company utilizes a diverse fleet of small and large vehicles to fulfill delivery requests, enhancing operational efficiency for its partners.

Selina Wamucii facilitates the buying and importing of food and agricultural products from Africa, connecting businesses globally with local producers. The company collaborates with cooperatives, farmers' groups, and agro-processors to create a trustworthy platform for transactions between buyers and family farmers, including smallholders and fishing communities. By streamlining agricultural value chains, Selina Wamucii reduces inefficiencies, thereby minimizing food wastage and enhancing farmers' incomes. The platform offers a wide variety of products, including fruits, vegetables, dairy, fish, meat, oils, grains, and spices, making it easier for buyers to source quality produce directly from farmers. This approach not only supports local economies but also ensures that fresh produce reaches the market efficiently, even for farmers with limited access to technology.

OnRout is a company that has developed an online logistics platform designed to optimize e-commerce delivery operations. The platform focuses on reducing shipping costs by facilitating real-time bidding for parcels, which allows service providers to lower their expenses by minimizing the number of trucks on the road. By streamlining delivery processes, OnRout enhances asset utilization and decreases the total number of stops required for deliveries, ultimately leading to more efficient logistics solutions for e-commerce businesses.

BackTracker provides a solution to the pervasive issue of mislabeled or substituted seafood by linking government fishery landing records with seafood products. This third-party application enables buyers to verify the source of their seafood, enhancing transparency in the supply chain. The company's database compares confidential data from various supply chain participants with official government harvest data, allowing seafood dealers, processors, and retailers to authenticate labeling claims effectively. Currently, BackTracker is operationalizing its technology on a large scale in collaboration with the State of Massachusetts, major seafood dealers, processors, distributors, and retailers, including Wegmans supermarket. This initiative aims to bolster supply chain integrity and ensure consumer confidence in seafood products.

FoodBlockchain.XYZ is building Food Supply Chain 2.0: through the combination of sensor systems, blockchain and smart contracts Food Blockchain XYZ can assure quality, safety and origins of food throughout the entire supply chain. Smart Contracts powered by their crypto-token Foodcoin will promptly and transparently resolve any financial disputes, allowing creation of new commercial relationships and financial innovation within the food supply chains.

Hive Maritime specializes in enhancing efficiency within the maritime shipping industry by utilizing predictive analytics and machine learning technology. Their platform forecasts traffic in ports and canals weeks in advance, enabling ship owners and operators to optimize routes and speeds. This approach aims to minimize fuel consumption, reduce machinery failures, and improve cargo throughput, ultimately saving billions in operational expenses. By predicting the future locations of vessels, Hive Maritime also provides charterers and brokers with valuable insights into route profitability, which can reduce total voyage costs by up to 10% and improve the accuracy of cargo arrival predictions. Overall, the company's solutions contribute significantly to alleviating congestion in shipping lanes and ports globally, promoting a more efficient supply chain.

Loginno is focused on transforming the shipping industry by developing an Internet-of-Shipping-Containers infrastructure. The company collaborates with shipping firms to upgrade their container fleets into IoT-enabled systems that gather and analyze cargo and voyage data through a patented low-cost device. This information is accessible via a cloud-based service to various stakeholders, including carriers, cargo owners, freight forwarders, insurers, and customs agencies. A notable partnership includes Log-In Logistica Intermodal, a leading cabotage shipping company in Latin America, which was selected to become the first digital shipping company in the world. Through this initiative, Log-In will convert its entire container fleet into smart containers, demonstrating the potential of Loginno's innovative solutions in enhancing the efficiency and transparency of shipping operations.

Wise Systems Inc. develops autonomous dispatch and routing software that enhances delivery efficiency for various industries, including food, beverage, courier, energy, and field service. Founded in 2014 and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the company leverages machine learning algorithms to optimize last-mile operations. Its platform includes tools such as Scheduler, which dynamically creates and dispatches optimized route plans; Dispatcher, which allows managers to monitor delivery progress and driver performance; and Customer Portal, enabling recipients to track their orders with real-time ETAs. Wise Systems also offers Smart Reservation Management, allowing customers to select their preferred delivery times. Clients typically experience significant benefits, including reductions in mileage and late deliveries, as well as increased fleet utilization. The software processes millions of data points to make real-time decisions, facilitating efficient transportation operations while reducing costs.

Wise Systems Inc. develops autonomous dispatch and routing software that enhances delivery efficiency for various industries, including food, beverage, courier, energy, and field service. Founded in 2014 and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the company leverages machine learning algorithms to optimize last-mile operations. Its platform includes tools such as Scheduler, which dynamically creates and dispatches optimized route plans; Dispatcher, which allows managers to monitor delivery progress and driver performance; and Customer Portal, enabling recipients to track their orders with real-time ETAs. Wise Systems also offers Smart Reservation Management, allowing customers to select their preferred delivery times. Clients typically experience significant benefits, including reductions in mileage and late deliveries, as well as increased fleet utilization. The software processes millions of data points to make real-time decisions, facilitating efficient transportation operations while reducing costs.

Inspecto Solutions Ltd specializes in developing a portable nanoscale scanner designed to detect food contaminants quickly and cost-effectively. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Israel, the company provides an application that serves a wide range of stakeholders in the food industry, including farmers, producers, suppliers, buyers, retailers, and quality assurers. Inspecto's technology overcomes the limitations of traditional laboratory methods, allowing users to identify contaminants in minutes rather than relying on lengthy sampling processes. The solution offers real-time analysis of various parameters and integrates cloud storage with blockchain technology to ensure data safety and enhance traceability. By enabling large volumes of scans, Inspecto Solutions aims to improve business performance through effective quality assurance and supply chain management.

CornerDrop is a developer of a parcel delivery platform aimed at addressing the persistent issue of missed deliveries in the online retail sector. The company offers an alternative delivery address solution that is accessible to anyone, regardless of the delivery method used. Unlike traditional courier services that often restrict alternative solutions to their own networks, CornerDrop provides a more inclusive approach by covering the entire UK. Their platform facilitates seamless integration for online retailers, consumers, and couriers, enabling them to offer a broader range of delivery options. By doing so, CornerDrop enhances convenience for consumers and streamlines the delivery process across the logistics ecosystem.

Nix86, Inc. operates a cloud-based ordering platform designed specifically for the foodservice industry, facilitating interactions between restaurants and foodservice distributors. Incorporated in 2015 and based in Newton, Massachusetts, the platform streamlines the ordering and fulfillment processes, allowing managers to efficiently request quotes from various suppliers, including broad-liners and specialty distributors. By centralizing orders within a single application, Nix86 eliminates the need for traditional methods like phone calls and emails, significantly reducing the time and effort spent on supply chain management. Users can access the platform anytime and anywhere via tablet or smartphone, enabling them to obtain the necessary ingredients and products at competitive prices while improving overall operational efficiency.

They are changing the story of the smallholder farmer starting with Moringa, known worldwide as “the miracle tree” for its highly nutritional leaves. They take the forgotten part --the seeds-- and process them into an oil with unmatched cosmetic benefits for hair and skin care and a press meal for animal feed and water purification. They manage the entire supply chain- training, micro-credit, miniaturized value-added processing, and marketing to a global audience.

SmartSense delivers data-driven IoT solutions for food safety, facilities monitoring, and supply chain visibility. They founded SmartSense in 2005 to transform how organizations sense, monitor, and make decisions. It was based on an observation that something fundamental was changing with the way organizations thought about efficiency, quality, and agility. Internet connected sensors and the Internet of Things (IoT) were enabling an operational paradigm where real-time information improved efficiency and decision-making. They set out to enable sensor-driven decisions and to focus on big challenges. They automate monitoring for food and medication safety and compliance, and they monitor critical equipment and tanks for product quality and preventative maintenance. Today thry have earned the trust of the most critical government, commercial, and non-profit institutions in the world. Their systems enable real-time sensor-driven decisions at over 2,000 organizations in 75 countries, including at Walmart, CVS Health, SpaceX, Apple, Coca Cola, McDonald’s, and the US Department of State.

Sproxil is an information technology company that focuses on supply chains and consumer engagement. It specializes in brand protection, consumer engagement, anti-counterfeiting, product authentication, and consumer promotions. The company was founded in 2009 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.