STORD

Stord was founded in 2015 by Sean Henry and Jacob Boudreau, based on the observation that many growing brands and retailers needed access to warehouse and fulfillment infrastructure and freight transportation management capability, but historically faced a choice between building this capability entirely in-house, a substantial capital and operational undertaking, or working with a fragmented collection of separate, disconnected third-party logistics providers and transportation brokers for different pieces of their overall supply chain needs, without a unified technology platform giving visibility and coordination across these various separate logistics relationships. Stord's platform combines a network of warehouse facilities where brands can store inventory and have orders picked, packed, and shipped, with transportation management software that helps coordinate freight shipping across trucking and other transportation modes, giving brands a more unified, technology-enabled supply chain solution spanning both storage and fulfillment and the broader transportation logistics needed to move goods between manufacturers, warehouses, and end customers or retail locations. The company has particularly focused on serving growing consumer brands and retailers that have outgrown simpler, smaller-scale fulfillment solutions but may not have the scale or capital to build a fully custom, proprietary supply chain and logistics infrastructure entirely in-house the way the very largest retailers typically do, positioning itself in a middle segment of the market between smaller fulfillment providers serving primarily smaller e-commerce merchants and the fully vertically integrated logistics operations of the largest global retailers. Stord has expanded its network and service offerings over time, including through acquisitions of complementary logistics technology and service companies, to build a more comprehensive supply chain platform spanning warehousing, fulfillment, and transportation management under a unified technology and operational umbrella. The company's customers span growing consumer brands and retailers across many industries seeking more coordinated, technology-enabled supply chain infrastructure than assembling many separate point solutions and providers independently would offer. Stord has raised substantial venture funding from investors including Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, and Antares Capital, reaching unicorn status.

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