We make data-driven technology solutions and services available to the logistics industry
and empower people to make better business decisions.
FreightHub was founded in 2016 by Ferry Heilemann, Erik Muttersbach, Michael Wax and Fabian Heilemann in Berlin, Germany. The team has a mutual entrepreneurial track record that dates back to 2009 when Ferry, Fabian and Erik were among the early contributors to the German digital industry, setting up the local couponing marketplace DailyDeal. In 2011, they sold it to Google Inc. for over 100 million USD.
In 2015, the four founders re-joined forces and mapped out what the perfect digital freight-forwarding experience for the shipper of the 21st century would look like: a one-stop shop and single face to the customer that would cover the entire process chain from quotation, booking, document management, track and trace all the way to proactive exception handling and supply chain data analytics.
Since its foundation, FreightHub has grown its customer base to more than 2,000 customers and expanded its team to over 250 technology experts and logistics enthusiasts located at 9 different offices worldwide. In 2019, the company raised more than 30 million USD in funding from reputable VCs.
As FreightHub’s services after 4 years go far beyond simple transport from A to B and digital freight forwarding services, the founders decided to re-brand the company. With a name that does justice to the further development of
the vision and the service:
Forto stands for scalable logistics
technologies that allows users
to own
their entire
supply chain.
Our ideas, visions, and technologies are driven and realized by experienced and highly motivated experts. We place great value on diversity in our team to combine the best of two worlds: logistics expertise and innovative technologies.
We combine accurate and transparent real-time data with reliable, human operations for your business success.
Being proactive instead of just reactive is our motto. We show what happens where, when, and why.
Digitization is a must nowadays. Coupled with intuitive operation, we aim to reduce the complexity of supply chains to a minimum.
Forto GmbH was founded in 2016 under the name FreightHub by Ferry Heilemann, Erik Muttersbach, Michael Wax and Dr. Fabian Heilemann in Berlin. We develop groundbreaking, scalable, digital logistics technologies and services that go far beyond the transport from A to B. Our easy-to-use and intuitive platform enables our customers to optimize and manage their entire global supply chain. With over 2,500 customers and 15 offices worldwide, we currently employ over 500 people. We are passionately committed to global trade and strive to increase global prosperity while driving sustainability.
