Acquisition
Mar 2023SEND was reported to be in the final stages of an acquisition transaction to expand into additional West African markets.
SourceFlexport for Africa - Digital Freight forwarder and Customs Broker.
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Overview
SEND is a Nigerian YC W20 logistics startup that acts as a digital freight forwarder and customs broker for Africa, offering a software-driven supply-chain operating system for shipping cargo by air and ocean, customs clearance, trucking, warehousing, document management, tracking, and supply-chain financing.
Primary product
Digital freight forwarding and customs brokerage platform for Africa
Founded
2017
Headquarters
Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria
Team size
11-50 employees
Industry
Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
Sub-industry
Digital freight forwarding / customs brokerage / freight management software
Offices
Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria (HQ)
Nigeria
United Kingdom
United States
Business model
B2B logistics services
software-enabled freight forwarding
customs brokerage
supply-chain finance
Funding
Stage
seed
Total raised
$250K
Latest round
Non-equity Assistance · Oct 2021
Latest amount
$100K
People & investors
Leadership
Founder / CEO
Co-founder & Head of Commercial Operations
Godwin Eyo
Customer Experience Partner
Founders
Co-founder
Work & culture
Public material describes a small, ambitious engineering team focused on shipping quickly without sacrificing stability, using CI/CD discipline and strong testing to reduce bugs and keep building.
Compensation
No public salary bands were found. Public hiring references indicate full-time roles in Nigeria, including at least one on-site customer-facing opening.
Product & market
Pricing
Quote-based freight forwarding and customs brokerage; public pricing is not disclosed.
Differentiators
- —End-to-end cargo management across air, ocean, road, customs, warehousing, and trucking
- —Real-time tracking and shipment visibility
- —Document management and cost transparency
- —Supply-chain financing support
- —Integrations with enterprise tools such as SAP, Salesforce, and QuickBooks
- —Africa-specific trade and logistics focus
Technology
SAP
Salesforce
QuickBooks
Sentry
CI/CD
staging/development pipeline
integration testing
Customers
Businesses importing and exporting cargo to and from Africa
Companies shipping by air and ocean
Customers needing customs clearance, trucking, warehousing, document handling, and supply-chain visibility
Competitors
Kale Logistics Solutions
WiseTech Global
Descartes
Flexport
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
$500K-$1M (GetLatka estimated 2024 ARR at $654.6K)
Estimated monthly visits
44.8K
Signals & risks
Other
May 2023The company said it would need to raise over $10m in equity and debt to fund expansion, while operating in a market constrained by port delays and logistics fragmentation.
SourceLatest news
Gulf Africa Review · May 2023
Summarized SEND’s planned expansion into East and Southern Africa and described its digital freight-forwarding and customs-brokerage platform.
The Africa Report · May 2023
Reported expansion plans into Kenya, Uganda, and South Africa, plus discussion of needing fresh capital and the operational challenges of African logistics.
Disrupt Africa · Mar 2023
Reported 220% year-on-year customer growth and that SEND was in the final stages of an acquisition transaction to expand into additional West African markets.
Technext · Feb 2021
Reported seed funding from Uncovered Fund, following an earlier $150K seed round associated with Y Combinator.
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