Betty Yan Liu

Founder and CEO at The Return Company

πŸ“ New York, New York, United StatesπŸ”„ Updated September 2026πŸ’Ό 2 investmentsπŸ“… 8 years investingπŸ—“ Last invested Apr 2019
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Board Observer
Apr 2019
fliit – Joining forces in food logistics We are a young and diverse team with years of industry experience, founded with the ambition to disrupt the logistics industry, in Germany and globally. Our goal is to make food logistics easy and efficient and to bring peace of mind to shippers and carriers. Therefore, we build a platform that connects both for optimal capacity utilization, increased flexibility and transparency. We ensure transparency and performance through access to dashboards with tracking and all essential KPIs. Thereby, we deliver one central integration for our clients that allows them to effortlessly organize their logistics and to maximize their operations'​ performance.
Board Observer
Oct 2018
Loadsmart revolutionizes the logistics landscape by combining cutting-edge technology with high-level transportation services to optimize freight spend, increase efficiency, and enhance service quality. Whether it be through managed transportation services, new generation TMS, dock scheduling software, truck management solutions, dynamic freight brokerage, or tailor-made optimization solutions, we empower shippers, carriers, and warehouses to move more with less.. For more information, please visit: https://loadsmart.com
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2020
Founder and CEO
2020
The Return Company is a fast-growing startup aiming to solve reverse logistics issues in the Furniture Industry. A tech-driven company offering furniture retailers solutions for their e-commerce return challenges, digitizing the return process, consolidating logistics services, and reselling through our online marketplace, where consumers will find incredible offers on recently returned open-box furniture from some of the best furniture brands in all major cities across the United States. By keeping sales local per city where items were returned, we help reduce CO2 emissions by up to 95%. For us, it's all about providing exceptional customer care, sharing beautiful designs, and promoting a more sustainable planet. We partner with furniture retailers to help save up to 60% on reverse logistics costs and eliminate return problems with eco-friendly end-to-end return solutions. Our process is simple: We pick up customer returns, re-sell them locally to reduce logistics costs and CO2 transport emissions and return the resale to the furniture retailer within seven days.
2019
Board Observer
Apr 2019
fliit – Joining forces in food logistics We are a young and diverse team with years of industry experience, founded with the ambition to disrupt the logistics industry, in Germany and globally. Our goal is to make food logistics easy and efficient and to bring peace of mind to shippers and carriers. Therefore, we build a platform that connects both for optimal capacity utilization, increased flexibility and transparency. We ensure transparency and performance through access to dashboards with tracking and all essential KPIs. Thereby, we deliver one central integration for our clients that allows them to effortlessly organize their logistics and to maximize their operations'​ performance.
2018
Board Observer
Oct 2018
Loadsmart revolutionizes the logistics landscape by combining cutting-edge technology with high-level transportation services to optimize freight spend, increase efficiency, and enhance service quality. Whether it be through managed transportation services, new generation TMS, dock scheduling software, truck management solutions, dynamic freight brokerage, or tailor-made optimization solutions, we empower shippers, carriers, and warehouses to move more with less.. For more information, please visit: https://loadsmart.com
Operating Partner
Jan 2018
Maersk Growth is the global partner for external innovation at A.P. Moller - Maersk on a mission to digitise, democratise, and decarbonise supply chains, investing in and partnering with promising startups to support new business models and technologies. We support thinkers and doers who focus on global challenges, and by investing in and partnering with them, we fast-track the adoption of smart logistics technologies, address supply chain inefficiencies, and create a more sustainable transport and logistics sector. If you have an opportunity you would like to present to our team; please send an email to growth@maersk.com.
2017
Maersk Transport & Logistics
Venture Partner - Growth - Head of Tradelens
Mar 2017