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Northbound: Slashing Demurrage & Detention Charges via Optimized Container Logistics Northbound reduces D&D charges for importers, freight forwarders, and 4PLs by providing live visibility of accruing fees and optimizing operational planning and execution for container flows from port to warehouse. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲: Annually, millions in D&D fees are paid unnecessarily by importers due to prolonged container stays at ports and delays in returning empty containers. These avoidable costs are caused by a lack of clear fee visibility and suboptimal operational planning, leading to missed customer commitments, delayed deliveries, and inefficient capacity use. 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: We bring D&D charges into real-time focus, allowing them to directly influence operational plans alongside the cargos required delivery date. These plans are dynamically updated daily to reflect changes in arrival times or capacity, ensuring efficiency and cost-effectiveness. 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗜𝘁 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀: Leveraging real-time visibility and a comprehensive D&D rate database, Northbound displays accruing charges for each container without needing integration into customer systems — making D&D monitoring and shipment planning simple. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁: Our clients see a significant reduction in D&D expenses, alongside enhanced customer satisfaction, improved capacity utilization, and smarter shipment prioritization. These benefits contribute to a streamlined logistics operation and a stronger bottom line. Discover how Northbound can enhance your logistics operations. For a demo or more information, visit our website www.gonorth.ai or get in touch.

MeVitae offers a comprehensive DE&I ecosystem of AI-powered HR tools meticulously crafted to detect and mitigate cognitive and algorithmic bias. Our advanced, data-driven tools not only detect success rate imbalances but also recommend interventions from a diverse toolkit, including options such as diversity training and CV anonymization to rectify these. This all-encompassing approach facilitates the development of well-informed strategies, empowering organizations to cultivate a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace. Email us hello@mevitae.com or visit www.mevitae.com for more information.

Buzz Solutions provides a platform for teams to manage and analyze data, collaborate, and export inspection results, fostering smart, stable, and resilient infrastructure inspections. We automate the process of infrastructure inspections for faults and anomalies by analyzing millions of visual data points captured by helicopters, drones and linemen in the field. Using our solution, our customers are saving immense time and money as a part of their inspections, while drastically improving the efficiency of their infrastructure inspections.

refive empowers merchants to identify, engage and retain every in-store customer.

ViaBot Inc. is a robotics startup building the next generation of utility robots.

Nature Coatings is a biochemicals company turning wood waste into the world's first 100% bio-based, certified and carbon negative black pigment. By ensuring a cost competitive and seamless transition from petroleum-based carbon black, our solution, BioBlack TX, is the new standard for black and is adopted by brands all over the world. Founded by Jane Palmer, a veteran in the pigment and dyes industry, Nature Coatings is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Our mission is to reduce global human carbon emissions by 1%. To get there, weve created the tools needed to realize zero-waste production and circular reuse— a future where nothing becomes trash. The worlds first 3D weaving tech, transforming yarn into clothes in minutes.

Made for the Daily Pursuit of Wellness. Wellness is not a static state. Its an active pursuit. That’s why we design fully supportive footwear for each persons path to vitality. Wellness looks different for everyone. Your footprint does too.

M-XR is developing the next generation 3D capture system, which is able to accurately and automatically digitise real-world objects. Through research and development, we have found proprietary methodologies that allow for the capture, measurement and conversion of real-world material properties -resulting in hyper-realistic 3D models that are indistinguishable from reality. Our award winning team is comprised of creatives, engineers and academics, working together to solve the biggest technical challenges in the world of 3D production.

Materras integrated technology accelerates the production of climate-resilient, equitable and sustainable cotton at scale. Ranging from experimental hydroponics to mass-market regenerative practices, Materra’s seed-to-bale solutions enable brands of all sizes to reach their sustainability goals with confidence and speed. Co-founded by Edward Brial, Edward Hill and John Bertolaso in 2019, Materra’s growing multidisciplinary team made up of designers, engineers, farmers and innovators, is based in London, UK and Ahmedabad, India. They cover everything from farming to engineering, implementation and legislation, designing products with and for farmers to empower them to become stewards of the environment. Materras accolades include its founders being recognized on the Forbes 30 under 30 Europe list in 2021, receiving the Common Objective Leadership Award in 2022 and being finalists for the ANDAM Innovation Prize in 2023.

Alacrity is a legal relationship management tool designed to help in house counsel answer 3 simple questions when engaging their law firms. 1) Which firm should I choose for a matter? 2) How much should I pay? 3) Did I get what was promised to me in terms of service, costs, and staffing? We give you access to qualitative and quantitative data around spend, feedback, diversity and staffing on your matters so you have the information you need to improve performance and deliver results. We know relationships are important and that value is much more important than price alone when selecting a law firm. Book a demo now so we can show you how you can get more value from your legal firms.

At Cerebra, we are driven by a desire to shape a sustainable world where everybody can make better decisions. We give retailers the power to boost their businesses using data-driven direction without guesswork. Cerebra’s No-Code Decision Intelligence solution analyzes all available external signals and applies this to the company’s internal data, providing the path to optimal results based on the desired business outcome. This is how we leverage the full potential of connected data. Backed by Notion Capital and Wing.vc, Cerebra is on a fast-growth trajectory and is hiring great talent to shape the future of retail together.

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Q-Bot develops intelligent tools using robotics and AI that can inspect, monitor and maintain the health of our buildings and infrastructure. Q-Bot’s mission is to transform the built environment with robotics and AI to become a global leader in construction innovation. Initial research efforts developed a method of applying of under floor insulation using a robotic device that has now been successfully commercialised. The solutions developed by Q-Bot have a number of benefits: • They empower operators, making them safer and more productive. • They allow quicker and more effective execution of tasks. • They create buildings that are energy efficient, cheaper to run, and much more comfortable. As a result of this work Q-Bot has developed a number of exciting robotic and AI technologies which can be deployed across a range of applications. They include robotic vehicles, advanced manufacturing and 3D printing techniques, control routines for autonomous localisation and navigation, 3D mapping of environments with automatic categorisation of features, as well as tools to manage the installation process and data collected. “Q-Bot was established to use the full potential of technology to address the opportunity that we could see existed in the built environment. Advances in robotics and AI meant processes that in some cases hadn’t changed in hundreds of years could now be done quicker, safer and to a measurable quality. Using robots to install underfloor insulation was the starting point on this journey.” – Mathew Holloway, CEO The company has a growing team of over 40 employees in offices in London and Newcastle. Q-Bot is run by an experienced management team with an entrepreneurial track record, project management expertise and unique blend of robotics and building know how. The company’s employees are a unique blend of engineers with Masters and PhDs in Science or Engineering and professionals with decades of practical experience in construction.

Q-Bot develops intelligent tools using robotics and AI that can inspect, monitor and maintain the health of our buildings and infrastructure. Q-Bot’s mission is to transform the built environment with robotics and AI to become a global leader in construction innovation. Initial research efforts developed a method of applying of under floor insulation using a robotic device that has now been successfully commercialised. The solutions developed by Q-Bot have a number of benefits: • They empower operators, making them safer and more productive. • They allow quicker and more effective execution of tasks. • They create buildings that are energy efficient, cheaper to run, and much more comfortable. As a result of this work Q-Bot has developed a number of exciting robotic and AI technologies which can be deployed across a range of applications. They include robotic vehicles, advanced manufacturing and 3D printing techniques, control routines for autonomous localisation and navigation, 3D mapping of environments with automatic categorisation of features, as well as tools to manage the installation process and data collected. “Q-Bot was established to use the full potential of technology to address the opportunity that we could see existed in the built environment. Advances in robotics and AI meant processes that in some cases hadn’t changed in hundreds of years could now be done quicker, safer and to a measurable quality. Using robots to install underfloor insulation was the starting point on this journey.” – Mathew Holloway, CEO The company has a growing team of over 40 employees in offices in London and Newcastle. Q-Bot is run by an experienced management team with an entrepreneurial track record, project management expertise and unique blend of robotics and building know how. The company’s employees are a unique blend of engineers with Masters and PhDs in Science or Engineering and professionals with decades of practical experience in construction.

Northbound: Slashing Demurrage & Detention Charges via Optimized Container Logistics Northbound reduces D&D charges for importers, freight forwarders, and 4PLs by providing live visibility of accruing fees and optimizing operational planning and execution for container flows from port to warehouse. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲: Annually, millions in D&D fees are paid unnecessarily by importers due to prolonged container stays at ports and delays in returning empty containers. These avoidable costs are caused by a lack of clear fee visibility and suboptimal operational planning, leading to missed customer commitments, delayed deliveries, and inefficient capacity use. 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: We bring D&D charges into real-time focus, allowing them to directly influence operational plans alongside the cargos required delivery date. These plans are dynamically updated daily to reflect changes in arrival times or capacity, ensuring efficiency and cost-effectiveness. 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗜𝘁 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀: Leveraging real-time visibility and a comprehensive D&D rate database, Northbound displays accruing charges for each container without needing integration into customer systems — making D&D monitoring and shipment planning simple. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁: Our clients see a significant reduction in D&D expenses, alongside enhanced customer satisfaction, improved capacity utilization, and smarter shipment prioritization. These benefits contribute to a streamlined logistics operation and a stronger bottom line. Discover how Northbound can enhance your logistics operations. For a demo or more information, visit our website www.gonorth.ai or get in touch.

MeVitae offers a comprehensive DE&I ecosystem of AI-powered HR tools meticulously crafted to detect and mitigate cognitive and algorithmic bias. Our advanced, data-driven tools not only detect success rate imbalances but also recommend interventions from a diverse toolkit, including options such as diversity training and CV anonymization to rectify these. This all-encompassing approach facilitates the development of well-informed strategies, empowering organizations to cultivate a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace. Email us hello@mevitae.com or visit www.mevitae.com for more information.

Buzz Solutions provides a platform for teams to manage and analyze data, collaborate, and export inspection results, fostering smart, stable, and resilient infrastructure inspections. We automate the process of infrastructure inspections for faults and anomalies by analyzing millions of visual data points captured by helicopters, drones and linemen in the field. Using our solution, our customers are saving immense time and money as a part of their inspections, while drastically improving the efficiency of their infrastructure inspections.

refive empowers merchants to identify, engage and retain every in-store customer.

ViaBot Inc. is a robotics startup building the next generation of utility robots.