Trademo Reels In $12.5 Million Seed Round

<div class&equals;"row">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"col-sm-10 col-sm-offset-1">&NewLine;<p><strong><span class&equals;"xn-location">PALO ALTO <&sol;span><&sol;strong>&&num;8212&semi; Trademo&comma; a global supply chain intelligence company&comma; has secured <span class&equals;"xn-money">&dollar;12&period;5 million in<&sol;span> seed round funding&period; Trademo is building a global supply chain knowledge graph to help global-trade participants discover new opportunities&comma; remain compliant with regulations&comma; build operationally resilient supply chains&comma; and grow commerce&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Investors include Silicon Valley venture capitalists <span class&equals;"xn-person">Amit Singhal<&sol;span> &lpar;former SVP Google&rpar;&comma; Saama Capital&comma; <span class&equals;"xn-person">Neeraj Arora<&sol;span> &lpar;former Chief Business Officer of WhatsApp&rpar;&comma; <span class&equals;"xn-person">Sridhar Ramaswamy<&sol;span> &lpar;Founder&sol;CEO Neeva and former SVP Google&rpar; and <span class&equals;"xn-person">Shalabh Singhal<&sol;span> &lpar;founder&sol;CEO Trademo&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"row">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"col-sm-10 col-sm-offset-1">&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Global trade and supply chains have become increasingly complex over time&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s very difficult for a large majority of businesses to manage this complexity and avoid disruptions without using external intelligence&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said Ash Lilani&comma; Managing Partner&comma; Saama Capital&period; &&num;8220&semi;When 70&percnt; of companies reporting issues monitoring supply chains last year&comma; Trademo&&num;8217&semi;s solution comes at the right time and is using the right technology and approach to crack one of the most important problems of our times&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to a recent report by consulting firm AlixPartners&comma; global automakers alone could lose <span class&equals;"xn-money">&dollar;210 billion<&sol;span> in revenue this year because of supply chain disruptions&comma; nearly double what was forecasted earlier this year&period; White House officials are keeping an eye on analysts who estimate the chip shortage could cut nearly a percentage point from the gross domestic product &lpar;GDP&rpar; growth this year&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s resulted in waves of production shutdowns which have hurt hundreds of thousands of American workers employed in manufacturing jobs across the automotive and heavy trucking sector&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Global supply chains have rapidly become the foundation of our modern economy&period; Disruptions in global supply chains are evident from recent events like COVID-19&comma; the Suez Canal blockage and semiconductor shortages&period; Periodic trade disputes and environmental&comma; social and governance &lpar;ESG&rpar; concerns have further complicated supply chain management for every importer and exporter&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Trademo collects public and private data on global trade transactions&comma; restricted parties&comma; tariffs&comma; ESG and adverse media events using its proprietary algorithms&period; Trademo further connects and performs advanced data processing on billions of data points using technologies like graph database&comma; NLP and machine learning to build end-to-end visibility on global supply chains&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;We are thrilled to partner with world-class investors who have built and funded some of the most successful data-centered organizations on the planet&period; We are building a deep tech company and wanted partners who can appreciate the value of products on top of a central global supply chain knowledge graph&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said <span class&equals;"xn-person">Shalabh Singhal<&sol;span>&comma; Founder and CEO&comma; Trademo&period; &&num;8220&semi;Trademo will use these funds to invest in our products and  team and accelerate our vision of providing end-to-end supply chain visibility&comma; compliance and commerce solutions for global-trade participants&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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