Forto operates a supply chain digitization platform serving manufacturers and e-commerce brands across freight forwarding, booking, documentation, and tracking. The hiring mix—skewed heavily toward sales (6 roles) with engineering (4) and data (1)—reflects a sales-led scaling phase. Active projects signal internal platform maturation: real-time shipment matching, ML-based capacity forecasting, and automated carrier agreement ingestion point toward reducing operational friction rather than feature breadth.
Notable leadership hires: Head of Engineering
Forto is a Berlin-based supply chain software company founded in 2016, serving over 2,500 customers across manufacturers and e-commerce. The platform spans offer management, booking, document administration, tracking, and exception handling—aiming to provide visibility and control across the full freight workflow. With 500+ employees across 15 locations in Europe and Asia (Berlin, Milan, Ho Chi Minh City, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai), Forto operates across air, sea, and rail freight modalities. The tech stack centers on Salesforce, Tableau, Looker Studio, and AWS/Azure/GCP cloud infrastructure, with Node.js and JavaScript/TypeScript for application development.
Forto uses Salesforce for CRM, Tableau and Looker Studio for analytics, AWS/Azure/GCP for cloud infrastructure, and Node.js with JavaScript/TypeScript for platform development. GitHub Copilot is also in active use.
Forto is headquartered in Berlin, Germany and operates 15 locations globally, including offices in Milan, Ho Chi Minh City, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Shanghai across Europe and Asia.
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