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Beacon
Supply Chain Visibility Platform
- 21-100 employees
- B2B
- Logistics
- Freight
- Analytics
- Supply Chain
- SaaS
- API
- Cloud Computing
- 25 Wilton Rd, Pimlico, London SW1V 1LW
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Company mission
To help businesses simplify and optimise their supply chains with end-to-end visibility, supplier payments, and insights.
Otta's take
Sam Franklin
CEO of Otta
The trillion-dollar freight forwarding industry is ripe for disruption, with 43% of the market dominated by just ten firms. Starting out as a digital freight forwarding company for SMEs, Beacon has used its experience of the customer journey and the pain points for shippers to develop a SaaS platform that gives supply chain visibility and management tools to the array of stakeholders within the supply chain.
Beacon's goal is to empower its customers, which it does by connecting supply chain data, providing them with analytical tools for rapid decision-making and giving them access to growth capital. This range of services, flexibility of its platform, and its time as a freight forwarding company allows Beacon to meet the needs of disparate stakeholders across the supply chain, from buyers to logistics managers. This has given it a major edge against its competitors' inflexible enterprise solutions.
Beacon has received funding in a Series B round with participation from Jeff Bezo. With the backing of industry leaders and its large and growing customer base, Beacon appears to be poised for future success.
Benefits
- We provide private healthcare, mindfulness resources and company-wide focus days to help keep our teams on top of their priorities
- All teams offer some form of hybrid working, providing the benefit of working from an office, or from home
- Pension contributions to make sure you’re provided for
- Feel invested in Beacon’s growth with share options and referral bonuses
- We offer parental and adoption leave as well as flexible working hours to support parents’ return to work
Company values
- Always customer obsessed - We take the time to understand our customers’ needs and put the customer first – even if it means choosing the harder path
- Think big - We appreciate that the best ideas can come from anywhere – we challenge ourselves to build something amazing at the largest scale
- Authentic & inclusive - We embrace diversity of thought, openness, and honesty – allowing everyone to be their authentic selves and create an environment where we can truly innovate
- Be an Owner - We are all owners – we take responsibility and empower each other to do so. We own outcomes and act decisively so we can succeed or 'fail fast'
- Collaborate & Build - We collaborate based on a foundation of trust and support. We commit to decisions together and build solutions with determination and speed
- Insist on the highest standards - We are building the best-in-class customer experience and team. We continuously dig deep to seek out opportunities to be even better
Funding (2 rounds)
Oct 2021
$50m
SERIES B
Jun 2020
$15m
SERIES A
$65m
Total funding
This company has top investors
Founders
Fraser Robinson
(CEO)Prior to Co-Founding Beacon, Fraser led Uber’s Business in EMEA and before that held senior roles in technology and e-commerce startups for over two decades.
Dmitri Izmailov
(COO)Prior to Co-Founding Beacon, Dmitri was the General Manager of Uber in Russia and prior to that worked as a Management Consultant in New York.
People progressing
Rachael has been with us for over 3 years, beginning life at Beacon in Global Operations until moving into an Account Management role, making sure our customers have the best experience possible!
James joined Beacon 2 years ago as a Data Analyst, and after working his way up to a senior level he took the chance to move into a Product Management position!
Diversity & Inclusion at Beacon
- Our culture at Beacon is founded on inclusivity and equal opportunity. We see inclusion as the ability to be your authentic self in an environment where we embrace diversity of all types, including thought, openness, and honesty.
- By embedding our #Authentic&Inclusive value in everything we do at Beacon, we are creating a culture where our employees feel that they belong, and can truly innovate.
- For more information on initiatives and policies see our recent inclusion blog post 👉 https://beacon.com/news-dib/
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Tech & tools (1)
Meaningful work (1)
Nice people (1)
Intelligent people (1)
Supportive management (1)
Growing fast (1)
Beacon has the tools and technology in place that really supports its colleagues and makes our process's effortless and really efficient. It has been a real surprise seeing how much effort, time, and money Beacon have put into their tech and tools, it alleviates a tonne of the normal blockers we've all experienced.
People, HR, Recruitment
Tech & tools
Sep 2021
I logged into my diary on the first day and found that all the team had already put the time in to meet me and that made me feel very welcome. Everybody has offered their support and has gone out of their way to help me. I also feel the people here are really easy to talk to and get along with.
People, HR, Recruitment
Nice people
Sep 2021
I feel like the colleagues I work with are some of the smartest people I have ever worked with. They are amazing at what they do and are open to innovation and ideas. I feel like we are building one of the best teams in our industry.
People, HR, Recruitment
Intelligent people
Sep 2021
I was impressed how the managers at Beacon set up one on one often and always made sure that the employees are doing ok. Even during the WFH enviornment, (and before I met the managers in person) I always felt very comfortable going to the managers when there was something.
People, HR, Recruitment
Supportive management
Aug 2021
One of the most exciting things about Beacon...! The company is growing so fast and we can feel that in our day to day work. You will never get bored cause there always will be something exciting happening. It is such an amazing feeling to be able to be a part of it and when you know your work will impact the changes a lot.
People, HR, Recruitment
Growing fast
Aug 2021
Cause we are a start up, a lot of the work I completed when I joined was building the process and structure which you will not be able to experience in that many places and I enjoyed that so much. Your work will give a big impact to the employees and you can actually see that which is such a great feeling.
People, HR, Recruitment
Meaningful work
Aug 2021
