OneRail, a leading provider of solutions in last mile omnichannel fulfillment, recently announced a strategic growth capital investment led by Los Angeles-based Aliment Capital, a global investment firm investing across the food value system, health and nutrition, and the supply chain. The partnership and financing will fund further enhancement of OneRail’s software as a service (SaaS) platform, OmniPoint®, expanding capabilities that enable dynamic fulfillment and a seamless unified commerce experience for consumers, and comes amidst a challenging funding environment. A recent McKinsey report found that venture capital funding in the logistics sector has seen a 90% decline over the past two years.
“This new financing enables us to deepen our decision logic upstream, in the inventory and order routing process, while continuing to expand our last mile fulfillment market penetration,” OneRail Founder and CEO Bill Catania said, referring to OneRail’s June acquisition of Orderbot, an inventory and distributed order management solution. “The Orderbot acquisition helps solve some of the acute challenges facing retailers and wholesalers, including split orders, out-of-stocks and canceled orders, through order routing logic that enables the dynamic selection of inventory from an array of fulfillment locations within a localized geography (based on order, shipping status and delivery cost) in real time,” Catania said. “We’re strengthening our commitment to data science, machine learning and AI, enhancing our ability to offer the most robust multimodal, multi-carrier solution in the industry and derive deeper, more actionable insights from the extensive data that our platform generates, leading to lower fulfillment costs.”
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“OneRail is uniquely positioned to assist its leading global customer base in meeting intensifying consumer demand for same-day delivery, an increasingly critical capability for retailers’ last mile supply chain strategy. We are extremely impressed by the scale and capabilities of the OmniPoint platform, as well as their rapid growth and leading reputation in the sector. OneRail is contributing to a more resilient and sustainable supply chain, a growing focus for enterprise customers. We are enthusiastic to partner with Bill Catania and his exceptional team and excited to leverage Aliment’s expertise and ecosystem to support OneRail,” said Timothy Bluth, Principal at Aliment Capital.
OmniPoint automates fulfillment orchestration and last mile logistics, intelligently selecting the right place to fulfill inventory from, the right shipping mode and the right carrier to optimize every order. OneRail is well positioned to take a growing share of the logistics technology market, with year-over-year revenue growth of 102%.
Other high-profile investors include Lowe’s Home Improvement. Lowe’s announced its partnership with OneRail in July 2023, when it expanded same-day delivery service nationwide for orders placed on Lowes.com and the Lowe’s mobile app. Lowe’s invested in OneRail to be an early-stage investor in a company that helps it create a best-in-class omnichannel ecosystem for its Pro and DIY customers. Lowe’s bolstered its partnership with OneRail through a direct investment in 2024.
SOURCE: Businesswire