Load-Me.com in the News all over GCC
Tech Crunch Interviews Sebastian Stefan CEO of LoadMe
Frederic Lardinois editor of TechCrunch Interviews Sebastian Stefan, the CEO and Co-founder of LoadMe.
Logistics Middle East about the P&G and LoadMe partnership
Case Study: Procter & Gamble’s on-demand advantage. The region’s largest FMCG manufacturer has teamed up with LoadME to bring Uber-like consumer benefits into its regional supply chain.
UAE-based Load-Me Raises $1M Series A Round
Featured article on Magnitt about LoadMe raising USD 1M and looking to close the total round of USD 5M before year-end.
UAE-based startup Load-Me raises $1m in a series A round
Startup Magazine featured an article about LoadMe the UAE-based startup that just raised $1m in a Series A round.
LoadMe raises $1 million in ongoing Series A round
B2B online transport marketplace LoadMe raises $1 million in ongoing Series A round. An article in Startup Bahrain
LoadMe among TC Top Picks of Disrupt Berlin 2018
TC Top Pick status at TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin 2018 - LoadMe made the top 5 in Mobility category. Visit LoadMe stand at TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin 2018 (29-30 November)
Top 100 Startups In The Middle East – 2018
LoadMe in the top 100 startups from Middle East.
Construction Business News - LoadMe
Construction Business News talks about digitizing the T&L industry and about LoadMe's mobile marketplace connecting shippers, logistics professionals, and drivers, giving them real-time information about shipments.
Productivity improves after Eid holiday - Arabian Business
Speaking to Arabian Business, Sebastian Stefan, co-founder and CEO of Load-Me, said time off work helps employees recover from strenuous routines in industries such as logistics.
The Sustainabilist - Issue 09
Article published in Issue no9 of The Sustainabilist about LoadMe Marketplace, disrupting a traditionally manual industry with new technology. (pages 46-47)
Top 5 Funded Transport & Logistics Startups in MENA
On-demand transport offered by startups allows the growing population in MENA to have access to quicker, more efficient and cheaper, transportation. Load-me is one of the top 5 Funded Transport & Logistics Startups in MENA
GCC transport and logistics firms need to embrace technology
Digital technology is transforming industries around the world, but most GCC companies in the vital transportation and logistics (T&L) industry are waiting and watching. Load-Me has created a mobile marketplace connecting shippers, logistics professionals.
Technology is changing the GCC’s logistics industry
Sebastian Stefan, Load-Me's CEO, points out Saudi Arabia's great potential for logistics growth: "Saudi Arabia is well positioned on the world’s busiest maritime route, and logistics is a key element in the infrastructure that will sustain the Vision 2030" ...
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and LoadME sign an MoU
Dubai Startup Hub, the entrepreneurship support arm of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, has facilitated deals for three UAE-based startups -LoadME, VUL 9, and Digital Falcon, the winners of its Market Access program
Load-Me on Air at Dubai Eye
Load-Me co-founder Sebastian Stefan in an interview on Dubai Eye Radio. Load-Me started as a finalist for Clix Program at World Future Energy Summit Abu Dhabi 2018 and ended up winning the 1st prize. Here's a radio interview with Sebastian Stefan CEO and co-founder of Load-Me.
Load-Me aims to cut carbon footprint by 10%
Once Load-Me reaches its targets, the traffic generated by heavy trucks will be reduced by 10 per cent in the UAE and the carbon emissions can be reduced by eight million tons a year in the GCC. S.Stefan interview - GulfNews.com
Load-Me keeps on trucking
Wamda talks about Load-Me's journey from a startup at Turn8’s accelerator program to the company that recently signed a deal with global consumer goods conglomerate Procter & Gamble.
LoadMe truck-sharing platform to expand into Arabic and Urdu
The National featured an interview with Sebastian Stefan - CoFounder and CEO of Load-Me.com, regarding the next step in expanding the Freight Exchange platform.
Smart Initiative Award - Gulf Traffic Awards
Load-Me is the winner of Smart Initiative Award at the 2016 Gulf Traffic Awards. The Awards honour companies and persons who have shown their commitment to developing and improving projects, initiatives or products for the benefit of the public and the region
Load-Me finalists at BDLAccelerate 2016
BDL Accelerate is the Mediterranean's largest tech acceleration event. Load-me participated this year with a booth and was selected for the finals.
Entrepreneur of the Week
Earlier this week, Arabian Business chose Sebastian Stefan, Load-Me's founder and CEO, as Entreprenour of the Week. Read more about Sebastian's profile created by Arabian Business.
1st Place on Intel Challenge MENA
The project Load Me from United Arab Emirates won the first prize during the final award ceremony of Intel Challenge ME, an Internet of Things (IoT) Competition that took place in Beirut
Best New Business Award for 2015
During the SME Stars of Business Awards Ceremony that took place in Dubai, Load-Me got the prize for The Best New Business of 2015. A well deserved recognition after the team's hard efforts to bust the company up
Load-Me Transforms the Freight Industry
The company has the potential to reduce traffic by 10% in UAE by helping truckers to increase their efficiency with the use of a load matching platform
The Best Innovation in Sustainability Award
The most prestigious recognition that Load-Me received for now is The Best Innovation in Sustainability Award, issued by the UAE's Minister of International Cooperation & Development on September 1st 2015 during The Global Innovation Summit
Global Innovation Summit 2015 presents the awards
The sustainability innovation award was presented to Sebastian Stefan for Load-Me, an app that increases chances of finding truck cargo for return trips and reduces the backhauling empty phenomenon. Load-Me implementation has the potential to reduce traffic by 10 per cent in UAE and CO2 emissions by a staggering 8 million tons in 2016 in GCC.
Middle East’s ‘Uber for freight’ matches empty trucks with loads
The idea for the platform came to Stefan from his background in logistics, he told MEConstructionNews.com. The concept, well established in Europe, is new to the Middle East.
4 tips for telematics in the Middle East
...the next Uber-like service for the trucking industry in the Middle East. Stefan noted that this event would allow him to meet telematics solution or service providers that might be interested in integrating their services in Load-Me.
Load-Me in Top 10 MENA Startups - 2015
ArabNet brings you its selection of 10 promising startups you should keep your eye on. Load-Me.com's unique project for the Middle East caught the eyes of the reporters from ArabNet and said that: \'Freight Companies in Dubai will Get a Kick Out of This\.
STEP Conference 2015
STEP 2015's Startup Basecamp was hosted by Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority. Load-Me.com is present among 100+ global startups to showcase at STEP 2015. ( STEP is the most disruptive event for technology, design, and gaming in the Middle East.)
Published in The National
UAEinnovators: startup launches an Uber for loadless lorries in the UAE | The National - Load me featured in The National's Business section with an interview with Co-founder Claudia Pacurar and Sebastian Stefan, chief executive of Load-Me.com, an online marketplace for shipments and lorries.
Present in GCC Pitch Challenge
The GCC Pitch Challenge event is characterized by its program which starts with five-minute pitches by startups with time for questions and answers. Load-Me was one of the 10 startups chosen for this event.
Load-Me.com mentioned in 7daysindubai
Under the title of: Do you have the next million-dirham technology idea that will change the world? - Load-Me shows the inovative Load Board that will match all trucks and loads in the Middle East, in real time.
Load-Me appreciated during our exhibit at Arabnet Riyad
Load-Me is among the recently selected six TURN8 start-ups that best suit the Saudi Arabian market and conducted a Private Investor Demo Day for Saudi angel investors during the ArabNet Riyadh 2014 show.
Load-Me at SLUSH Dubai
In September 2014 Load-Me was selected as one of the 8 finalist to pitch at SLUSH Dubai, a startup pitching international event hosted at Zero Gravity
Smart Living City Dubai
Load.Me won first place in the People's Choice Award category at Smart Living City Dubai. Smart Living City Dubai 2014 aims to bring together the best minds and technology together to improve upon the futures of Dubai and the world.
Turn 8
Load-Me.com was part of TURN8 seed accelerator program. This program is designed to encourage innovative entrepreneurship worldwide, starting with Dubai. A program that selects start-up teams with marketable ideas and supports them with funding, mentoring and training in exchange for a stake in any resulting business.
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