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Yann Barbarroux and the price of being late
A Marseille childhood, a Wall Street career, and a question hiding in the cargo paperwork: who pays when everything arrives intact, but too late? Otonomi’s co-founder has built his working life around the risks that clocks create.
Daniel J. Yun and the missing minutes inside the box
Before co-founding Willog, Daniel J. Yun ran warehouses and trucks. Now he is building a record of what cargo experiences - and connecting that evidence to the decisions, disputes, and insurance that follow.
Jihyun Yoon and the trouble with a perfect record
In food distribution, Jihyun Yoon discovered that a tidy temperature log could conceal a messy journey. His work at Willog now connects cargo evidence to the decisions people make - and the losses insurance can cover.
Akad Seguros puts the broker in the fast lane
The Brazilian insurer bought a running business, then set about removing the waiting. Its bet: better tools can make the insurance broker more useful.
Otonomi
Otonomi is a New York-based insurtech that sells parametric insurance for cargo delays and disruptions across air, ocean, and e-commerce parcel shipments. Instead of the traditional claims process, its platform uses AI/ML underwriting, real-time shipment tracking, and blockchain-backed settlement to quote in seconds and pay out automatically once a delay crosses a defined threshold - regardless of cause. Founded in 2021 by Yann Barbarroux and Jeremy Sutton, the company targets freight forwarders, shippers, and brokers moving time-critical goods such as pharmaceuticals, perishables, high-tech components, and automotive parts.
Mundi
Mundi is a digital trade-finance platform that gives small and mid-sized Mexican exporters and importers fast access to working capital. Instead of waiting 30 to 90 days to be paid, businesses use Mundi to advance invoices, finance purchase orders, draw on revolving credit lines, and manage payments, FX and cargo insurance through a single online platform. Founded in 2020 and backed by Union Square Ventures, Mundi has financed more than $1 billion in cross-border trade to over 60 countries.
Nuvocargo
Nuvocargo is a digital-first freight forwarder and licensed U.S. customs broker built to simplify the $40B+ over-the-road freight market between the United States and Mexico. Through a single platform, it combines trucking, customs clearance, cargo insurance, carrier payments and trade finance, and is increasingly layering AI automation across the load lifecycle. Founded in 2019 by Deepak Chhugani, the New York- and Mexico City-based company has raised over $74M and rode the nearshoring wave to serve roughly 500 shippers including Kimberly-Clark, Nestle and Grupo Bimbo.
Overhaul
Overhaul is an Austin-based supply chain risk management and visibility company that helps global shippers and logistics providers see, protect, and control high-value cargo in transit. Its device-agnostic software combines real-time monitoring, predictive risk intelligence, a 24/7 Global Security Operations Center, and insurance and recovery services to prevent theft, damage, spoilage, and compliance failures. Founded in 2016 by supply-chain-security veteran Barry Conlon, Overhaul serves Fortune 100 brands across pharmaceuticals, technology, automotive, and food and beverage, and raised a $105M Series C in August 2025.