YQNlink

YQN (运去哪, also called YQNlink) is a B2B platform launched in Shanghai in February 2015. Shippers use it to get freight quotes, book and track shipments, and pay online. Services also cover trucking, customs clearance, insurance and overseas warehousing in North America and Mexico, and the company says it uses AI to predict vessel schedules and automate document handling. In May 2021 it raised a $100M D1 round, which brought its valuation to unicorn level (about $1B); investors include Coatue, Sequoia China, DCM and Source Code Capital. It says it served about 20,000 companies, expected 700,000 TEU of volume in 2021, and had about 1,500 staff in 25+ countries by 2025.