ZIM & Marius Nacht complete additional investment in WAVE BL, a leading provider of a paperless Bill of Lading solution Haifa, Israel – March 15, 2021.
ZIM and Marius Nacht, one of Israel’s leading serial entrepreneurs and investors, announced today that both have jointly invested in a Series B round of WAVE BL, a developer of a groundbreaking blockchain network that supports paperless trade in the shipping industry.
The two investors led a round of approximately $8 million to accelerate the global implementation of WAVE BL’s technology. <br.
ZIM pioneered the first paperless electronic bill of lading pilot in the shipping industry in 2017 using WAVE BL’s platform and has since widely expanded its use to become the industry leader. Electronic bill of lading is currently offered to ZIM customers worldwide, requiring only a simple onboarding process that ZIM supports.
Digitization of bills of lading is revolutionizing shipping documentation, sharply reducing time, complexity, errors, and costs for all parties involved while maintaining a high level of security and, importantly, being far more sustainable than the traditional paper bill of lading.
Aligning with international rules, standards, and insurance coverage such as IG P&I Clubs and eUCP 600, WAVE BL’s one-of-a-kind decentralized, digital documentation solution is changing the shipping industry as it becomes the new industry benchmark enabling secure and efficient remote business continuity.
Proceeds will be used to support the development of WAVE BL’s business and further implement its pioneering technology supporting paperless trade in the shipping industry and other sectors.
ZIM President and CEO Eli Glickman:
“Our early adoption of WAVE BL’s blockchain-based platform to promote paperless trade highlights our leadership in utilizing digital strategies to best serve customers and has proven extremely successful for ZIM and for changing the industry. Today, ZIM is an industry leader in paperless shipping processes. We are seeing growing interest from others in our sector to adopt the platform reflecting the significant benefits it provides to both customers and carriers. This new investment in WAVE BL is a step forward in the path to a more digitized and sustainable future, in accordance with our vision and values.”
ZIM CIO Eyal Ben-Amram:
“Since completing the integration of WAVE BL’s platform with our system, we can offer every customer the ability to enjoy the vast benefits of paperless shipping, which is especially crucial during COVID-19. We are pleased and proud to continue our support of this exciting and leading company.”
WAVE BL CEO Gadi Ruschin:
“Our partnership with ZIM has enabled us to introduce our pioneering technology to a vast audience as we endeavor to become the shipping industry-standard in paperless trade. We are extremely pleased with the continued faith and commitment of ZIM and Marius Nacht in our company and look forward to leading the wave of the future in shipping.”
Ophir Shoham, who co-led the round on behalf of Marius Nacht:
“We are proud to continue supporting WAVE BL’s remarkable technology and believe in its disruptive potential, leading to a fundamental change in the way business is conducted across countless sectors and industries. We are very impressed with the great progress the team has made and excited to invest in WAVE BL’s trail-blazing platform.”
To learn more about ZIM’s digital documentation platform and eBL service, click here.
About ZIM
ZIM (NYSE: ZIM) is a global, asset-light container liner shipping company with leadership positions in the markets in which it operates. Founded in Israel in 1945, ZIM is one of the oldest shipping lines, with over 75 years of experience, providing customers with innovative seaborne transportation and logistics services with a reputation for industry-leading transit times, schedule reliability, and service excellence. Additional information about ZIM is available at www.zim.com.
About WAVE BL:
WAVE BL is a blockchain-based digital courier platform that mirrors the traditional process for transferring original paper documents—electronically. WAVE BL’s solution enables instant, encrypted, and authenticated transfers of digital documents. www.wavebl.com
About Marius Nacht:
Marius Nacht is one of Israel’s leading serial entrepreneurs, founders, and investors. He co-founded Check Point Software and is the Co-Founder & Anchor Investor of aMoon Funds, a growing health tech platform managing over $1.1B. Mr. Nacht is an entrepreneur and investor in dozens of companies in life sciences, healthcare, software, AI, mobility, cybersecurity, environment, energy, and semiconductors.
