Michigan-based temperature-controlled logistics provider Lineage Logistics has acquired Turvo, a provider of supply chain management, collaboration and visibility software.

Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

The acquisition is an extension of the companies’ long-standing partnership, including a previous investment in California-based Turvo by Lineage Ventures and combined vision for supply chain collaboration. With Lineage’s backing, Turvo aims to accelerate innovation in its technology offering and expand into new and adjacent markets under its own brand as a wholly owned subsidiary of Lineage.

“Lineage’s acquisition of Turvo was a natural extension of our partnership, through which we successfully launched Lineage Link last year,” said Adam Forste, co-executive chairman of Lineage and managing partner at Bay Grove, which founded and manages Lineage. “We wholeheartedly believe in Turvo’s mission to increase visibility and synergies within the supply chain, and we see this as an opportunity for additional value creation for both Lineage and Turvo customers. I look forward to leading the new Turvo board of directors and working with leadership to advance its roadmap to drive smarter, more sustainable supply chains.”

Scott Lang, CEO of Turvo, added: “Today is an exciting time for Turvo’s employees, customers and partners. With backing from Lineage and Bay Grove, Turvo will accelerate innovation with much greater reach and scale than ever before, further advancing supply chain digitisation globally. Our customers will benefit from greater investments into our vision and our technology.”

Lineage Logistics has a network of more than 400 facilities in twenty countries across North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific. 

“The acquisition comes amid a spike in demand for transportation and warehousing and at a time in which the supply chain faces unprecedented challenges,” said Sudarsan Thattai, Lineage’s chief transformation officer. “In joining forces with Turvo, we have a unique opportunity to alleviate the impact of those challenges for customers. Driver shortages and port congestion, for instance, are addressable by decreasing the number of trucks or containers required to deliver a product from farm to fork. Turvo’s platform matches customers to truck, rail or container assets that would otherwise be underutilised.”

Turvo provides a collaboration application designed for the supply chain. It connects people and organisations, allowing shippers, logistics providers and carriers to unite their supply chains, improve customer experiences, collaborate in real time and accelerate growth. The technology unifies all systems, internal and external, to execute all operations and analytics while eliminating redundant manual tasks and automating business processes.

“Deepening our relationship with Turvo shows how committed we are to innovation that furthers our purpose of transforming the food supply chain to eliminate waste and help feed the world,” said Greg Lehmkuhl, CEO of Lineage. “Through this investment we will accelerate industry-leading technology that leverages supply chain synergies at scale, addressing issues of density and utilisation across the network and decreasing complexity and waste in the supply chain for all participants, from customers to shippers to carriers.”

Turvo is based in the San Francisco Bay Area with offices in Dallas, Texas, and Hyderabad, India.