Morgan Stanley Inclusive & Sustainable Ventures, Digital Africa (Fuzé) and others have invested in Ridelink as it scales its multi-revenue logistics ecosystem across frontier and global trade corridors.
KAMPALA, UGANDA – Monday, [17.11.2025] — Ridelink, the AI-powered logistics and trade-infrastructure company modernising how businesses move goods, money, and data across borders, has announced the final close of its oversubscribed $1.1 million pre-seed round. This round was a proof of global collaboration and confidence in the solution Ridelink offers. Participants included Morgan Stanley Inclusive & Sustainable Ventures, Digital Africa’s Fuzé Fund, Orbit Ventures, Expert Dojo, and the Google Black Founders Fund.
This investment reinforces Ridelink’s position as a global market-leading logistics marketplace that now integrates AI intelligence and embedded finance to create deeper value for its customers. The company continues to scale rapidly across key trade corridors globally, solving inefficiencies that cost frontier economies over $150 billion annually.
Marketplace at the Core — Now Supercharged by AI and Finance
Since launching its B2B logistics platform in 2021, Ridelink has built one of the most extensive tech-enabled carrier networks in Africa and is growing in global markets, connecting 6,000+ SMEs and 275 enterprises—including clients like PepsiCo—to over 25,000 vetted transporters. The marketplace remains the engine of the business, powering millions of dollars in monthly GMV and driving the company’s strong year-over-year growth.
Around this marketplace, Ridelink has layered complementary technologies that make the platform more intelligent, predictable, and profitable:
● Adrian AI — Intelligence Layer: Predictive pricing, smart matching, and route optimisation that increase shipment reliability and generate proprietary logistics data.
● Boo$T — Finance Layer: Embedded trade credit that strengthens liquidity and retention for shippers using the Ridelink marketplace.
Together, these components create a multi-revenue ecosystem where global logistics transactions, financial services, and data analytics reinforce one another—enhancing stickiness and long-term customer value.
Oscar Ramos, Managing General Partner at Orbit Ventures, said, “Ridelink is driving innovation in logistics to unlock economic development by connecting data, finance, and infrastructure. We’re excited to join the team and bring Orbit’s insights and connections from scaling fintech and logistics solutions across emerging markets to support the company’s next phase of growth.”
The Future Is Global: Scaling the Marketplace and Financialization
The new capital will primarily fund product and engineering to deepen marketplace automation, expand corridor coverage, and scale both Adrian AI and Boo$T as integrated enablers of the core logistics platform.
“Our marketplace remains the heart of what we do,” said Daniel Mukisa, CEO of Ridelink. “What we’re adding are intelligent systems that make trade faster, financing tools that make it more liquid, and analytics that make it more predictable. Since 2021, we’ve proven that our engine works—and now we’re building the extensions that make it unstoppable.”
With this oversubscribed round complete, Ridelink is preparing for its Seed / Pre-Series A raise, aimed at expanding its technology stack, scaling marketplace liquidity across Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, and building strategic trade bridges with global hubs such as the United States.
About Ridelink
Ridelink is an AI-powered logistics and trade-infrastructure platform that connects businesses with vetted transporters, predictive pricing, and embedded finance across global trade corridors. Its marketplace sits at the centre of a growing ecosystem where logistics, data, and finance converge—making trade more predictable, affordable, and financially inclusive.
Backed by Morgan Stanley Inclusive & Sustainable Ventures, Digital Africa (Fuzé), Orbit Startups, Google Black Founders Fund, and Expert Dojo, Ridelink is headquartered in Kampala and operates across multiple frontier markets.
