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The Janus Doctrine

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The Guardian of Global Trade

Synchronizing goods, money, and information.

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The Janus Doctrine

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The Guardian of Global Trade

Synchronizing goods, money, and information.

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The Janus Doctrine

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The Guardian of Global Trade

Synchronizing goods, money, and information.

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Our North Star

Move freight & money globally, without borders.

Our Mission

Make every shipment profitable for freight forwarders through unified operations and payments.

Our Origin

Global trade runs on physical movement, but its financial rails still depend on manual processes, fragmented data, and slow cross-border banking. Freight forwarders sit at the center of this tension. They are the connective tissue of global commerce, yet the tools around them remain shaped by past eras.

For decades, technology has optimized ships, aircraft, trucks, and warehouses. The financial layer beneath those movements has barely changed. Data stays trapped in documents, payments lag physical events, and capital moves slower than goods.

We build Janus to change that.

We started with documents because that is where trade actually begins. We are focused on building a platform that connects the critical elements that make global trade work: information, money, and goods.

Not another TMS.
Not another lender.

A financial operating system for freight.

Our Convictions

We hold a small set of principles about how global trade should work.

Freight forwarders and carriers form the operational backbone of global trade. They coordinate the physical movement of goods across borders, modes, and jurisdictions.

Finance belongs inside operations, not beside them.
Forwarders should not juggle banks, FX desks, factoring firms, and spreadsheets to keep freight moving. Pricing, settlement, and capital should operate seamlessly.

Capital should move at the speed of verified information.
Modern trade finance only works when shipment events, documents, and rates are captured as they occur and trusted across every party in the chain.

Cash cycles should match physical cycles.
When goods move and work is complete, settlement should trigger automatically rather than weeks later through manual reconciliation.

Trade demands global systems.
Pricing, settlement, and credit cannot stop at borders, banking hours, or correspondent networks. The infrastructure of commerce must operate continuously, across jurisdictions, and at scale.

Our Method

We build for operators.

Janus is designed alongside freight forwarders and carriers. We start where trade actually happens: in rate sheets, shipment events, invoices, and documents moving through inboxes, files, and TMSs.

That information is structured and verified. On top of this operational foundation sit three coordinated systems:

Freight Intelligence
Rates and quotes embedded directly in workflows.

Freight Settlement
Invoice audits to minimize revenue leakage.

Freight Finance
Embedded payments and working capital released against verified freight activity and receivables.

We build infrastructure that absorbs complexity in the background, moves data reliably across borders, settles funds with clarity, and unlocks liquidity without eroding margins.

The Builders

Co-founder, Growth & Ops

Philipp Tessmann

Freight operator with hands-on experience managing and deploying digital solutions across major freight forwarding companies and logistics platforms. Specialized in operational excellence, workflow design, and the practical realities of running global supply chains.

Co-founder, Growth & Ops

Philipp Tessmann

Freight operator with hands-on experience managing and deploying digital solutions across major freight forwarding companies and logistics platforms. Specialized in operational excellence, workflow design, and the practical realities of running global supply chains.

Co-founder, Growth & Ops

Philipp Tessmann

Freight operator with hands-on experience managing and deploying digital solutions across major freight forwarding companies and logistics platforms. Specialized in operational excellence, workflow design, and the practical realities of running global supply chains.

Co-founder, Product & Finance

Newton Davis

Finance and technology strategist with experience advising global telecommunications and mobility enterprises in Asia and South Americas. Background in VC and private equity, with a focus on financial structuring, scaling technology businesses, and capital efficiency.

Co-founder, Product & Finance

Newton Davis

Finance and technology strategist with experience advising global telecommunications and mobility enterprises in Asia and South Americas. Background in VC and private equity, with a focus on financial structuring, scaling technology businesses, and capital efficiency.

Co-founder, Product & Finance

Newton Davis

Finance and technology strategist with experience advising global telecommunications and mobility enterprises in Asia and South Americas. Background in VC and private equity, with a focus on financial structuring, scaling technology businesses, and capital efficiency.

Co-founder, Technology

Tammo Depping

Technology entrepreneur and seasoned software architect with decades of experience building bespoke enterprise systems. Has delivered mission-critical systems for leading transport, retail, and manufacturing companies worldwide.

Co-founder, Technology

Tammo Depping

Technology entrepreneur and seasoned software architect with decades of experience building bespoke enterprise systems. Has delivered mission-critical systems for leading transport, retail, and manufacturing companies worldwide.

Co-founder, Technology

Tammo Depping

Technology entrepreneur and seasoned software architect with decades of experience building bespoke enterprise systems. Has delivered mission-critical systems for leading transport, retail, and manufacturing companies worldwide.

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