About GritCargo
GritCargo is an independent AI risk management platform for enterprises moving high-value cargo. We combine in-cargo sensors with AI analysis of the contracts that govern each shipment, giving the enterprise, and the insurers, banks and logistics providers it works with, a single, trusted record of cargo risk from origin to destination.
Why GritCargo exists
High-value cargo moves through a chain of custody that no single party can see. A consignment may pass between several transporters, depots, customs authorities and modes of transport before it reaches its destination, and each party holds only a fragment of the record. Losses are typically discovered on arrival, long after they could have been prevented.
The consequence extends well beyond the loss itself. Without reliable in-transit data, insurers price conservatively, apply broad exclusions or decline cover, and trade financiers limit the finance they will extend against goods in transit. GritCargo was founded to close that gap: to make cargo risk something that is measured continuously rather than estimated after the event.
Our history
GritCargo was founded in 2024 to address cargo theft, tampering and loss in high-value supply chains. Its starting point was the cargo itself: smart electronic seals and condition-monitoring sensors that report tampering, location, temperature and shock in real time, engineered in partnership with Mega Fortris, one of the world's largest security-seal manufacturers, trusted by supply chains worldwide for nearly 30 years.
In September 2025 GritCargo and Mega Fortris announced their partnership in Kuala Lumpur, and GritCargo brought its first devices to market, including the iMSecure smart seal and the iMSense real-time logger. Each deployment, across mining, fuel, pharmaceutical cold chain, perishables and cargo inspection, added to a growing body of data on how high-value cargo actually moves and where risk arises.
In 2026 GritCargo built on that foundation to become an AI risk management platform. The same in-cargo data is now read alongside the insurance policies, sales contracts and finance agreements attached to each shipment, so that a deviation in transit is understood as a change in risk. Working with insurers, the company has focused first on the mining corridors of Central Africa, where cargo is among the most valuable and least visible in the world. Each stage has extended the last: the devices established the record, and the platform turns that record into risk decisions.
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2024FoundedIn-cargo seals and sensors, engineered with Mega Fortris.
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2025First devices to marketPartnership announced in Kuala Lumpur; deployments across mining, fuel, cold chain, perishables and inspection.
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2026AI risk management platformIn-cargo data read alongside the contracts that govern each shipment, focused first on Central Africa's mining corridors.
What we do today
GritCargo provides one independent record of every consignment it monitors.
A verified chain of custody, stronger governance over goods in transit, and a basis for negotiating better insurance and finance terms.
Underwriting on measured risk and monitoring exposure for the duration of the policy.
Automated reporting to enterprise clients and a demonstrable risk record.
Greater confidence in the collateral they lend against.
Our approach
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01Independent by design
GritCargo does not insure, carry or own the cargo it monitors, so every party can rely on the same data.
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02Cargo-level, not vehicle-level
Sensors remain with the consignment through every change of custody and across every border.
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03Context-aware
Risk is assessed against the contractual terms that govern each shipment, not in isolation.
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04Continuously improving
Every shipment, incident and claim strengthens the platform's understanding of risk on a route.
Leadership
GritCargo is led by founder and Chief Executive Officer Craig Rivett, a South African entrepreneur with a record of building technology platforms at national scale. He founded the Namola safety platform, acquired by MultiChoice in 2022, and was the founding CEO of fibertime's internet service provider business. He was also the founder of Inqaku. The board is chaired by Pete Todd, former Chief Executive Officer of Mutual & Federal, who brings decades of experience in short-term insurance across Africa.
To discuss how GritCargo can support your organisation, please request a briefing.