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The logistics industry is built on innovation, and startups have come to be a driving force behind that innovation. In the last few years, trucking, supply chain and logistics startups have emerged to disrupt the industry and drive it forward, especially in terms of digitization and automations. Check back here for the latest coverage and analysis of startups that are shaking up the industry.
Dan Crain profiles the important Newark, New Jersey logistics hub, as well as some of the logistics startups in the area.
Chinese warehousing robotics startup Geek+ is the most funded startup in the world in its segment.
Nikola Corp. founder and Executive Ehairman Trevor Milton says he is justified in threatening on Twitter to sue a reporter he accuses of lying about the startup electric truck maker to drive down its high-flying stock price.
CEO of on-demand driver platform talks about changing the face of trucking entrepreneurship
GoFor Industries closes on C$9.8 million seed round as it aims to expand its on-demand delivery platform for construction industry into more North American cities.
BackboneAI relies on real-time data synchronization to empower vendors to optimize their product flow to customers.
An investor talks about overcoming pattern recognition bias in venture capital
Beacon is a UK-based digital freight forwarder – one of many that have vowed to disrupt the freight forwarding industry.
The investment round was led by OGCI Climate Investments, a $1 billion+ fund that invests in solutions to decarbonize commercial transport.
Startup raises $11M in Series A round
Trevor Milton takes a $1 annual salary as CEO of newly public Nikola Corp., but his net worth on paper is approaching deca-billionaire status based on his 35% share of the battery electric and fuel cell truck startup’s shares.
Surging shares in electric Class 8 truck maker Nikola Corp. could help show the way for other high-tech transportation companies this year.
Berlin- and Paris-based startups are merging to become one of the largest digital trucking freight forwarding platforms in Europe.
Locus Robotics now has raised more than $100 million.
Digital freight forwarding startup Beacon raises $15 million in Series A investment.
Battery electric and fuel cell startup Nikola Corp., which surprised the trucking industry by having a “blank check company” back its bid to go public, expects its shares to begin trading under its own name on the NASDAQ later this week.
Until now, autonomous vehicle company Nuro had focused on food delivery
“A lot of those small trucking companies, they’ll come back.”
Wunder Mobility launches new offering that will make the company an all-in-one mobility solutions platform.
Amazon is looking to acquire self-driving technology startup Zoox, with talks being underway between the two companies.
