Startups

Consumer enthusiasm and sky-high valuations disguise a bevy of industry challenges.

There is an abundance of data coming out of food supply chains, and it is important for stakeholders to verify and validate these data points and leverage blockchain to functionally push supply chains forward.

This article brought to you courtesy of NEXT Trucking Transloading services are becoming an increasingly popular option for international shippers looking to beat the cost of carrier haulage by an ocean carrier and to better manage their inventory.  Transloading refers to moving freight cargo from an international 40- or 45-foot ocean container to a domestic […]

Rivigo, a freight and logistics startup in India, has raised $65 million in a Series E round led by existing investors Warburg Pincus and SAIF Partners. The startup plans to use the new capital to further expand its network and tech infrastructure. Founded in 2014 by Gazal Kalra and Deepak Garg, Rivigo owns and operates […]

U.K.-based Kontainers is releasing a new version of its freight booking software platform aimed at the small and mid-size enterprise market and priced per transaction. The software-as-a-service company said Kontainers Essentials, the third iteration of its ecommerce platform, enables smaller freight forwarders “to immediately compete with new digital first market forwarding entrants.” The five-year old […]

The blue-collar job market still uses conventional methods for sourcing and recruitment, making the industry highly inefficient, complex and opaque. Wonolo is automating the redundant manual processes to improve the situation.

Brian Aoaeh has written a thought-provoking commentary on the impact of climate change on supply chains, and what governments, companies and startups can do to mitigate supply chain disruptions.

Opus9 is now offering to match shippers with drayage carriers as it expands coverage to major U.S. ports. The Sunnyvale, California-based startup, which already offers load matching and digital brokerage for truckload and less-than-truckload freight, wants to bring the same level of automation to drayage, said Chief Executive Alex Ryu.  He said the new service […]

Booster, the same-day fuel delivery service, has announced it raised $56 million Series C funding led by Invus Opportunities, with participation from existing partners Madrona Venture Group, Vulcan Capital, Maveron, Conversion Capital and Perot Jain LP. The four-year old Silicon Valley startup is also adding two new strategic investors – Enterprise Holdings Ventures, the venture […]

Charley Dehoney writes about the process to finance a freight tech/logistics tech start-up.

Cargo theft is a problem that has remained constant within the freight industry for many decades. Technology can now help supply chains protect their operations and repel hijackers.

Sentiment toward shipping tech has reached a new high point among startups, tech investors and vessel interests.

The FreightWaves Freight Intel Group is producing research culled from FreightWaves SONAR and other sources. Read about its first several research papers and how to learn more.

Fr8Hub recently announced that it will expand its services to provide domestic freight matching throughout Mexico, connecting shippers with available carriers throughout the country. The Fr8Hub carrier network currently features more than 1,000 carriers in the United States and Mexico, and more than 30,000 available trucks. Since electronic logging devices and global positioning systems are […]

Electric vehicle adoption is constricted by high vehicle sticker price, long charging cycles and limited range. Solving these issues is key.

The WorkHound platform aims to reduce driver turnover by providing real-time feedback from frontline workers.

Zeljko Popovic, a leader within Tesla’s Autopilot team, is leaving for Embark, the autonomous trucking start-up in San Francisco, CNBC is reporting. The departure is a feather in the cap for Embark but another spot of bad news for Tesla, which has garnered mixed reports from Wall Street for missing some of its targets over […]

ndian startup Locus is helping logistics businesses automate truck routing to increase efficiency and consistency, while having more transparency into their operations.

Apart from creating visibility and transparency within coffee supply chains, blockchain can significantly improve livelihoods of coffee farmers by giving them a bigger share of the profit pie.

Dallas-based KoiReader Technologies has raised $60,000 in seed funding, Dallas Innovates reports. The money will be used to build the company’s artificial intelligence-driven automation and video feed data capture suite for the transportation and logistics sector. KoiReader showcased its product in May at Transparency19, a FreightWaves conference focusing on digitization and innovation in freight. In […]