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Finance
Pitchbook names 8VC most active freight tech investor
8VC founding partner Jake Medwell has become the most active freight tech investor in the past five years. He told FreightWaves how the space is…
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Driver issues
Funding secured, Baton takes aim at driver detention (with video)
Startup Baton Trucking believes it can eliminate waste and detention through a drop yard network.
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Finance
Justin Hall joins 8VC as executive in residence
The former chief customer officer for YRC Worldwide will work with 8VC portfolio companies full-time.
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Startups
The FreightTech venture cycle is here to stay. Ignore at your own peril.
FreightTech venture investing is super hot, but most of these startups continue to lose money. Is this a fad or something else? Last year, FreightWaves…
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Startups
Enterprise software company Vector raises $10 million in Series A
A digital logistics startup that helps trucking companies automate workflow has raised $10 million in a Series A round led by Goldcrest Capital and 8VC.
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News
Over-sized cargo marketplace e2log raises seed round with 8VC
The Houston-based startup is run by executives with decades of experience in global logistics, and plans to tackle the oil and gas vertical first.
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News
UPS alum Alan Gershenhorn joins 8VC in advisory role
8VC, the venture capital fund dedicated to solving real-world problems through industry transformation, announced Alan Gershenhorn, former Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer of…
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News
Whitepaper: TransportTech venture capital trending hot
The rapid growth in investment resembles the Fintech sector from 2006-10, but TransportTech is still an understudied and less well understood field for venture investment.
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Inside FreightWaves
FreightWaves raises $13M in oversubscribed Series A funding led by 8VC
FreightWaves raises $13 million from venture capital investors from San Francisco, Chicago, Detroit, Washington DC, and New York to continue scaling the freight market analytics…
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News
Schneider’s Shaleen Devgun joins 8VC as advisor
Schneider National’s Shaleen Devgun joins San Francisco-based venture capital firm 8VC as an advisor. FreightWaves spoke to Devgun and 8VC co-founder and partner Jake Medwell…
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