FreightTech

This week’s headlines bring us an array of reasons to be grateful for the coverage of FreightWaves and What the Truck?!? U.S. and China face last chance to avoid Jan. 1 tariff hikes, but don’t get your hopes up, Freight.Tech25: In spite of rocky year, Tesla shocks the world and places third. Freight.Tech 25: Silicon Valley money and the network effect lead Convoy to #4, Battery and design woes continue to torment e-scooter startup Lime (with special guest Casey Larkin), Major Thanksgiving snowstorm to delay truckers out west: flooding in some valleys. Then, they play another round of Big deal little deal?Finally, they spend 5 Good Minutes with Marissa Ash from Transfix.

A Goldman Sachs report several months ago laid out the strengths of the app that matches loads, but does a lot more than that.

We would be hard pressed to find a more colorful and controversial company than Tesla, making it as high as number 3 on our Freight.Tech list.

SwanLeap tops another prestigious list recognizing the fastest-growing North American companies in technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences, and energy tech sectors based on percentage fiscal year revenue growth from 2014 to 2017.

JP and Chad bring you a special broadcast from Texas Station at the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas. They’re joined by special guest, FreightWaves’ executive editor, John Kingston. First, they discuss the MarketWaves afterhours party with Uber Freight and what kind of Texas-sized beers they’re imbibing. Then, they discuss some of this week’s headlines.

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.

In partnership with Reliance Partners …It’s been a wild year, and while at times it may feel more like riding a bull than being “King of the Road,” just hang on a little longer. The times are changing and they’re changing fast.

Freight.Tech Waves InnovationLab is tailor made to provide early-stage startups a high impact and concentrated exposure about the knowledge, network, and funding source.

The former head of innovation for Bridgestone has been appointed as Managing Director of Freight.Tech, an engagement platform built for companies that want to navigate the waters of innovation and market disrpution.

Investors are flocking to the freight industry with million-dollar investments for startups, but what do those investors look for in companies before making an investment?

Shippers and carriers are an integral part of the freight industry and keeping them in the loop would go a long way to improving efficiency inside the system. That is the belief that the founders of Go99 are building their business upon.

Larger fleet owners that have been looking forward to autonomous trucks to solve the pesky driver shortage may find themselves unemployed too 

TMW acquires truckload visibility aggregator, 10-4, continuing a trend of FreightTech acquisitions in the market transparency space.