Though it no longer can call itself Thor Trucks, electric truck startup Xos is progressing toward regular production with a modular platform aimed at winning partnerships with bodybuilders.
Workflow automation technology company RPA Labs has landed its first round of capital, netting $1.2 million in a pre-seed round. Schematic Ventures led the round, along with PSA UnBoxed (Port of Singapore) and other senior supply chain executives. RPA Labs is brand-new, having come out of stealth during the fall of 2019. The executive team […]
Charley Dehoney spoke with the founder of BasicBlock, a blockchain startup based in Nebraska. Here is the story of the company’s success to-date.
How the investment landscape is changing in 2020 and what technology looks most promising.
The “logistics orchestration” startup closes out a yearlong fundraising process at the height of the coronavirus pandemic.
VC funding has evaporated, wooing new customers is extremely difficult and existing customers’ focus has changed.
Plus: Is this the end of the sharing economy?
Forager is filling engineering and product positions in Chicago.
Shen was previously chief operating officer and president.
Companies exposed to transportation, including 3PLs and freight tech startups, are adjusting to market realities.
On today’s episode, Dooner and Chad will talk to C.H. Robinson President and CEO Bob Biesterfeld about the company’s new idea incubator, Robinson Labs. We’ll find out why one trucker thinks Amazon is working him like a “rented mule.” A new reason for Celadon’s bankruptcy is exposed. Walmart tells courts they’re being too literal.
Former Amazon employees turbocharge Seattle freight-tech scene.
Plus: The death of the unicorn; Tesla struggling to deliver 2019 orders
The Swedish truck giant’s venture capital arm has invested an undisclosed sum in Autotech Ventures.
Ben Thrower writes that venture capital funds continue to flow to digital freight brokerages, but legacy companies continue to fight back.
WeWork, FinTech, FreightTech, margin maximization, can decentralized brokerage office structures work in a digital world, the 5 stages of Cybertruck, Slush Week in Helsinki, streamlining payment inefficiencies and letters of credit, plus much more.
We’re coming to you from the stage at FreightWaves LIVE Chicago, and on this episode we have a blockbuster guest in Sune Stilling, head of growth at Maersk Group. Plus, Henry Byers joins Tim Dooner and Laura Fava to talk about how SONAR 5.0 is helping shippers and carriers navigate the seven seas. Subscribe on: […]
Coming to you live from FreightWaves LIVE Chicago’s Live Stage, it’s FreightWaves CEO and founder Craig Fuller along with Dynamo Ventures’ Jon Bradford talking about the intersection of venture capital and freight. If you missed it live, we present it here in all its glory. More podcasts at FreightWaves Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/for-freights-sake/id1483839863 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/186RXXVieFDN8HdfCFk5Cy?si=aGJBvlsBRpu2IhA1CLW7JA
The former chief customer officer for YRC Worldwide will work with 8VC portfolio companies full-time.
Real estate is benefiting from the growth of e-commerce, where the supply chain is evolving from a cost center to a revenue generator.
