Austin, Texas-based centralized freight platform Shipwell raised $35 million of venture capital funding from a consortium of investors led by Georgian Partners of Toronto, Canada.
FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller and Dynamo Managing Partner Jon Bradford team up on this show about their vision and view of where the world exists in the intersection of freight and venture capital. On this episode: WeWork’s Emperor’s New Clothes moment. Are they this cycle’s Pets.com? Also, Craig and Jon discuss all of the emerging […]
Since 2018, Revel has expanded its fleets into Brooklyn, Queens and Washington, D.C. and plans to reach 10 cities by 2020.
List of titles that founders in the FreightTech revolution should consider
Satellite-based data and analytics provider, Spire Global, announced that it has received over $40 million in a new round of funding.
The new platform focuses on collaboration, workflow automation, and allows users to define business priorities.
Revenue growth on negative unit economics is dead as a business model.
When a company raises a significant amount of capital this close to its public offering, it could reflect cash insecurity or the basic desire to raise its valuation.
The autonomous trucking company announces an additional $120 million in Series D investment.
Venture capital arm of Mexican building materials company makes an undisclosed investment in Ottawa-based firm that focuses on last-minute deliveries in the construction industry.
Risk-averse money is still entering the FreightTech space.
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 created a FreightTech Venture Index to track the venture capital (VC) investing in FreightTech startups. The term FreightTech is defined loosely as software companies and other technologies that aid in […]
Charley Dehoney writes about the process to finance a freight tech/logistics tech start-up.
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.
The funds will be used to accelerate the company’s efforts to improve fuel efficiency in the trucking industry.
Schulte Group has launched INNOPORT, a venture capital unit that invests in global maritime startups. “We want to build bridges and open doors wherever possible,” said Yiannis Sykas, INNOPORT chief and director of strategy and product development at Bernhard Schulte Ship management, in a release. “INNOPORT provides startups with the right network and the right […]
Market expert Brian Aoaeh explains why all of us should be rooting for Uber, Lyft and other startups. Read why!
In his first FreightWaves article, market expert Brian Aoaeh writes about logistics network optimization. He explains how new technology, venture capital money and changing market conditions have converged to open up new opportunities across the global supply chain.
The total amount of investment during the first quarter – $1.6 billion – is more than half of the $2.9 billion in venture capital invested for the full year 2018.
