FreightWeb is financially backed by Madrona Venture Group and 8VC, with the latter having also backed Flexport, Flexe and other logistics technology-focused companies. The company is led by Will Payson, whom serves as co-founder and CEO, and its team has a combined 50 years of logistics experience in previous leadership roles at FedEx and Amazon, […]
Greater connectivity between brokers, carriers, and other parties in freight and equipment-related transactions was the theme for technology news the past week. Teletrac Navman has a new integration with fleet management software company, Fleetio, for their mutual customers to automatically sync odometer readings. Fleets using Teletrac Navman for telematics data and Fleetio for preventative maintenance
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Tech-enabled disruptors promise to upend the way things have always been done to help streamline industries that are paper-reliant, process-reliant and perhaps ripe for a shake-up. For some newer firms that have gone from concept to multiple funding rounds at what might seem breakneck speed, the question becomes whether the disruptors themselves can avoid being
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Image: Jim Allen/FreightWaves Emerge, a Scottsdale, Arizona-based digital freight marketplace, announced Tuesday it has closed a $20 million Series A financing led by NewRoad Capital Partners, a growth equity capital firm based in Rogers, Arkansas. The round also includes Greycroft and 9Yards Capital, among other investors. With the latest round of funding, the company plans
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