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Uber Freight announces European expansion – FreightWaves – John Paul Hampstead, Associate Editor

By Support / 2019-03-20 2020-09-13

This morning Lior Ron, Head of Uber Freight, wrote in a blog post that the digital brokerage will expand its operations into Europe. The Netherlands is the first European market Uber Freight will enter, Ron wrote, and carriers will be able to book their first loads with Uber Freight in April. This announcement marks Uber …

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Digital Freight Startup Convoy Raises $185 Million, Surpasses $1 Billion in Value – WSJ – By Erica E. Phillips

By Support / 2018-09-21 2020-09-13

Digital freight-booking startup Convoy raised $185 million in a funding round led by an investment arm of Google parent company Alphabet Inc., GOOG 0.76% adding big new backing for the company competing in an increasingly crowded field trying to reshape U.S. shipping operations. The funding round led by Alphabet’s CapitalG, one of the biggest investments …

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