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LoadRunner, the pricing and digital freight matching engine at the center of the Redwood – Strive brokerage operation – FreightWaves – John Paul Hampstead, Associate Editor

By / September 13, 2020

In February, Chicago-based Redwood Logistics announced its acquisition of Strive Logistics, a freight brokerage with offices in Chicago and Austin, Texas, placing the combined entity in the top 15 North American freight brokerages with a combined $1 billion of freight under management. Commenting on the deal, Redwood CEO Mark Yeager pointed out that Strive’s LoadRunner, …

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Tech 25: Silicon Valley money and the network effect lead Convoy to #4 – NewsTechnology Freight.

By / September 13, 2020

Just three years after its founding in Seattle by two former Amazon executives, the leading digital freight brokerage Convoy reached a unicorn valuation and took the #4 spot in the Freight.Tech 25. Dan Lewis, co-founder and CEO, worked at Microsoft and Google before serving as the GM of New Shopping Experiences at Amazon. Grant Goodale, …

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Convoy closes $185M Series C to reach unicorn valuation – FreightWaves – John Paul Hampstead, Associate Editor

By / September 13, 2020

Convoy’s founders: CTO Grant Goodale and CEO Dan Lewis. ( Photo: Convoy ) The growth equity investment fund of Google parent company Alphabet, CapitalG, led this round of Convoy’s capital raise, bringing the digital brokerage’s total funding raised so far to more than $265M and a valuation exceeding $1B. As part of the deal, David …

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