Venture Capital

Basketball legend Kobe Bryant was mourned by all corners of the world a day after his death. Bryant, along with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others, was killed Sunday in a helicopter crash. The helicopter was headed to Bryant’s basketball training facility Mamba Academy, where he...

FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller sits down with Brent Hutto, the Chief Relationship Officer at truckstop.com. The interview was filmed during the Truckload Live Summit in Chattanooga, TN on December 5, 2019. Watch on YouTube SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTBE: http://bit.ly/FW-subscribe Follow Us! Twitter: ...

FreightWaves has reported that investors are still bullish on the digital freight business and the newly released numbers seem to validate their sentiment. Research firm Armstrong & Associates estimated the domestic transportation management market generated $86.5 billion in revenue this past...

8VC, the San Francisco-based venture capital firm whose portfolio includes a freight tech practice, announced that Justin Hall had joined the firm as executive in residence, a full-time position. Hall was previously the chief customer officer at less-than-truckload carrier YRC Worldwide (NASDAQ:...

Sweden-based VOI Technology raised $85 million in Series B funding, the company announced on Sunday. What Happened  The funding in the startup, which provides e-scooter sharing services across several European cities, was led by a Bermuda-based investment company Vostok New...

AOL co-founder Steve Case is launching another $150-million fund to back startups outside of Silicon Valley and New York. What Happened At the Forbes Under 30 event in Detroit on Monday, Case announced the launch of a new $150-million Rise of the Rest fund roughly two years after the launch of the...

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. In a statement from the company, Shipwell added that the other contributors to the current funding round are also...

Ascend Venture Capital partner Dan Conner has made a career of funding and help building startups. As a venture capitalist himself, Conner shared what he believes every founder should know when seeking to raise capital with FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller as part of the FreightWavesTV show, "Fuller...

Online rehab real estate lending marketplace Fund That Flip said Wednesday it has raised $11 million from growth equity firm Edison Partners. What To Know New York-based Fund That Flip, which launched in 2014, provides short-term loans to developers seeking to buy, renovate and flip residential...

Japanese global conglomerate SoftBank Group Corp - ADR (OTC: SFTBY) introduced a mega investment fund that is bigger in scope than its first $100-billion Vision Fund, The Wall Street Journal reported. What Happened SoftBank's new megafund, Vision 2, is investing about $...

Imagine deciding to sit out on an investment that ended up yielding 100,000% returns. Those five zeros are not typos, and that scenario is no hypothetical: just ask John Doerr, the chairman of the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins. Doerr has made many strong investments in his career, including...

A look at Freight futures, a predictive tool to protect against volatility. And Kevin Hill brings us the most notable venture capital deals of 2019 so far. Image sourced from Pixabay

Singapore-based passenger transport giant ComfortDelGro has invested in three startups in the areas of on-demand bus technology, fleet management and autonomous vehicle safety testing, the company announced on Tuesday, June 4. The early-stage investments are the first to be made by ComfortDelGro...

Following the inaugural Founders Camp in 2018, Chattanooga-based Dynamo VC has announced its 2019 program supported by headline sponsors Chick-fil-A, Covenant Transportation (NASDAQ: CVTI), Schneider National Inc (NYSE: SNDR) and FreightWaves. The event will bring together stakeholders from the...

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...