The co-founders of REPOWR know all about the traditional inefficiencies surrounding the logistics industry. Patrick Visintainer and Spencer Ware, who worked in logistics and transportation insurance and liability respectively, saw…
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For Atlanta-based Variant, Driver-Centric Innovation Is Key To Changing Trucking Industry
Cameron Ramsdell built his career around the shipping and logistics industry. But he wasn’t initially sold on trucking. While US Census data shows there are 711,000 different trucking companies employing…
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WorkHound Raises Seed to Help Truckers, Nurses, and Other Distributed Workers Tell the Boss When Something’s Wrong
by Holly Beilinby Holly BeilinWorkforce management startup WorkHound has announced the close of a $1.5 million seed funding round. The four-year-old company will be using the capital to scale growth of their anonymous feedback…
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Why West Coast Trucking Tech Startup Convoy Wants to “Create Something New” In Atlanta HQ
by Muriel Vegaby Muriel VegaDan Lewis, CEO of digital freight broker startup Convoy, thought about the location of their second office for months. He looked into more than 20 cities on the East Coast to…
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Freightwaves Is Using Data, Content, and Financials to Build a Bloomberg-Like Empire For Freight Markets
by Holly Beilinby Holly BeilinWhen Craig Fuller started FreightWaves, a niche publication focused on the freight, supply chain and logistics industries, he was focused on educating the world about his other startup, TransRisk. That…
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WorkHound’s Anonymous Mobile Platform Gives Frontline Workers A Voice
by Mary Stargelby Mary StargelGetting feedback from your employees to make sure you’re doing everything you can to keep them happy and productive is hard enough when you’re all in the same office —…
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Tech Titan: Rapper T.I. Pumps ‘Mulaah’ Into the Atlanta Startup Scene
by Holly Beilinby Holly BeilinRapper and entertainer Clifford Joseph ‘T.I.’ Harris, Jr. has made multiple plays in Atlanta’s tech startup scene recently. The artist announced his partnership with both an early-stage fintech platform founded…
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Former SEAL-founded Logistics Financing Platform Raises $10M to Fuel Growth and Product Innovation
by Holly Beilinby Holly BeilinBAM Worldwide, a Fintech company specializing in payment processing and capital loan technology solutions for the transportation industry, announced today that is has completed a $10 million investment led by…