{"id":6112,"date":"2021-08-12T20:04:10","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T20:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/findfreightloads.com\/blog\/?p=6112"},"modified":"2021-08-12T20:04:10","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T20:04:10","slug":"how-startups-are-digitalizing-logistics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/findfreightloads.com\/blog\/how-startups-are-digitalizing-logistics\/","title":{"rendered":"How Startups Are Digitalizing Logistics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Innovative start-ups are capitalizing on the high number of transactions and large amounts of data being handled and generated by logistics players to develop an expanding range of technology-driven solutions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Digital freight startups use technology to streamline the process of connecting truckers with shippers looking to move cargo. Such ventures drew more than $2 billion in investor backing between 2011 and 2020,<br>The growing sector of technology-focused upstarts has prompted traditional&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/findfreightloads.com\/\">freight&nbsp;<\/a>brokers to invest billions in technology to automate their operations.<br>Two of the most prominent digital load-matching startups say they are sticking with their plans to use their technology to grow organically, even as rival Uber Freight shifts gears with a big acquisition to speed up its path to profits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The freight unit of Uber Technologies Inc. announced last month it is buying logistics service provider Transplace in a $2.25 billion deal. The acquisition comes as digital freight startups are looking to expand their market share and add services beyond transactional load-matching tools, while big transport companies are weighing acquisitions and hustling to scale up their own technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Established logistics providers have a window right now to capitalize on the energy and agility of digital startups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Growth + Change = Opportunity!&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Innovative start-ups are capitalizing on the high number of transactions and large amounts of data being handled and generated by logistics players to develop an expanding range of technology-driven solutions Digital freight startups use technology to streamline the process of connecting truckers with shippers looking to move cargo. Such ventures drew more than $2 billion [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6113,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/findfreightloads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6112"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/findfreightloads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/findfreightloads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/findfreightloads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/findfreightloads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6112"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/findfreightloads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6114,"href":"https:\/\/findfreightloads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6112\/revisions\/6114"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/findfreightloads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/findfreightloads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/findfreightloads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/findfreightloads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}