With an angle on a long-neglected part of the shipping industry — the short haul movement of cargo from docks to logistics centers — Dray Alliance, is launching joining a growing startup scene for logistics businesses based in Los Angeles. With some of the nation’s largest ports in Los Angeles and Long Beach, the Southern […]
View More With a $3.5 million haul, Dray Alliance joins a booming logistics startup scene in LACategory: cargo
Uber Freight co-founders and top dealmakers join logistics startup Turvo
Uber Freight co-founders Charlie Bergevin and Brian Cristol have left for Turvo, a venture-funded collaborative logistics platform.
View More Uber Freight co-founders and top dealmakers join logistics startup TurvoAmazon Air expands with 10 more cargo aircraft, bringing fleet to 50 planes
Days after FedEx CEO Frederick Smith dismissed the Amazon threat to its business during the company’s earnings call, Amazon announced an expansion of its two-year old Amazon Air operation which will now add ten 767-300 dedicated Amazon cargo aircraft to its fleet. The planes are being leased from existing partner, Air Transport Services Group, Inc. (ATSG), which […]
View More Amazon Air expands with 10 more cargo aircraft, bringing fleet to 50 planesFreight trucking startup Shipwell gets a $10 million boost
Shipwell, a startup pitching a marketplace for domestic ground shipping and fleet and cargo management services for freight trucking companies, has raised $10 million in a new round of funding. A booming American economy coupled with failing infrastructure and a low-margin business reluctant to adopt new technologies have put stress on domestic logistics companies in the […]
View More Freight trucking startup Shipwell gets a $10 million boostCars are the new hot spot for companies to sell you things
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When everyone’s a passenger instead of a driver, the car experience really starts to change.
As we take more and more Lyft and Uber rides — and eventually once autonomous cars drive us around — the purpose of the car will transform. The space once centered on getting us from point A to point B is already becoming yet another portal to sell us stuff.
Services like Cargo and Vendy bring products like gum or earbuds into cars tied to ride-hailing services so you can have them there and then. It’s a vending machine in the age of ride-hailing apps. Uber has already exclusively partnered with Cargo as a side hustle for drivers. Grab in Singapore similarly has partnered with the in-car commerce startup with a captive customer base in the back seat. Read more…
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Uber partners with Cargo to help drivers make money by selling stuff to riders
Uber has teamed up with Cargo, a startup that makes it easy for ride-share drivers to sell goods to their passengers. Cargo works by giving drivers free boxes, filled with goods like gum, phone chargers and snacks, to sell to passengers from the center of the car console. Cargo, which has partnered with brands like […]
View More Uber partners with Cargo to help drivers make money by selling stuff to ridersGrab drivers in Southeast Asia are now convenience stores, too
Drivers of Southeast Asia-based Grab can now become mini convenience stores. That’s because the ride-hailing company, which bought out rival Uber’s local business earlier this year, has teamed up with U.S. startup Cargo to sell a selection of items to passengers during their ride. New York-based Cargo claims it can help drivers earn up to $300 in […]
View More Grab drivers in Southeast Asia are now convenience stores, tooUber self-driving trucks are now moving cargo for Uber Freight customers
Uber’s autonomous trucks are now doing actual work for customers via Uber Freight, Uber’s commercial cargo shipping on-demand app. The first runs are being done in Arizona, with regular hauls operating with both human drivers and autonomous trucks working in tandem. How it works is that Uber will load up the freight on a conventional, human driven truck who collects the load from… Read More
Cargo raises $5.5M to let Uber drivers sell snacks and essentials nationwide
Cargo, a startup that wants to let every rideshare driver open their own convenience store in their car, has just raised $5.5M in a round it’s calling seed preferred financing. Over the summer we covered the company’s $1.75M seed round, at which point they were just getting started. Now they have 2,500 cars on the road in NYC, Chicago, Boston and Minneapolis, with 20,000 driver… Read More