Radar · Freight Forwarders in Washington
Best Freight Forwarders Companies in Washington, United States
The 42 best Freight Forwarders companies in Washington, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Pandion.
By Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
42companies tracked
$76.4Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
1have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · FREIGHT FORWARDERS × WASHINGTON
Our analysis of 50 Freight Forwarders companies
$8.3b in tracked funding; 88% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2021.
50companies analysed
88%cloud-native stacks
2021funding peak (by rounds)
2001median founding year
45median Fliar Index™
599kcombined LinkedIn audience
97%of audience held by top 3
4companies hiring publicly (12 mo)
Ranked: Best Freight Forwarders companies in Washington
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pandion A parcel delivery network designed for e-commerce fulifllment 29Funding top 28%Talent bottom 49%Market bottom 37%Global bottom 32% All 5 signals ▾Fundingtop 28% Talentbottom 49% Marketbottom 37% Globalbottom 32% Newsbottom 21% Funding: Raised $76.4M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 5 yrs (0.6/yr) Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 29/100 | $76M | 29 mo ago | Deadpooled | Scott Ruffin Founder & CEO | 2013 | — | — |
| 2 | Carrix Provider of multi-modal transportation and logistics services | — | 89 mo ago | Late Stage | — | 1949 | WebflowApple iCloud MailSwiper+9 | — |
| 3 | Foss Operator of marine transportation providing harbor services and project cargo logistics | — | 173 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 1889 | WordPressMySQLPHP+21 | 2 job openings |
| 4 | adcom worldwide Adcom Worldwide is a logistic company that engaged in transportation, delivery and commercial shipping… | — | — | Acquired | — | 1978 | — | — |
| 5 | aff global logistics AFF Global Logistics is a global 3PL logistics group headquartered in Fife, Washington. | — | — | Acquired | — | 1988 | — | — |
| 6 | Airgo Systems AI-enabled driver telematics and collison avoidance solutions | — | — | Unfunded | Jeff Zika CEO | 2019 | — | — |
| 7 | Airgroup Provider of air & ocean freight forwarding, warehousing, and distribution services | — | — | Unfunded | — | 2006 | — | — |
| 8 | alaska traffic Alaska Traffic provides freight forwarding, consolidation, and logistics services. | — | — | — | — | 1956 | — | — |
Top 3 Freight Forwarders companies in Washington
#1
Deadpooled · Bellevue, Washington · founded 2013$76.4Mraised▾
Deadpooled · Bellevue, Washington · founded 2013
A parcel delivery network designed for e-commerce fulifllment. It is a parcel delivery network for e-commerce residential delivery, managing the package journey from fulfillment centers to delivery to final destinations.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 29how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 28%Talent
bottom 49%Market
bottom 37%Global
bottom 32%News
bottom 21%Funding: Raised $76.4M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 5 yrs (0.6/yr) · Last round Series B (Mar 2024)
Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated
Funding rounds
- Mar 2024Series B$41.5M
- Oct 2021Series A$30M
- Feb 2021Seed$4.9M
Founders & team
Investors
Revolution, Prologis, Bow Capital, Telstra Ventures, AME Cloud Ventures, Schematic Ventures
#2
Late Stage · Seattle, Washington · founded 1949 · 1758 employees—raised▾
Late Stage · Seattle, Washington · founded 1949 · 1758 employees
Provider of multi-modal transportation and logistics services
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers
Investors
Blackstone
Tech stack
Apache Http ServerApple Icloud MailCloudflareContact Form 7DocusignGoogle Analytics
#3
Funding Raised · Seattle, Washington · founded 1889 · 802 employees—raised▾
Funding Raised · Seattle, Washington · founded 1889 · 802 employees
Operator of marine transportation providing harbor services and project cargo logistics. The company delivers ship assistance, tanker escort, regional towing, and construction support. It offers line handling, petroleum transport, emergency response, and rescue services. The company provides domestic and international project logistics, technical engineering, and marine engineering.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 35k LinkedIn followers — 5.9% of this cohort's audience · 68 engagements/post (5.3× cohort median)
Hiring: 2 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · momentum +2 · hiring: Foss deckhand, Senior Commercial Manager
Investors
U.S. Department of Transportation
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementContact Form 7Core-JsFlexslider
Funding & investor landscape
$76.4Mtotal disclosed funding
1companies funded
3disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Revolution1 rounds
Prism market signals · United States · country-scoped Prism corpus, 641,863 docs
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Freight Forwarders coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
RESEARCH SIGNALS · United States
How research on Logistics & Supply Chain Tech is moving in the United States
A read on the academic research around Logistics & Supply Chain Tech — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 637 United States-affiliated papers.
research sentiment over time
200820172026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 29% → 41% across 2008–2026.
top research entities
- Purdue University West Lafayette28
- Georgia Institute of Technology21
- National Laboratory of the Rockies20
- Idaho National Laboratory18
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology16
leading researchers
Fengqi You · William Crossley · Stephen Schey · Jim Francfort · Kara M. Kockelman · Dajun Yue · Tao Lin · Luis F. Rodríguez
▲
Breakthroughs113 · 18%
▲ 15%→18% share
▲1.2× share momentum2 median citations50% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (15%→18% of field), led by Fleet management.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Fleet management16→21
- Scalability4→9
- Key (lock)1→6
- Supply chain management1→4
- Automotive engineering1→4
Landmark DeepPool: Distributed Model-Free Algorithm for Ride-Sharing Using Deep Reinforcement Learning · 167 cites
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Advancements360 · 57%
▲ 55%→57% share
▲1.0× share momentum3 median citations49% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements are rising (55%→57% of field), led by Supply chain management.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Supply chain management5→21
- Scheduling (production processes)8→22
- Sustainability1→11
- Supply chain risk management1→10
- Electric vehicle3→11
Newly emergingAnalytics 0→8 · Big data 0→7 · Battery (electricity) 0→6
Landmark Life Cycle Optimization of Biomass-to-Liquid Supply Chains with Distributed–Centralized Processing Networks · 343 cites
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Concerns101 · 16%
▲ 14%→18% share
▲1.3× share momentum1 median citations54% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are rising (14%→18% of field), led by Supply chain management.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Supply chain management2→11
- Fleet management16→24
- Transport engineering3→10
- Supply chain optimization4→9
- Sustainability1→5
Newly emergingElectrification 0→9 · Resilience (materials science) 0→6 · Agency (philosophy) 0→6
Landmark Challenges in Scaling Up Biofuels Infrastructure · 312 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · United States
Where logistics supply chain is researched across United States
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Boston31 · +0.55
Chicago21 · +0.61
Atlanta21 · +0.50
SF Bay Area18 · +0.54
Ann Arbor16 · +0.46
New York10 · +0.34
Austin10 · +0.38
Pittsburgh9 · +0.63
Seattle6 · +0.48
Los Angeles5 · +0.66
PATENT SIGNAL · United States
Who's filing logistics supply chain patents in the United States
United States logistics supply chain patent filing is accelerating — 946 filings from 617 assignees (2016–2025), led by Amsted RAIL, Crown Equip, UBER Technologies; annual filings 68→95.
946 filings617 assigneespeak 140/yr2016–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2025)
top patent filers
- Amsted RAIL93
- Crown Equip69
- UBER Technologies65
- Kochanowski George E49
- Miner Enterprises37
- Bendix Commercial Vehicle System35
- R & L Carriers29
- Strong Force VCN Portfolio 201923
Common questions
How many Freight Forwarders companies are there in Washington, United States?
Radar tracks 42 indexable Freight Forwarders companies headquartered in Washington, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Freight Forwarders companies in Washington, United States?
The Freight Forwarders companies in Washington, United States on this list have raised a combined $76.4M in disclosed equity funding across 1 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Freight Forwarders company in Washington, United States?
Pandion is the highest-funded Freight Forwarders company in Washington, United States, with $76.4M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Freight Forwarders companies in Washington, United States are funded?
1 of the 42 Freight Forwarders companies in Washington, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Freight Forwarders unicorns are there in Washington, United States?
None of the Freight Forwarders companies in Washington, United States on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Washington, United States Freight Forwarders companies?
The most active investors in Washington, United States Freight Forwarders companies on this list include AME Cloud Ventures, Blackstone, Bow Capital, Initiative Equity Partners, Innovation Endeavors.
Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
Rohit lives in the feed. He covers what's moving right now — the funding rounds, launches and shifts breaking across the trade press — and ties them back to where the sector is heading.