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Best Logistics Tech Companies in Houston, United States

The 53 best Logistics Tech companies in Houston, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Bot Auto.

53companies tracked
$47.3Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
12have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · LOGISTICS TECH × HOUSTON

Our analysis of 50 Logistics Tech companies

$12.2b in tracked funding; 96% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.

50companies analysed
96%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
11unicorns
2017median founding year
83kcombined LinkedIn audience
63%of audience held by top 3

Ranked: Best Logistics Tech companies in Houston

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1Bot Auto
An autonomous truck fleet operators offering transportation as a service
$20M21 mo agoSeedXiaodi Hou
Founder & CEO
2023Framer SitesReactAmazon Web Services+6——
2Voyager
Provider of cloud-based workflow management solutions for the maritime shipping industry
$10M12 mo agoSeries AMatthew Costello
Co-Founder & CEO
2018ZohoIntercomVuetify+205 patents
Real-time electronic commerce transaction processing and telecommunications platforms
—
3TUYA
App-based platform for crowsourced same-day delivery services
$6M105 mo agoSeries AJohn Oren
Co-Chairman
2015———
4Freight Technologies
Offers AI and cloud-based marketplace connecting shippers and carriers
$4M11 mo agoPublic—2015WordPressMySQLPHP+22——
5Velostics
Provider of SaaS-enabled procurement and transportation management solutios
$4M33 mo agoSeed—2017SentryRedmineTypeScript+21——
6e2log
Provider of a transportation management platform for industrial and project supply chains
$2M57 mo agoSeries A—2017WordPressMySQLPHP+26——
7PCS Software
AI & SaaS-driven transportation management software solution provider
$300K46 mo agoAcquired—1997WordPressMySQLPHP+32——
8ThinAir
GPS-based fleet management and asset tracking solutions provider
$108K199 mo agoSeedBarrett Wakefield
Founder & CEO
2004—8 patents
Secure encrypted file synchronization and mobile-based decryption key management
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Top 12 Logistics Tech companies in Houston

#1
Series A · Houston, Texas · founded 2018 · 49 employees
$9.9Mraised
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Provider of cloud-based workflow management solutions for the maritime shipping industry. The solution connects various stakeholders to provide supply chain visibility with features such as eMail automation, real-time traceability of operations, KPIs, and analytics.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 12k LinkedIn followers — 14.1% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2025Series A$1.6M
  • Dec 2021Series A$8.4M
  • Aug 2019Seed$1.5M
  • 2018Seed$20K
Founders & team
Matthew CostelloCo-Founder & CEOBret SmartCo-Founder & COO
Investors
Phaze Ventures, ScOp Venture Capital, Flexport, Waybury Capital, Techstars, ATX Venture Partners
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-Js
#2
Public · Houston, Texas · founded 2015 · 72 employees
$4.5Mraised
▾

Offers AI and cloud-based marketplace connecting shippers and carriers. The app helps in optimizing logistics operations. It allows shippers' to predict and match their load with shipment tracking. Carriers can set their rates, and routes, and provide truck information to the shippers. The app is available on the Android and iOS platforms.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 5k LinkedIn followers — 6.3% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Aug 2025Post IPO$500K
  • May 2025Post IPO$1M
  • Jan 2025Post IPO$3M
  • Dec 2023Post IPO—
Tech stack
DiviFont AwesomeGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font ApiGoogle Tag ManagerIsotope
#3
Seed · Houston, Texas · founded 2023
$20Mraised
▾

An autonomous truck fleet operators offering transportation as a service. The company focuses on fleet operations, transforming autonomous trucking into a commercially profitable product. It integrates advancements in machine learning, data infrastructure, and hardware into its system. The company's technology creates new transportation capacity and integrates within today’s freight market.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 6k LinkedIn followers — 6.9% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2024Seed$20M
Founders & team
Xiaodi HouFounder & CEO
Investors
Brightway Future Capita, Cherubic Ventures, EnvisionX Capital, First Star Ventures, Linear Venture, M31 Capital
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesFramer SitesGoogle Font ApiGoogle WorkspaceHstsHttp/3
#4
Seed · Houston, Texas · founded 2017 · 4 employees
$4.5Mraised
▾

Provider of SaaS-enabled procurement and transportation management solutios. The company offers cloud solutions for managing logistics transportation and supply chain operations. It includes delivery management, warehouse planning, driver check-ins, dockyard management, and more.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers — 2.2% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2023Seed$1.9M
  • Dec 2021Seed$2.5M
Investors
Starboard Star Venture Capital, Flyover Capital, Small Ventures USA, Cultivation Capital, Alumni Ventures, BioUrja
Tech stack
AngularCdnjsCloudflareCore-JsGoogle Font ApiGoogle Workspace
#5
Series A · Houston, Texas · founded 2015 · 99 employees
$6Mraised
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Tuya Technologies provides an app-based platform that connects shippers with a network of crowdsourced pre-screened delivery agents. The app enables users to search, book, track and pay for services after providing relevant details. Its mobile app is available for Android devices.

Funding rounds
  • Oct 2017Series A$5M
  • Jul 2016Seed$1.1M
Founders & team
John OrenCo-Chairman
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpWpbakeryWp RocketYoast Seo
#6
Series A · Houston, Texas · founded 2017 · 19 employees
$1.7Mraised
▾

Provider of a transportation management platform for industrial and project supply chains. This platform offers end-to-end visibility and control over the movement of cargo globally. Features include a freight booking engine for sourcing rates and logistics providers, a global transportation management system (TMS) for planning and execution, a digital control tower for real-time data and workflow automation, and a digital 4PL offering leveraging a network of global partners. The platform streamlines complex international logistics, enabling users to manage shipments, track progress, collaborate with partners, and manage invoices all within a single interface. It facilitates efficient planning, shipment building, partner selection, execution, delivery, and cost management. The platform also provides data-driven performance measurement and optimization capabilities.

Funding rounds
  • Oct 2021Series A—
  • May 2019Seed$1.7M
Investors
8VC, Upper90, F-LOG Ventures
#7
Acquired · Houston, Texas · founded 1997 · 87 employees
$300Kraised
▾

AI & SaaS-driven transportation management software solution provider for the ground transportation industry. Its product, a transportation management solution is available as an on-premise and cloud solution. Its features include multi and intermodal dispatch, accounting features (receivables and collections, payables and cash management, payroll and settlements processing, and financial control analysis), fleet management, dispatch, and IFTA reporting.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 4k LinkedIn followers — 5.0% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2022PE—
  • Jul 2019PE$300K
  • Jul 2019Venture Debt$22.6M
Investors
Stellus Capital Management, LLR Partners, CapStreet, Bandon Partners
Tech stack
Adobe Experience Platform LaunchApache Http ServerAstraBabelBeaver BuilderBootstrap
#8
Seed · Houston, Texas · founded 2004 · 3 employees
$108Kraised
▾

ThinAir Telematics is a provider of GPS-based fleet management and asset tracking solutions. Offers a web-based platform that enables users to track and manage fleets. Through its products, the company provides solutions for fleet management, asset tracking, and more. Features include real-time tracking, tire pressure monitoring, driver distraction monitoring, maintenance management, IFTA management, and more. Additionally, the company also offers a mobile app (iOS/Android) for drivers to enable electronic logging. It can also be integrated with other third-party systems. It is available on a subscription basis.

Funding rounds
  • Dec 2009Seed$108K
Founders & team
Barrett WakefieldFounder & CEO
#9
Seed · Houston, Texas · founded 2013
$77.5Kraised
▾

Provider of an online platform intended to connect truck drivers with trucking companies. The company's software integrates industry-specific functionalities onto a common platform for the trucking industry.

Founders & team
Marcel AlvaradoCo-Founder
#10
Seed · Houston, Texas · founded 2003 · 4 employees
$64Kraised
▾

Nowell Development provides cloud-based software for enterprises to manage supply chain, operational risks and flow safety design. The product Verity EE Workbench facilitates distribution workflows, supply-demand chain, manage physical warehouse and equipment control allocation, inventory management, order management and collaborate safety, risk and maintenance initiatives.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 273 LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Feb 2009Seed$64K
Founders & team
Omon EdekiCo-Founder & Managing Director
Investors
Intrepid Capital Partners
Tech stack
BootstrapAnimate.CssAmazon Web ServicesApache Http ServerOwl CarouselMoment.Js
#11
Seed · Houston, Texas · founded 2015
$60Kraised
▾

GYSH is an on-demand delivery platform which allows people to quickly and economically move their stuff. It connects GYSH partners with pickup trucks, vans, and box trucks, with people who need their stuff moved within the metroplex. Delivery range is 75 miles. GYSH partners go through a interview and background check process before onboarding. App available on both iOS and Android.

Funding rounds
  • Mar 2015Seed$60K
Founders & team
Brandon DavisCo-Founder
Tech stack
NginxGoogle CloudOpenrestyGoogle Cloud Cdn
#12
Acqui-Hired · Houston, Texas · founded 2014 · 72 employees
—raised
▾

Ruckit provides an online platform to connect drivers and contractors for hauling jobs with dump trucks. Customers can sign up as a contractor or drivers where contractors can add jobs and drivers can pick posted jobs. Payments are based on the job and distance traveled and realized electronically. It is also offering financial services to qualified motor carriers for aluminum and steel end dump trailers.

Funding rounds
  • Sep 2019Seed—
  • Sep 2019Seed—
Investors
Dreamit, Capital Factory
Tech stack
NginxSucuri

Funding & investor landscape

$47.3Mtotal disclosed funding
11companies funded
18disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Simon Group Holdings2 rounds
8VC1 rounds
ATX Venture Partners1 rounds
Alumni Ventures1 rounds
Atlas Oil1 rounds
Bandon Partners1 rounds
BioUrja1 rounds
Blue Bear Capital1 rounds
Brightway Future Capita1 rounds
CapStreet1 rounds

Notable founders

Matthew Costello
Co-Founder & CEO · Voyager
Bret Smart
Co-Founder & COO · Voyager
Xiaodi Hou
Founder & CEO · Bot Auto
John Oren
Co-Chairman · TUYA
Barrett Wakefield
Founder & CEO · ThinAir
Marcel Alvarado
Co-Founder · Trucker District
Omon Edeki
Co-Founder & Managing Director · Nowell Development
Brandon Davis
Co-Founder · Get Your Stuff Home
Sam Simon
Founder · FuelNOW
Prism market signals · United States · country-scoped Prism corpus, 1,720,839 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Logistics Tech 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
Key (lock) research is surging — fleet-security papers rose from 1% to 6% share among U.S. breakthroughs.
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
◆ Advancements360 · 57%
▲ 55%→57% share
▲1.0× share momentum3 median citations49% since 2021mostly methods-led
Sustainability research is intensifying — advancements papers grew from 1 to 11, with Analytics and Big Data newly emerging alongside.
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
▼ Concerns101 · 16%
▲ 14%→18% share
▲1.3× share momentum1 median citations54% since 2021mostly empirical
Electrification is a newly emerging concern — 9 papers appeared this cycle as fleet management worry deepened from 16 to 24.
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
Hot · TelecommunicationsAdvancing · Integer programmingOpportunity · Code (set theory)
Chicago21 · +0.61
Hot · Scheduling (production processes)Advancing · Supply chain optimizationOpportunity · Integer programming
Atlanta21 · +0.50
Hot · Fleet managementAdvancing · Battery (electricity)Opportunity · Service (business)
SF Bay Area18 · +0.54
Hot · Fleet managementAdvancing · SizingOpportunity · Battery (electricity)
Ann Arbor16 · +0.46
Hot · Fleet managementOpportunity · Truck
New York10 · +0.34
Hot · Fleet managementAdvancing · Mathematical optimizationOpportunity · Code (set theory)
Austin10 · +0.38
Hot · Fleet managementOpportunity · Telematics
Pittsburgh9 · +0.63
Hot · Fleet management
Seattle6 · +0.48
Los Angeles5 · +0.66
Advancing · Fleet managementOpportunity · Electric vehicle
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 Logistics Tech companies are there in Houston, United States?
Radar tracks 53 indexable Logistics Tech companies headquartered in Houston, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Logistics Tech companies in Houston, United States?
The Logistics Tech companies in Houston, United States on this list have raised a combined $47.3M in disclosed equity funding across 11 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Logistics Tech company in Houston, United States?
Bot Auto is the highest-funded Logistics Tech company in Houston, United States, with $20M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Logistics Tech companies in Houston, United States are funded?
11 of the 53 Logistics Tech companies in Houston, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Logistics Tech unicorns are there in Houston, United States?
None of the Logistics Tech companies in Houston, United States on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Houston, United States Logistics Tech companies?
The most active investors in Houston, United States Logistics Tech companies on this list include Simon Group Holdings, 8VC, ATX Venture Partners, Alumni Ventures, Atlas Oil.
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