Radar · Transportation and Logistics in Denver
Best Transportation and Logistics Companies in Denver, United States
The 46 best Transportation and Logistics companies in Denver, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: ModivCare.
By Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
46companies tracked
$238.4Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
2have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS × DENVER
Our analysis of 50 Transportation and Logistics companies
$13.3b in tracked funding; 94% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
50companies analysed
94%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
1996median founding year
57median Fliar Index™
143kcombined LinkedIn audience
80%of audience held by top 3
3companies hiring publicly (12 mo)
Ranked: Best Transportation and Logistics companies in Denver
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ModivCare Provider of logistics and transportation services 80Customers top 17%Tech top 23%Market top 25%Funding top 30% All 11 signals ▾Customerstop 17% Techtop 23% Markettop 25% Fundingtop 30% Producttop 35% Fin. healthtop 41% Moattop 47% Talentbottom 49% Growthbottom 47% Globalbottom 37% Newsbottom 23% Customers: Play-Store rating 4.52★ across 29,362 ratings (3 apps) · Review volume +302% in 6 mo Tech: 53 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Alb, Amazon Cloudfront rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 80/100 | $225M | 362 mo ago | Public | Heath Sampson Chief Executive Officer | 1986 | WordPressMySQLPHP+16 | — |
| 2 | Flydenver Just a moment... | $13M | 179 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 1998 | WordPressAlgoliaMySQL+29 | 1 expansion |
| 3 | AAA Interstate Provider of drive-away transportation services for commercial and utility vehicles | — | — | Unfunded | — | 2003 | — | — |
| 4 | Adionats Provider of electrical and communications services for transportation infrastructure | — | — | Unfunded | Katie Dunscomb President/Chief Executive Officer | 2020 | — | — |
| 5 | Alpha Park Provider of parking management services | — | — | Acquired | Dan Bragassa Owner | 1988 | — | — |
| 6 | Altitude Movers Denver Provider of professional residential and commercial moving services | — | — | Unfunded | John Piccone Owner | 2012 | — | — |
| 7 | Amazing Moves Provider of road freight forwarding and logistics services | — | — | Acquired | Padraic McHale Co-Founder | 2003 | JoomlaPHPApache HTTP Server+10 | — |
| 8 | aspen distribution Aspen Distribution is a logistics enterprise that deals with transportation, warehousing, fulfillment and… | — | — | — | — | 1984 | — | — |
Top 2 Transportation and Logistics companies in Denver
#1
Funding Raised · Denver, Colorado · founded 1998 · 1286 employees$13.4Mraised▾
Funding Raised · Denver, Colorado · founded 1998 · 1286 employees
Just a moment...
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 31k LinkedIn followers — 21.5% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 expansions announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Sep 2011Grant (prize money)$13.4M
Investors
U.S. Department of Transportation
Tech stack
AlgoliaAmazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesBabelBootstrap
#2
Public · Denver, Colorado · founded 1986 · 20000 employees$225Mraised▾
Public · Denver, Colorado · founded 1986 · 20000 employees
Provider of logistics and transportation services
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 80how this company ranks against its industry peers
Customers
top 17%Tech
top 23%Market
top 25%Funding
top 30%Product
top 35%Fin. health
top 41%Customers: Play-Store rating 4.52★ across 29,362 ratings (3 apps) · Review volume +302% in 6 mo
Tech: 53 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Alb, Amazon Cloudfront · Devops: Nginx
Market: 20,000 employees (top 1% of Freight Forwarders) · Revenue ~$2.8B · ~12% of tracked Freight Forwarders revenue (14 cos, FY2026)
Audience (LinkedIn): 53k LinkedIn followers — 36.6% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
- 1996PE—
- 1996Conventional Debt$225M
Founders & team
Investors
Petra Capital Partners, Eos Partners
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesAngularApache Http ServerBootstrap
Funding & investor landscape
$238.4Mtotal disclosed funding
2companies funded
2disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Prism market signals · United States · country-scoped Prism corpus, 1,880,697 docs
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Transportation and Logistics 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
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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 Transportation and Logistics companies are there in Denver, United States?
Radar tracks 46 indexable Transportation and Logistics companies headquartered in Denver, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Transportation and Logistics companies in Denver, United States?
The Transportation and Logistics companies in Denver, United States on this list have raised a combined $238.4M in disclosed equity funding across 2 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Transportation and Logistics company in Denver, United States?
ModivCare is the highest-funded Transportation and Logistics company in Denver, United States, with $225M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Transportation and Logistics companies in Denver, United States are funded?
2 of the 46 Transportation and Logistics companies in Denver, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Transportation and Logistics unicorns are there in Denver, United States?
None of the Transportation and Logistics companies in Denver, United States on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Denver, United States Transportation and Logistics companies?
The most active investors in Denver, United States Transportation and Logistics companies on this list include Eos Partners, Petra Capital Partners, U.S. Department of Transportation, Woerner Holdings.
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.