Radar · Transportation and Logistics in New York City
Best Transportation and Logistics Companies in New York City, United States
The 64 best Transportation and Logistics companies in New York City, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: BLADE.
By Riya SenguptaFinancials
64companies tracked
$72.8Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
5have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS × NEW YORK CITY
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™
530kcombined LinkedIn audience
74%of audience held by top 3
2companies hiring publicly (12 mo)
Ranked: Best Transportation and Logistics companies in New York City
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Employees | Founded | Founder | Tech stack | Web popularity | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Motion Acquisition Special purpose acquisition company focused on multiple sectors | — | 4,100 | 2020 | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | Icon Parking On-demand scout for parking | — | 1,100 | 1947 | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | VGM Provider of mobility services | — | 300 | 2021 | — | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+16 | Top 10M | — |
| 4 | McAllister Towing Provider of a fleet of tugboats, crew boats, and barges along the, providing towing and transportation… | — | 300 | 1864 | — | ContentfulNode.jsTailwind CSS+11 | Top 10M | 2 job openings · 1 launch |
| 5 | BLADE Provider of private jet chartered services | $44M | 247 | 2014 | Rob Wiesenthal Co-Founder & CEO | Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceRuby+32 | Top 500k | — |
| 6 | Modern Aviation Operator of aviation service facilities offering support for general aviation | — | 242 242 → 252 (+4%) | 2017 | Mark Carmen CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+18 | Top 5M | 3 expansions |
| 7 | Masterpiece International Provider of freight forwarder and logistics services | — | 201 201 → 267 (+33%) | 1989 | — | — | — | 1 partnership · 1 award |
| 8 | FlatRate Provider of road freight services | — | 195 | 1991 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+19 | Top 5M | — |
Top 9 Transportation and Logistics companies in New York City
#1
Series A · New York City, New York · founded 2022 · 49 employees$20Mraised▾
Series A · New York City, New York · founded 2022 · 49 employees
Provider of electric bike rental services
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 63k LinkedIn followers — 11.9% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 expansions announced in 12 mo
Founders & team
Investors
Leta Capital, Flashpoint, JointJourney, TMT Investments, s16vc
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsFacebook PixelGodaddy
#2
Public · New York City, New York · founded 2014 · 247 employees$44Mraised▾
Public · New York City, New York · founded 2014 · 247 employees
Provider of private jet chartered services
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 25k LinkedIn followers — 4.6% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
- Jan 2023Post IPO—
- Mar 2018Series B$38M
- Jul 2016Series A—
- May 2015Seed$6M
Founders & team
Investors
RedBird Capital Partners, The Raine Group, Lerer Hippeau, Airbus Official, LionTree
Tech stack
American ExpressApple Icloud MailApple PayAppnexusAttentiveBootstrap
#3
Seed · New York City, New York · founded 2022 · 5 employees$2.2Mraised▾
Seed · New York City, New York · founded 2022 · 5 employees
Developer of software platform intended to streamline heavy haul trucking operations. The company's platform features a quoting engine, routing tool, and permit management system, enabling heavy haul carriers to accelerate quoting, streamline routing, and reduce accessorial costs.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 5how this company ranks against its industry peers
Talent
bottom 45%Funding
bottom 44%Global
bottom 25%Market
bottom 8%Talent: 1 named leader on record
Funding: Raised $2.2M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 3 yrs (0.3/yr) · Last round Seed (Jun 2023)
Global: Single-market focus (United States)
Funding rounds
- Jun 2023Seed$2.2M
Founders & team
#4
Series A · New York City, New York · founded 2012 · 24 employees$6.5Mraised▾
Series A · New York City, New York · founded 2012 · 24 employees
Develops and manages self storage facilities
Funding rounds
- Mar 2021Series A$50K
- Sep 2020Series A$6.5M
Founders & team
#5
Seed · New York City, New York · founded 2021 · 300 employees—raised▾
Seed · New York City, New York · founded 2021 · 300 employees
Provider of mobility services
Funding rounds
- Jun 2022Seed—
Investors
Castlelake, Bagnols Family Office Investment Partners
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCore-JsElementorEssential Addons For ElementorGodaddyGoogle Workspace
#6
Acquired · New York City, New York · founded 1947 · 1100 employees—raised▾
Acquired · New York City, New York · founded 1947 · 1100 employees
Icon Parking is an NYC based company providing private parking facilities to users across 300 location in the city. The company allows users to search for an available parking spot, and book it online via the mobile app. The company provides monthly subscriptions for availing the parking facilities.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers
Investors
AXA, MIRA, Arkview Capital
Tech stack
Google MapsApple Sign-InBootstrapApache Http ServerCloudflareUnpkg
#7
Deadpooled · New York City, New York · founded 1989—raised▾
Deadpooled · New York City, New York · founded 1989
Operator of passenger airlines
Founders & team
#8
Public · New York City, New York · founded 2005 · 96 employees—raised▾
Public · New York City, New York · founded 2005 · 96 employees
Provider of marine transportation services
Investors
Kelso & Company
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpNginx
#9
Late Stage · New York City, New York · founded 1990—raised▾
Late Stage · New York City, New York · founded 1990
Operator of jet & cargo charters
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 304k LinkedIn followers — 57.4% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 partnerships · 1 awards · 1 expansions (incl. Seletar Country Club) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Oct 2016PE—
Founders & team
Investors
Alcuin Capital Partners
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon Web ServicesAws Certificate ManagerGoogle Font ApiGoogle Hosted LibrariesGoogle Tag Manager
Funding & investor landscape
$72.8Mtotal disclosed funding
4companies funded
5disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Notable founders
Artem Serbovka
Co-Founder · Whizz
Mike Peregudov
Co-Founder & Co-CEO · Whizz
Rob Wiesenthal
Co-Founder & CEO · BLADE
Christian Battaglia
Co-Founder & CEO · Triple Axle
Ari Goldman
Co-Founder · SNL Stora
Marc Sharinn
Co-Founder & CEO · SNL Stora
Anthony Koulouris
CEO · USGlobal Airways
Chris Leach
Founder & Chairman · Air Charter Service
Carlos Montes
CEO · Air Charter Service
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
▲
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
▼
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 New York City, United States?
Radar tracks 64 indexable Transportation and Logistics companies headquartered in New York City, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Transportation and Logistics companies in New York City, United States?
The Transportation and Logistics companies in New York City, United States on this list have raised a combined $72.8M in disclosed equity funding across 4 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Transportation and Logistics company in New York City, United States?
BLADE is the highest-funded Transportation and Logistics company in New York City, United States, with $44M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Transportation and Logistics companies in New York City, United States are funded?
4 of the 64 Transportation and Logistics companies in New York City, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Transportation and Logistics unicorns are there in New York City, United States?
None of the Transportation and Logistics companies in New York City, United States on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in New York City, United States Transportation and Logistics companies?
The most active investors in New York City, United States Transportation and Logistics companies on this list include AXA, Airbus Official, Alcuin Capital Partners, Alpaca, Apollo Investment Corporation.
Riya SenguptaFinancials
Riya reads income statements for fun. She covers the real money in a sector — revenue, growth, who actually earns — and never met a vague claim she didn't want a number for.