Radar · Transportation and Logistics in South Carolina
Best Transportation and Logistics Companies in South Carolina, United States
The 61 best Transportation and Logistics companies in South Carolina, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: AeroVanti.
By Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
61companies tracked
$111Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
2have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS × SOUTH CAROLINA
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™
Ranked: Best Transportation and Logistics companies in South Carolina
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AeroVanti Provider of charter private aircraft | $110M | 44 mo ago | Deadpooled | Patrick Britton-Harr Founder | 2020 | — | — | — |
| 2 | DMX Transportation Provider of transportation, freight handling, storage, and logistics services 45Innovation top 20%Product top 46%Funding bottom 38%Global bottom 33% All 5 signals ▾Innovationtop 20% Producttop 46% Fundingbottom 38% Globalbottom 33% Techbottom 16% Innovation: 12 product lines Product: 12 distinct product lines · Company stage: Grant (prize money) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 45/100 | $600K | 192 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 2000 | — | — | — |
| 3 | South Carolina Ports Authority Port operator | — | 17 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 1942 | WordPressMySQLPHP+32 | — | — |
| 4 | Akros Logistics Provider of contract logistics and consulting services | — | — | Unfunded | — | 2019 | — | — | — |
| 5 | Argents Freight forwarder for air, ocean, and road transport in US | — | — | Unfunded | — | 1997 | WordPressMySQLPHP+25 | — | — |
| 6 | ASAP Expediting & Logistics Provider of air freight forwarders services | — | — | Acquired | Garland Hobgood Founder | 2008 | WordPressMySQLPHP+31 | — | — |
| 7 | ATS Provider of truck transportation, warehousing, and logistics services | — | — | Acquired | — | 1986 | — | — | — |
| 8 | b w mitchum trucking B W Mitchum Trucking is a provider of intermodal and domestic transport servivces. | — | — | — | — | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+8 | — | — |
Top 3 Transportation and Logistics companies in South Carolina
#1
Deadpooled · South Carolina · founded 2020 · 14 employees$110.3Mraised▾
Deadpooled · South Carolina · founded 2020 · 14 employees
Provider of charter private aircraft
Funding rounds
- Oct 2022Series B$100M
- Jul 2022Series A$9.8M
- May 2021Seed$600K
Founders & team
Investors
Network 1 Financial
#2
Funding Raised · Duncan, South Carolina · founded 2000$600Kraised▾
Funding Raised · Duncan, South Carolina · founded 2000
Provider of transportation, freight handling, storage, and logistics services. The company ships, handles, and stores freight across many states. It specializes in less than truckload, same day, and temperature-controlled shipments. Dedicated, truckload, expedited, warehousing, and hazardous materials transport are also offered. Time-specific delivery and general logistics solutions are available.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 45how this company ranks against its industry peers
Innovation
top 20%Product
top 46%Funding
bottom 38%Global
bottom 33%Tech
bottom 16%Innovation: 12 product lines
Product: 12 distinct product lines · Company stage: Grant (prize money)
Funding: Raised $600k across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 16 yrs (0.1/yr) · Last round Grant (prize money) (Jun 2010)
Funding rounds
- Jun 2010Grant (prize money)$600K
Investors
HHS
Tech stack
ExpressionenginePhpCodeigniterBootstrapApache Http ServerJquery
#3
Funding Raised · Mount Pleasant, South Carolina · founded 1942—raised▾
Funding Raised · Mount Pleasant, South Carolina · founded 1942
Port operator
Investors
U.S. Department of Transportation, FEMA, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Tech stack
AppnexusBootstrapCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementComplianz
Funding & investor landscape
$111Mtotal disclosed funding
2companies funded
4disclosed 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
▲
Breakthroughs113 · 18%
▲ 15%→18% share
▲1.2× share momentum2 median citations50% since 2021mostly methods-led
Key (lock) research is surging — field share jumped from 1 to 6 papers, signaling rapid security innovation in fleet access systems.
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
Supply chain management advancements are intensifying — papers quadrupled from 5 to 21, with sustainability and risk management newly scaling 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
Fleet management concerns are rising sharply — papers grew from 16 to 24, compounded by newly emerging electrification research flagging transition risks.
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 RAIL99
- Crown Equip70
- UBER Technologies65
- Kochanowski George E49
- Miner Enterprises38
- Bendix Commercial Vehicle System35
- R & L Carriers30
- Strong Force VCN Portfolio 201923
Common questions
How many Transportation and Logistics companies are there in South Carolina, United States?
Radar tracks 61 indexable Transportation and Logistics companies headquartered in South Carolina, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Transportation and Logistics companies in South Carolina, United States?
The Transportation and Logistics companies in South Carolina, United States on this list have raised a combined $111M in disclosed equity funding across 2 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Transportation and Logistics company in South Carolina, United States?
AeroVanti is the highest-funded Transportation and Logistics company in South Carolina, United States, with $110.3M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Transportation and Logistics companies in South Carolina, United States are funded?
2 of the 61 Transportation and Logistics companies in South Carolina, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Transportation and Logistics unicorns are there in South Carolina, United States?
None of the Transportation and Logistics companies in South Carolina, United States on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in South Carolina, United States Transportation and Logistics companies?
The most active investors in South Carolina, United States Transportation and Logistics companies on this list include AIB Seed Capital Fund, BlueArc Capital, Enterprise Equity, FEMA, Fireside Investments.
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.