Best Transportation and Logistics Tech Companies in Arizona, United States
The 92 best Transportation and Logistics Tech companies in Arizona, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Emerge.
Our analysis of 79 Transportation and Logistics Tech companies
$48.2b in tracked funding; 95% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Transportation and Logistics Tech companies in Arizona
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emerge Provider of a freight platform for transportation spend management and procurement | $150M | 56 mo ago | Series B | Andrew Leto Founder & CEO | 2014 | WebflowSentryAtlassian Statuspage+25 | 8 patents Facilitating real-time data communication and messaging over network infrastructures | — |
| 2 | Autonomy App-based platform electric car subscription services 69Funding top 24%Tech top 29%Innovation top 37%Patents top 37% All 12 signals ▾Fundingtop 24% Techtop 29% Innovationtop 37% Patentstop 37% Moattop 38% Talenttop 38% Markettop 41% Growthtop 41% Producttop 45% Globalbottom 44% Customersbottom 39% Newsbottom 33% Funding: Raised $62.8M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 6 yrs (0.8/yr) Tech: 42 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Alb, Amazon Cloudfront rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 69/100 | $63M | 6 mo ago | Acquired | Georg Bauer Co-Founder and President | 1996 | Node.jsYouTubeAmazon ALB+28 | 34 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 3 | GlobalTranz Tech-enabled asset light 3PL | $50M | 141 mo ago | Acquired | Andrew Leto Founder | 2003 | WordPressMySQLMariaDB+35 | — | — |
| 4 | MyCarrier Offers a multi-carrier LTL freight transportation management platform | $30M | 19 mo ago | Series B | Chris Scheid Co-Founder & CSO | 2017 | HubSpot CMS HubApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+16 | — | — |
| 5 | Cartken Robotics Manufacturer of autonomous mobile robots for indoor and outdoor material handling | $22M | 23 mo ago | Series A | Anjali Naik Co-Founder & COO | 2019 | WebflowCart FunctionalitySplide+21 | — | 1 launch |
| 6 | Trax Technologies Global leader in AI-powered freight audit and spend management solutions | $20M | 36 mo ago | Acquired | — | 1993 | HubSpot CMS HubTailwind CSSAtlassian Statuspage+16 | — | 1 launch |
| 7 | Post.Bid.Ship. Online loadboard | $8M | 73 mo ago | Series A | — | 2011 | — | — | — |
| 8 | BLUETAIL Provider of business aviation records management and training services | $7M | 25 mo ago | Series B | Stuart Illian Co-Founder | 2019 | WordPress Block EditorElementorWordPress+43 | — | — |
| 9 | Rizse Provider of AI-powered aircraft inspection solutions | $7M | 43 mo ago | Series A | Colby Harvey CEO | 2017 | — | 4 patents UAV-enabled aerial inspection and monitoring of aircraft structures and aviation facilities | — |
| 10 | Adveez Provider of real-time data capture, management, and analysis hardware and software | $5M | 111 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2010 | WordPressMySQLPHP+24 | — | — |
| 11 | Metropia AI-enabled platform offering transport analytics and mobility-as-a-service solutions | $2M | 125 mo ago | Seed | — | 2012 | WixSentryEnvoy+13 | 4 patents Digital advertising campaign and demand management platforms for targeted traffic optimization. | — |
| 12 | Sparqle On-demand delivery services for businesses and customers | $1M | 3 mo ago | Seed | Maurice Stam Co-Founder | 2021 | Framer SitesReactcore-js+11 | — | — |
| 13 | Those Animals Southern California indie-alternative rock band with sweet, melancholy melodies | $1M | 123 mo ago | Seed | David Abraham CEO | 2013 | — | — | — |
| 14 | Local Motors Developer of open platforms for vehicle design, manufacturing, and community | $250K | 61 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | 2007 | — | 39 patents 3D‑printed structural components and processes for automotive and mobility applications | — |
Top 12 Transportation and Logistics Tech companies in Arizona
#1
Acquired · Phoenix, Arizona · founded 1996 · 15156 employees$62.8Mraised▾
Autonomy is an app-based platform for electric car subscription services. Its platform enables users to find cars and can subscribe to the one they want. Its subscription plan includes title and registration, routine maintenance, roadside assistance, and more. Mobile applications are available for Android and iOS users.
- Nov 2025Conventional Debt$25M
- Jan 2022Venture Debt$50M
- Dec 2021Series A$32.8M
- Feb 2021Unattributed$30M
#2
Seed · Arizona City, Arizona · founded 2021$1.3Mraised▾
On-demand delivery services for businesses and customers. It provides last-mile delivery solutions, interactive communication solutions for grocery store chains. It offers services such as same-day delivery, next-day delivery, and more.
- Feb 2026Seed$1.8M
- Feb 2024Seed$1.3M
- Oct 2023Seed—
#3
Series B · Scottsdale, Arizona · founded 2017$30Mraised▾
Offers a multi-carrier LTL freight transportation management platform. The platform helps in managing partial load shipping process time. It has features like generation LTL shipment quotes, booking, route management, shipment tracking & analysis.
- Oct 2024Series B$1.7M
- Sep 2022Series B$16.7M
- Sep 2022Series B$22M
- Mar 2021Series A$8M
#4
Series A · Tempe, Arizona · founded 2019 · 40 employees$22.5Mraised▾
Manufacturer of autonomous mobile robots for indoor and outdoor material handling. The company's robots facilitate movement of materials between buildings, production zones, and warehouses. These robots navigate indoors and outdoors, self-charge, and integrate with doors, gates, and elevators. The robots are designed for use in manufacturing sites, warehouses, and research and development centers.
- Jul 2024Series A$10M
#5
Series B · Scottsdale, Arizona · founded 2014 · 79 employees$150Mraised▾
Provider of a freight platform for transportation spend management and procurement. The platform offers contract and spot procurement solutions, alongside artificial intelligence tools. It facilitates network growth and provides connectivity with transportation management systems. The platform includes features such as reporting, analytics, and spend optimization. It also offers integrations with data partners and capacity links.
- Sep 2021Series B$130M
- Feb 2020Series A$20M
- Nov 2018Seed$20M
- Seed—
#6
Series B · Scottsdale, Arizona · founded 2019 · 27 employees$7.4Mraised▾
Provider of business aviation records management and training services
- May 2024Series B$2.5M
- Feb 2023Series A$2.2M
- Jun 2022Series A$630K
- May 2021Series A$2.1M
#7
Acquired · Scottsdale, Arizona · founded 1993 · 529 employees$20Mraised▾
Global leader in AI-powered freight audit and spend management solutions. The company offers cloud-based product solutions that empower organizations with complex supply chains to gain control and visibility, driving enterprise-wide efficiency and value. They specialize in freight audit, data integration, and carrier data compliance, leveraging Artificial Intelligence to optimize costs, enhance data quality, and mitigate risks. Their services transform raw transportation data into actionable intelligence, providing real-time global insights for better decision-making. They help logistics leaders become strategic partners by providing key insights to improve performance and lower costs. The company's solutions simplify operations, streamline processes, and improve resource efficiency, ensuring compliance and disruption resilience. They offer a comprehensive approach to supply chain data management, enabling businesses to unlock the full potential of their supply chain data.
- Jun 2023Conventional Debt$9.7M
- Aug 2021Conventional Debt—
- Mar 2014Series B—
- Feb 2013Series B$10M
#8
Acquired · Scottsdale, Arizona · founded 2003 · 992 employees$50Mraised▾
GlobalTranz is an asset-light tech-enabled third-party logistics. Offers 'GTZConnect' - an online platform that connects shippers with pre-vetted carriers/service providers based on their requirements and enables shippers to book freight transportation & logistics services (including LTL & FTL trucking, air & ocean forwarding, warehousing, parcel delivery, & more). Additionally, the company also empowers carriers & shippers with products such as 'GTZ partner' - a collaborative TMS (Transport Management System) and 'GTZ Integrate' - an EDI solution for integrating third-party systems.
- Sep 2014Series C$40M
- Jan 2011Series A$10M
#9
Series A · Scottsdale, Arizona · founded 2017 · 11 employees$6.8Mraised▾
Provider of AI-powered aircraft inspection solutions. It offers a proprietary autonomous drone platform for detecting damages. It also enables users to view inspection reports, and aircraft damages.
- Nov 2022Series A$6.6M
- Feb 2020Seed$250K
#10
Series A · Scottsdale, Arizona · founded 2011 · 5 employees$7.7Mraised▾
Post Bid Ship matches shippers and carriers of commercial freight based on their needs and availability. Carriers on the platform are pre-screened. Shippers can post loads, get bids and continue all the transactions offline. Posting and bidding are free for both carriers and shippers. Has a subscription based pricing model.
- May 2020Series A$671.1K
- Jul 2019Series A$1.7M
- Jun 2018Series A$2.1M
- Jun 2017Series A$361K
#11
Acquired · Phoenix, Arizona · founded 2010 · 34 employees$4.9Mraised▾
Provider of real-time data capture, management, and analysis hardware and software. The company delivers solutions for powered and unpowered asset management, charging station telemetry, speed control, and user safety. It offers research and development alongside original equipment manufacturing solutions. The company’s products are applicable to airports, maintenance repair and overhaul, harbors, railways, and industrial sites.
- Mar 2017Series B$3.5M
- 2014Seed$1.5M
#12
Seed · Tucson, Arizona · founded 2012 · 61 employees$2.5Mraised▾
AI-enabled platform offering transport analytics and mobility-as-a-service solutions. The company uses an AI-based algorithm to provide traffic congestion analytics solutions. Also, it offers mobility-as-a-service for transit operators.
- Jan 2016Grant (prize money)$1M
- 2013Seed$2.5M
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Transportation and Logistics Tech coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
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.
- Purdue University West Lafayette28
- Georgia Institute of Technology21
- National Laboratory of the Rockies20
- Idaho National Laboratory18
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology16
- Fleet management16→21
- Scalability4→9
- Key (lock)1→6
- Supply chain management1→4
- Automotive engineering1→4
- Supply chain management5→21
- Scheduling (production processes)8→22
- Sustainability1→11
- Supply chain risk management1→10
- Electric vehicle3→11
- Supply chain management2→11
- Fleet management16→24
- Transport engineering3→10
- Supply chain optimization4→9
- Sustainability1→5
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.
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.
- 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
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