Best Transportation and Logistics Tech Companies in Cambridge, United States
The 31 best Transportation and Logistics Tech companies in Cambridge, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Cambridge Mobile Telematics.
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 Cambridge
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founder | Stage | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cambridge Mobile Telematics Provider of AI-powered telematics and mobility safety solutions | $502M | 7 mo ago | 318 318 → 482 (+52%) | William Powers Co-Founder & CEO | Series D | 394 patents Vehicle telematics: crash detection, driver behavior analytics, sensor fusion, and GNSS reliability | — |
| 2 | Superpedestrian Saas and AI-enabled platform offering predictive maintenence solutions for micromobility operators | $283M | 57 mo ago | 415 | — | Series C | 70 patents Electric micro‑mobility vehicle control, data aggregation, security, and precise navigation systems | — |
| 3 | RightHand Robotics Developer of robotic piece-picking solutions for order fulfillment and warehouse automation 60Talent top 15%Funding top 21%Moat top 28%Patents top 32% All 12 signals ▾Talenttop 15% Fundingtop 21% Moattop 28% Patentstop 32% Producttop 39% Partnerstop 41% Innovationtop 42% Growthtop 43% Marketbottom 47% Globalbottom 42% Techbottom 36% Newsbottom 24% Talent: Analyst team rating 5/5 Funding: Raised $125M across 8 rounds · 8 rounds over 11 yrs (0.7/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 60/100 | $125M | 20 mo ago | 73 73 → 40 (-45%) | — | Series C | 41 patents Automated robotic picking and suction-based item handling for warehouse fulfillment | — |
| 4 | Pickle Robot Developer of AI-powered robotic systems for warehouse and supply chain automation | $95M | 30 mo ago | 18 | Dan Paluska Co-Founder | Series B | — | — |
| 5 | Wise Systems Offers AI & web-based route optimization software | $73M | 61 mo ago | 89 89 → 55 (-38%) | Jemel Derbali Co-Founder | Series C | — | — |
| 6 | iSee Developer of autonomous driving systems for yard truck applications | $70M | 47 mo ago | 72 72 → 70 (-3%) | Debbie Yu Co-Founder & Board Member | Series B | 40 patents Automated tractor‑trailer coupling hardware and vision‑based robotic perception algorithms | — |
| 7 | Optimus Ride Provider self-driving technology for shuttles | $44M | 63 mo ago | 130 | — | Acquired | 28 patents Autonomous vehicle fleet control and passenger experience systems | — |
| 8 | Syrup AI-based inventory management solutions for retailers and brands | $25M | 35 mo ago | 29 | Alaa Latif Co-Founder | Acquired | — | — |
| 9 | Skedaddle Trusted SBOBET agent providing online soccer betting services and alternative links | $4M | 121 mo ago | 10 | — | Deadpooled | — | — |
| 10 | Bridj Online platform for booking shuttles | $4M | 146 mo ago | 24 | — | Seed | — | — |
| 11 | QuantumID Technologies Air cargo SaaS solutions optimizing e-commerce shipping for airlines | $4M | 141 mo ago | 175 | — | Series A | — | — |
| 12 | Mapkin Smartphone navigation app with smart voice instructions | $2M | 148 mo ago | 8 | — | Seed | — | — |
| 13 | Cubiq Online platform offering on-demand personal storage services | $300K | 126 mo ago | 2 | Scott Nelson Co-Founder | Seed | — | — |
| 14 | dondeEsta Family safety mobile app and a car device to provide the location info in real time | $200K | 158 mo ago | 6 | Pol Gerbeau Founder & CEO | Deadpooled | — | — |
| 15 | HStar Tech Robotic mobility platform for material handling needs | $118K | 142 mo ago | 9 | John Hu CEO | Deadpooled | — | — |
Top 12 Transportation and Logistics Tech companies in Cambridge
#1
Series D · Cambridge, Massachusetts · founded 2010 · 318 employees$502.5Mraised▾
Provider of AI-powered telematics and mobility safety solutions. It delivers real-time driving risk assessment, crash detection, driver coaching, and claims support solutions for insurers, mobility providers, gig platforms, and public sector organizations. Its AI-driven analytics engine combines data from smartphones, vehicles, and connected devices to generate actionable safety insights, helping reduce distracted driving, improve driver behavior, lower accident rates, and optimize insurance and mobility programs at global scale.
- Mar 2026Series D$350M
- Dec 2018Series C$500M
- Sep 2014Series A$2.5M
#2
Series C · Cambridge, Massachusetts · founded 2014 · 73 employees$125.3Mraised▾
Developer of robotic piece-picking solutions for order fulfillment and warehouse automation. The company provides systems for item qualification, integrations, and workflows. Its products include a robotic piece-picking system, fleet management tools, and customer support services. The company's solutions cater to industries such as e-commerce, pharmaceutical, apparel, health, beauty, and grocery.
- Mar 2025Series C—
- Feb 2022Series C$66M
- Oct 2021Series C$19M
- Jul 2020Series B$6M
#3
Series B · Cambridge, Massachusetts · founded 2018 · 18 employees$95Mraised▾
Developer of AI-powered robotic systems for warehouse and supply chain automation. Its robots utilize generative AI, machine vision, and autonomy to unload non-palletized goods from trailers and containers. The robots capture operational data, providing dashboards for warehouse managers to monitor performance. The dashboards can be configured to manage single robots or fleets of robots.
- Apr 2024Series B$50M
- Jan 2024Series A$66.7K
- Jul 2022Series A$10M
- Jul 2021Series A$15.4M
#4
Series C · Cambridge, Massachusetts · founded 2012 · 415 employees$282.8Mraised▾
Superpedestrian is a Saas and AI-enabled platform offering predictive maintenence solutions for micromobility operators. The company develops a cloud-enabled embedded platform where users can detect battery fires, short circuits, or failed brakes and claims to change it in a preventive manner. Also, it develops electric-kick scooter kick scooters sharing solutiond for users. The mobile application is available for iOS platforms.
- Feb 2022Series C$125M
- Feb 2022Conventional Debt—
- Jan 2021Series C—
- Dec 2020Series C$60M
#5
Acquired · Cambridge, Massachusetts · founded 2020 · 29 employees$24.8Mraised▾
AI-based inventory management solutions for retailers and brands. It provides solutions including demand forecasting, inventory optimization, ERP integration, and analytics. It uses AI and machine learning for inventory allocation and planning.
- Dec 2023Series A$17.5M
- Jun 2022Series A$7.3M
- 2021Seed—
#6
Series B · Cambridge, Massachusetts · founded 2017 · 72 employees$70Mraised▾
Developer of autonomous driving systems for yard truck applications. The company provides autonomous yard trucks designed for efficiency and safety. The autonomous driving systems integrate with existing vehicle platforms. The company's technology is designed for complex and dynamic industrial environments.
- Nov 2022Series B$40M
- Nov 2019Series A$15M
- Sep 2017Seed$2.7M
#7
Series C · Cambridge, Massachusetts · founded 2014 · 89 employees$73.1Mraised▾
Wise Systems offers AI & web-based route optimization software. It helps companies effectively manage their fleet. The software helps companies schedule dispatch timings while taking into consideration multiple constraints like customer time windows, traffic, and service time and automatically dispatches these schedules to drivers. Wise employs a machine learning algorithm that recognizes patterns to improve delivery times, uses historic data to predict future demand, real-time traffic, and weather. Also provides delivery analytics.
- Oct 2021Series C$50M
- Jun 2020Series B$15M
- Nov 2018Series A$7M
- Jun 2016Seed$1M
#8
Acquired · Cambridge, Massachusetts · founded 2015 · 130 employees$44Mraised▾
Provider self-driving technology for shuttles. It claims to be designing a fully autonomous (level 4) system for electric vehicle fleets. In September 2016, the company tested its self-driving technology at the Perkins School for the Blind (Watertown, MA). Aims to provide its software & hardware technologies as MaaS (Mobility-as-a-Service).
- Jul 2021Grant (prize money)—
- Apr 2019Series B$20.7M
- Nov 2017Series A$18M
- 2017Seed—
#9
Deadpooled · Cambridge, Massachusetts · founded 2013 · 10 employees$4.2Mraised▾
Trusted SBOBET agent providing online soccer betting services and alternative links. It serves as a trusted platform for accessing online betting, particularly soccer betting. It acts as an intermediary, connecting Indonesian players with SBOBET's offerings. It facilitates direct betting using local banks, provides access to alternative links, and offers bonus opportunities. SBOBET itself is a Manila-based company providing online betting services, including soccer betting, live casino games, arcade games, and slots. It offers a comprehensive online betting experience, focusing on accessibility and convenience for its users. It is a B2C platform.
- Sep 2016Series A$2.7M
- Feb 2016Angel$1M
- Jul 2015Seed$423.9K
- Jan 2015Seed$100K
#10
Seed · Cambridge, Massachusetts · founded 2013 · 24 employees$4Mraised▾
Online platform for booking shuttles. Users can book transportation services by providing location, destination, user details, payment details, preferred dates, and more.
- Sep 2014Seed$4M
- Aug 2014Conventional Debt$1M
- Jul 2014Conventional Debt$1.6M
#11
Series A · Cambridge, Massachusetts · founded 2006 · 175 employees$3.5Mraised▾
Air cargo SaaS solutions optimizing e-commerce shipping for airlines. The company provides a cloud-based platform that streamlines air cargo operations, connecting airlines with e-commerce opportunities. It offers solutions for domestic and cross-border e-commerce, focusing on optimizing cargo movement and unlocking new revenue streams for airlines. The platform integrates various stages of cargo movement, from first mile to last mile delivery, offering visibility and seamless system integration. It helps airlines leverage data, overcome operational complexities, and capture the e-commerce opportunity by moving packages at flight speed. The company's solutions include a core SaaS CMS, domestic e-commerce solutions, and cross-border e-commerce solutions. It empowers airlines to move cargo and e-commerce around the world more efficiently.
- Jan 2015Series A$2.5M
- Dec 2010Seed$666.6K
- 2006Seed$375K
#12
Seed · Cambridge, Massachusetts · founded 2012 · 8 employees$1.6Mraised▾
Mapkin is a smart GPS navigation app which helps find the optimal path with smart voice instructions. Along with the GPS data, it uses landmarks and local data to give more intuitive voice instructions. It integrates information like landmarks, traffic data or other obstacles in the path to give a more enjoyable driving experience.
- Jul 2014Seed$1.2M
- Jan 2014Seed$368K
Funding & investor landscape
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Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
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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 — 800 filings from 565 assignees (2016–2025), led by Amsted RAIL, Crown Equip, UBER Technologies; annual filings 53→83.
- Amsted RAIL76
- Crown Equip57
- UBER Technologies51
- Kochanowski George E40
- Miner Enterprises34
- Bendix Commercial Vehicle System30
- R & L Carriers21
- Recycling19
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