Best Transportation and Logistics Tech Companies in Charlotte, United States
The 37 best Transportation and Logistics Tech companies in Charlotte, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: SmartSky Networks.
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 Charlotte
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | App-install YoY | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SmartSky Networks Provider of LTE-based in-flight connectivity solutions | $365M | 51 mo ago | Series B | — | 2011 | — | 457 patents Air-to-ground broadband communication systems integrating multiple networks for in‑flight connectivity | — |
| 2 | Printful 🦄 Provider of on-demand custom printing and fulfillment service provider | $130M | 63 mo ago | Late Stage | Lauris Liberts Co-Founder | 2013 | +25% | — | — |
| 3 | Whip Around Provider of web-based fleet inspection and maintenance software | $14M | 57 mo ago | Acquired | James Colley Co-Founder and Director | 2016 | +20% | — | 1 award |
| 4 | Titanium Transportation Group Provider of trucking and warehousing solution 37Market top 41%News top 41%Tech top 43%Moat top 48% All 7 signals ▾Markettop 41% Newstop 41% Techtop 43% Moattop 48% Fundingbottom 46% Globalbottom 37% Growthbottom 32% Market: 1,100 employees (top 10% of Trucking) · Top-5,000,000 web property News: 8 BI events in 12 mo (of 122 tracked, 10 types) · -53% YoY rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 37/100 | $9M | 134 mo ago | Acquired | — | 1989 | — | — | — |
| 5 | Passport Parking App-based solution pay for parking spaces | $2M | 156 mo ago | Seed | — | 2010 | +18% | — | — |
| 6 | Autopilot On-demand Ride Sharing | $200K | 171 mo ago | Seed | Ben Lee Founder & CEO | 2012 | — | — | — |
| 7 | Campus Carriers Online marketplace for storage spaces | — | 162 mo ago | Seed | Daniel Burdi Co-Founder | 2009 | — | — | — |
| 8 | A3Technologies Digital marketing insights, SEO strategies, and online business solutions | — | — | Unfunded | — | 2002 | — | — | — |
Top 7 Transportation and Logistics Tech companies in Charlotte
#1
Series B · Charlotte, North Carolina · founded 2011 · 84 employees$364.9Mraised▾
Provider of LTE-based in-flight connectivity solutions. It offers a 4G air-to-ground communication system with patented beamforming technology. It also claims to provide ten times the speed and capacity using sixty MHz of spectrum.
- Jun 2022Series B$27.8M
- Feb 2021Conventional Debt—
- Feb 2021Series B$32M
- Jul 2019Series B$43.1M
#2
Printful 🦄Late Stage · Charlotte, North Carolina · founded 2013 · 749 employees$130Mraised▾
Printful is a provider of on-demand custom printing and fulfillment service provider. The platform helps to design and sell custom products online with print-on-demand drop shipping. Retailers with their stores listed on e-commerce platforms can link their designs and products on Printful. Shoppers place orders on the retailer's online store which is then directed to Printful. Printful charges a fulfillment fee from the retailer and ensures delivery of the product to the shopper in the retailer's own-brand packaging. Can be integrated with e-commerce platforms such as Shopify, Woo Commerce, Big Cartel, Storenvy, Tictail, BigCommerce, Gumroad, etc.
- May 2021PE$130M
#3
Acquired · Charlotte, North Carolina · founded 2016 · 32 employees$14Mraised▾
Whip Around is a provider of web-based fleet inspection and maintenance software. It enables inspection and management of tires, vehicle defects, document storage, and reporting, tracking of vehicle maintenance history, mileage and engine hours capture, work order management, reminders for maintenance scheduling, and overview of fleet issues. Its clients include Imperfect Produce and Walters Services.
- Dec 2021Series B$14M
#4
Acquired · Charlotte, North Carolina · founded 1989 · 1100 employees$9.1Mraised▾
Provider of trucking and warehousing solution. It offers services like fleet tracking, warehouse order & fulfilment management, shipment consolidation, cross dock & more. It also provides online order management system and helps to track shipment orders.
- Jul 2015Post IPO$9.1M
#5
Seed · Charlotte, North Carolina · founded 2010 · 236 employees$1.5Mraised▾
PassportParking is a cloud-based mobile payment platform for parking and transit. Users need to register their credit/debit card with the app to pay the parking fees using the app. Services offered include pay for parking, extend a parking session remotely, receive notifications before the parking sessions expire, and view and print receipts online. Offers a pay-by-voice and pay-by-text option. Available on Android and iOS platforms.
- Sep 2013Seed$568.8K
- Dec 2012Angel$468.8K
- Apr 2010Seed$500K
#6
Seed · Charlotte, North Carolina · founded 2012$200Kraised▾
The Autopilot platform matches riders and drivers on demand through its iPhone app. You use your iPhone to find a driver, get picked up in your car or someone else’s, and get driven wherever you’d like to go with real-time tracking, SMS updates, and cashless, automated payments.
- Jun 2012Angel$200K
#7
Seed · Charlotte, North Carolina · founded 2009 · 2 employees—raised▾
Campus Carriers is an online marketplace for storage spaces. The company provides storage spaces on university campuses for students and parents. The process includes online registration by creating account, choosing items to be stored, scheduling date & time for pick up and payment for reserved space.
- Feb 2013Seed—
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Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
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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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