Dan Lewis launched Convoy in 2015 into an established industry led by several legacy businesses. Now valued at $3.8 billion, the company is at the forefront of bringing digital services to freight shipping and logistics. We are very happy to have him. TechCrunch Live This week, with Chris Howard, founding partner at Fuel Capital, who invested in Convoy’s seed round.
As you can hear, in 2014 and 2015, Cargo was ready for a reinvention. Uber was becoming a verb, and the trucking industry needed a digital solution to connect the various parts of the industry. Convoy started at the right time, CEO Chris Howard told me. Starting in 2014, wireless service providers started giving away free smartphones, and after truckers got their hands on these devices, the industry began to change rapidly.
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