Cargado

Thank you David Talpalar. We're excited to work with you and and the Conversion Capital team.

We just raised a $12M Series A to redefine cross-border freight. Cargado isn’t just another load board — and we never wanted it to be. We’re building the collaborative platform for cross-border freight — one that helps logistics and trucking companies actually work together, not just transact. This new capital lets us double down on that vision: 🚀 Faster product development 🔌 Deeper integrations 👀 More transparency and control for both sides of the marketplace 🤝 Real collaboration — not just coverage We raised this round in the middle of tariff uncertainty, which made it even more important to find partners with long-term conviction. Huge thanks to LGVP for leading the round — Itai Tsiddon and Nicholas Ellenoff immediately understood the complexity of cross-border freight and how much opportunity is ahead. We’re also thrilled to welcome Conversion Capital, Assembly Ventures, and Friends & Family Capital to the cap table, alongside continued support from Primary Venture Partners, Ironspring Ventures, Zenda Capital, and Proeza Ventures. We’ve got some big things coming — new features, new partnerships, and a much better way to do cross-border. If you’re not already on Cargado, now’s the time. Full story here 👉 https://lnkd.in/gNiq2Zxq Let’s go!

Today we're excited to announce our $12M Series A, led by Itai Tsiddon & Nicholas Ellenoff at LGVP! The round includes new participation from Conversion Capital, Assembly Ventures, and Friends & Family Capital, alongside continued support from our early investors Primary Venture Partners, Ironspring Ventures, Zenda Capital, and Proeza Ventures. Closing this round amid ongoing tariff uncertainties presented unique challenges, but it reinforced exactly why we're building Cargado. Cross-border freight brokers and carriers need better tools, real collaboration, and technology designed specifically for cross-border freight. That's been our mission from day one, and now we're positioned better than ever to make it happen. A huge thanks to our investors and customers who continue to believe in our product, team, and mission. If you're not already using Cargado, you're missing out. Reach out today to schedule a demo.

Brace yourself: a MASSIVE wave of nearshoring is about to hit North America. President Trump just announced sweeping new tariffs, dubbed "Liberation Day," targeting global trade with massive penalties: 🇨🇳 China: 34% 🇮🇳 India: 26% 🇪🇺 European Union: 20% 🇯🇵 Japan - 24% 🇻🇳 Vietnam - 46% But here's the kicker: America's closest neighbors and largest trading partners — Mexico and Canada — are EXCLUDED. If you've been paying attention, cross-border trade with Mexico and Canada was already surging. With these tariffs, particularly on manufacturing powerhouses like China and India, the shift toward North American nearshoring is about to go into hyperdrive. Mexico and Canada aren't just the safe bets — they're the smartest investments on the table. Get ready. The North American trade renaissance is here. The only way to prepare is by leveraging Cargado to support this evolving supply chain!

Since launching our marketplace in April 2024, we’ve collected well over 25,000 bids on cross-border Mexico freight. With tariffs sparking fears of rate fluctuations, we used our bid data to analyze market rate trends. We analyzed bid data by the most competitive, middle of the pack, and the highest bids and categorized them into P25, P50, and P75 (P = Percentile). WIth the exception of usual holiday seasonality, rates generally stayed aligned until the recent newscycle around tariffs, where we saw P75 rates start to climb. In spite of what we’re seeing in the news and online hype cycles right now, the data shows us that the market is still relatively calm. This could change as we get deeper into tariffs but likewise shows the durability of complex supply chains. We will continue to share more insights as we spot them!

Since launching our marketplace in April 2024, we’ve collected well over 25,000 bids on cross-border Mexico freight. With tariffs sparking fears of rate fluctuations, we used our bid data to analyze market rate trends. We analyzed bid data by the most competitive, middle of the pack, and the highest bids and categorized them into P25, P50, and P75 (P = Percentile). WIth the exception of usual holiday seasonality, rates generally stayed aligned until the recent newscycle around tariffs, where we saw P75 rates start to climb. In spite of what we’re seeing in the news and online hype cycles right now, the data shows us that the market is still relatively calm. This could change as we get deeper into tariffs but likewise shows the durability of complex supply chains. We will continue to share more insights as we spot them!

Take a look at our founder Matt Silver talk with Manifest: The Future of Supply Chain & Logistics! It's a great conversation about his past experience building Forager and about Cargado today.

Thank you Ben Lang for featuring Cargado in your list of fastest growing startups! We are certainly growing at a rapid clip and need to hire the best talent to support our goal of making cross-border freight seamless, interconnected, and dependable. Come join our rapidly growing team for one of the many roles we have posted: 1. Head of Success 2. RevOps 3. Technical Recruiter 4. Customer Success Manager 5. Engineer 6. BusOps Matt Silver Rylan Hawkins

One year ago when FreightWaves announced the FreightTech Top 25, we were a company of 6 people founded by Matt Silver and Rylan Hawkins with some Figma designs. Fast forward to today and we just got listed as number 🔟 on the FreightWaves FreightTech Top 25. We're helping 125+ logistics companies grow their cross-border Mexico business. We are quickly becoming the software stack connecting U.S. and Mexico supply chains. And our growth is only continuing to accelerate: 🚚 If you're a logistics company looking to grow your Mexico business or get into cross-border Mexico freight, reach out to set up a demo. 📬 We're hiring in every single department to support our rapid growth. Apply to the role that fits your experience best.

Hey SaaS product teams, Stop making your customers log in every time they go to your marketing homepage. No one remembers your app’s subdomain. Is it an app or dashboard or something else? I spent a few minutes looking at some well-known websites and did a quick review of the quality of their login experience. 🤮 F - Services that, when you click Login on their homepage, make you log in again even if you were already logged in. Bank of America, Chase 🤕 D - Services that don’t provide a one-click login button on their homepage. You have to click some kind of popup or find it in the footer Allstate Benefits, and many a government site 🤨 C - Services that, when you click login, it takes you to the app. Trouble is, you aren’t always sure if you will have to login again or not until you click it. Intuit TurboTax (Mint used to be in the F category for awhile), Amazon Web Services (AWS), Rocket Money, Datadog, Brex, Statsig, Rippling 🙂 B - Services that just say “Go to app” when you’re logged in already. HubSpot, CircleCI, Stripe 😃 A-minus - Services that redirect you straight into the app. However, they skip the marketing pages. What if I want to view the pricing page and figure out what features I am missing? How do I do that? GitHub, Notion, Mintlify, Sentry 🎉 A+ - Services that show me my username so I have confidence I am logged in already, but also allow me to use the marketing page. Cargado (we’re not going to make a post like this if we don’t have an A+ 😉 ), Crowdin, Slack Product and design leaders talk about craftsmanship and understanding the customer journey. This is a great example of that. Come join us at Cargado and help us make something great.