Freightera, a Vancouver, Canada-based online freight marketplace, raised $2.1m in funding.
Investors included Robson Capital, Ted Snider Financial, and Silicon Valley and Silicon Beach angels, including some of the first backers of Facebook and Twitter.
The company, which aims to raise an additional $3-5M from the same sources in 2016, intends to use the funds to expand operations.
Led by Eric Beckwitt, founder and CEO, Freightera is an online B2B freight marketplace offering instant all-inclusive freight quotes from carriers of all sizes. It serves over 23,000 communities with 24/7 online access to less than truckload and truckload rates from hundreds of carriers in the US and Canada.
Over 2,000 manufacturers, distributors and wholesalers currently use the platform.
FinSMEs
14/07/2016