Cargado in the news

Awards, product launches, partnerships, and industry coverage of the Mexico and Canada freight marketplace — from FreightWaves and Bloomberg to the Journal of Commerce.

#10 → #9
back-to-back FreightTech 25 top-10 finishes — #10 in our debut year, #9 the year after
40+
stories across FreightWaves, Bloomberg, Transport Topics, and the Journal of Commerce
2023
founded by Matt Silver and Rylan Hawkins

2026

Partnership
ACCESS Newswire · Jun 2026
GoodShip and Cargado Partner to Deliver Cross-Border Freight Market Benchmarking and Intelligence

Joint press release: Cargado's Mexico and Canada lane benchmarks embedded directly into GoodShip's procurement workflows for mutual customers.

2025

Product
Truck News (Canada) · Nov 2025
Cargado Chat connects brokers, carriers

Canadian trade press on the Cargado Chat launch: verified profiles, MFA, instant translation, load-linked threads.

Product
FreightCaviar · Nov 2025
Cargado Introduces Cargado Chat

Launch coverage of Cargado Chat, the freight-first messaging hub — the follow-on to a Series A year of Market Rates and Canada.

Award
FreightWaves · Oct 2025
2026 FreightTech 25 winners revealed onstage at F3

Cargado climbs to #9 on the FreightTech 25 — back-to-back top-10 finishes after debuting at #10 the year before.

Award
FreightWaves · Sep 2025
FreightWaves announces 2026 FreightTech 100 companies

Cargado named to the 2026 FreightTech 100.

Product
Journal of Commerce · Jun 2025
Cross-border truckload marketplace expands into Canada

JOC coverage of the Canada expansion, driven by broker demand to add U.S.-Canada carriers to the vetted network.

Product
FreightWaves · Jun 2025
Cargado expands freight marketplace into Canada, launches market rates tool

Canada expansion plus the launch of Cargado Market Rates, the first cross-border pricing intelligence tool.

Funding
Transport Topics · Apr 2025
Freight Marketplace Cargado Raises $12M to Expand Operations

Series A coverage on top of $10M previously raised — accelerating product development amid nearshoring and tariff uncertainty.

Funding
Mexico Business News · Apr 2025
Cargado Raises US$12 Million in Series A For Cross-Border Freight

Mexican business press on the Series A, closing days after the April 2 tariff announcement spared Mexico and Canada under USMCA.

Funding
Built In Chicago · Apr 2025
Cargado Raises $12M Series A to Fuel Product Development

Chicago tech press on the LGVP-led Series A — the invite-only marketplace and vetted carrier network.

Analysis
Conversion Capital · Apr 2025
Our Investment in Cargado

Investor thesis published with the Series A: Cargado as foundational data infrastructure for North American freight.

Funding
FreightWaves · Apr 2025
Exclusive: Cargado raises $12M to boost cross-border trucking marketplace

The exclusive on the $12M Series A led by LGVP with Conversion Capital, Assembly Ventures, and Friends & Family Capital.

2024

Award
FreightWaves · Nov 2024
2025 FreightTech 25 sees a shakeup as new companies surge

Cargado debuts at #10 on the FreightTech 25 in its first appearance.

Analysis
Ironspring Ventures · Sep 2024
Why We Invested — Cargado

The pre-seed lead doubles down post-launch — the investment thesis behind Cargado's vetted cross-border network.

Product
FreightWaves · Sep 2024
Exclusive: Cargado launches first-ever load board for Mexico freight

The exclusive on the public unveiling of the invite-only cross-border marketplace, quietly live since April 2024 with 50+ logistics customers.

Product
Transport Topics · Sep 2024
Startup Cargado Unveils Load Board for US-Mexico Freight

Launch coverage of the invite-only vetting model, free carrier access, and planned TMS integrations.

Product
FreightCaviar · Sep 2024
Invite-Only Load Board

Newsletter lead story on the official launch — 'A New Era for Cross-Border Freight.'

Award
FreightWaves · Sep 2024
FreightWaves announces 2025 FreightTech 100 companies

Cargado named to the 2025 FreightTech 100.

Analysis
Proeza Ventures · Sep 2024
Welcome Cargado, the tech startup revolutionizing U.S.-Mexico cross-border logistics

Monterrey-based investor's welcome post and nearshoring thesis for backing Cargado.

Funding
FreightCaviar · May 2024
Cargado Secures $6.8M Seed for Cross-Border Freight Tech

The seed round, timed with Mexico passing China as the top U.S. trading partner.

Funding
FreightWaves · May 2024
Logistics tech startup Cargado raises $6.8M in seed funding

Seed led by Primary Venture Partners with Ironspring, Zenda, Wischoff, Proeza, and RyderVentures.

Profile
FreightWaves · Mar 2024
3PLs can guide shippers through complexities of cross-border trade

3PL Summit fireside recap — nearshoring and why brokers dominate cross-border freight.

Funding
Transporte.mx · Jan 2024
Cargado, la plataforma logística para cruces fronterizos entre México y Estados Unidos

Mexican transport-industry press on the launch and $3M pre-seed.

Funding
FreightWaves · Jan 2024
Matt Silver launches US-Mexico logistics tech startup Cargado

The launch announcement: Forager founder Matt Silver and Convoy veteran Rylan Hawkins start Cargado with a $3M pre-seed.

Funding
Contxto · Jan 2024
Cargado recauda 3 millones de dólares para una plataforma logística entre EE.UU. y México

LatAm startup press on the $3M pre-seed and the planned beta.

Funding
Mexico Business News · Jan 2024
Cargado Secures US$3 Million Pre-Seed For Cross-Border Logistics

Mexican business press on the pre-seed — and the note that Cargado is not building a brokerage.

Hear it from the source

CEO Matt Silver's podcast appearances — from Bloomberg's Odd Lots to the shows brokers and carriers actually listen to.

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