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Hwy Haul raises $10M to build produce book to keep reefer drivers busy

Digital freight platform will use funds to secure more produce shippers

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Digitizing supply chains would slash food waste, Hwy Haul CEO says

Natural Resources Defense Council says up to 40% of food in US goes to waste

Tive and Hwy Haul partner to help shippers prevent delays and damage of their perishable loads

Leading in-transit visibility provider Tive and Hwy Haul, a leading digital freight platform for fresh produce, announced a strategic partnership today aimed at eliminating shipping delays and damage in fresh fruit and produce supply chains.

Investors Pour Millions Into Einride, Hwy Haul As Freight Trucking Needs Surge

California-based Hwy Haul, announced Wednesday it had won $10 million in Series A funding. Started in 2018 by two former Walmart executives and a veteran of the trucking industry, Hwy Haul is a produce supply chain logistics company that’s developed a platform aimed at produce arriving fresher to grocery stores by eliminating the middleman.

Hwy Haul raises $10 million in Series A funding

California-based supply chain logistics enterprise Hwy Haul, a company launched by former Walmart executives, has raised $10 million in Series A funding to transform the way fresh produce is shipped and delivered.

Former Walmart execs secure $10MM to transform fresh produce supply chain

Hwy Haul, a produce supply chain logistics company started by former Walmart executives, has raised a $10 million Series A round to further its mission to transform the way fresh produce is shipped and delivered.

Hwy Haul Raises $10M Series A to Modernize Produce Trucking

Hwy Haul, a cloud-based freight platform that connects produce shippers and carriers, announced today that it has raised a $10 million Series A round of funding. Eileses Capital and BluePointe Ventures co-led the round with participation from AgFunder, True Blue Partners, and other angel investors. This brings the total amount raised by Hwy Haul to $15.6 million.

Hwy Haul raises $10m Series A for produce logistics marketplace

While the US fruit and vegetable market is worth over $104 billion, the industry relies on some rather antiquated logistics practices to get produce from field to table. Santa Clara-based Hwy Haul is hoping to modernize the entire supply chain with its freight platform that connects shippers directly to carriers.

$10M Series A to help Hwy Haul reimagine produce supply chain

Produce supply chain logistics and technology company Hwy Haul has secured a $10 million Series A round of funding, co-led by Eileses Capital and BluePointe Ventures. Additional investors include AgFunder and True Blue Partners and notable angel investors like Dheeraj Pandey, founder and ex-CEO of Nutanix (NASDAQ: NTNX); Girish Mathrubootham, founder and CEO of Freshworks; Rajiv Batra, founder of Palo Alto Networks (NYSE: PANW); and Vivek Mehra, partner emeritus at August Capital.

Former Walmart Executives Form Company to Reduce Food Waste

During their eight-year stint at Walmart’s technology labs, Syed Aman and Sharan Grewal, were part of the team that built the online grocery platform into a multi-billion dollar business. The two used their technology and produce delivery expertise to develop Hwy Haul, a Silicon Valley-based technology company that helps move freight by matching shippers with carriers on its digital freight brokerage platform.

Founded in October 2018 in Santa Clara, Calif., the company has grown 400% year-over-year and raised close to $3 million from notable investors. The company’s mission is to reduce food wastage, lower carbon emissions and improve all stakeholders’ efficiency.

Ex-Walmart execs build digital freight platform for fresh produce

One of the advantages of working for a megabrand like Walmart is you get instant access to pretty much everyone.

“You get the meeting,” said Syed Aman. “You barge in and people will meet you.”

Aman knows whereof he speaks. He was part of the engineering team that built Walmart’s online grocery platform into a multibillion-dollar business.

Former Walmart Exec’s Startup Uses AI To Battle Spoiled Produce Deliveries

As Director of Supply Chain, Syed Aman spent several years making sure when produce reached Walmart stores, it wasn’t rotten. Now, as CEO and co-founder of Hwy Haul, he’s using what he learned to give other supermarkets the same insurance, because it’s not just a few bad apples spoiling the whole bunch.

“Produce spends half its life in the supply chain and more than $15 billion is wasted or rejected in transit every year,” said Aman. “On average 14% of the produce shipments get rejected.”

Former Walmart exec brings ride-share technology to fresh produce transport

Hwy Haul co-founder and CEO Syed Aman knows fresh produce is the future of grocery stores. It’s one of the few categories that still drives shoppers to buy in-store. But some points in the supply chain for fresh produce are still stuck in the dark ages.

Using his experience at Walmart, Aman is dragging trucking into the digital age with the added bonus of reducing food waste and eliminating unnecessary transportation emissions.

Hwy Haul Brings AI to Automate Fresh Produce Freight and Fight Food Waste

Unless you see one parked outside your grocery store, you probably don’t think too much about the freight trucks that are so vital to getting food onto store shelves. Today, trucking freight, especially produce and fresh foods, from the farm to the store is a pretty complicated and manual process. And Hwy Haul wants to change that process with automation and artificial intelligence.

Hwy Haul Partners with Opendock to Provide Dock Scheduling to Clients

Hwy Haul, the digital freight platform for fresh produce, announced today that it has partnered with Opendock, an online dock scheduling application, to help shippers of fruits and vegetables add more efficiency to their dock operations.

Hwy Haul’s digital platform to tackle America’s driver shortage crisis

Since launching in October, Hwy Haul, which provides a digital platform that allows shippers to post loads they want transported, and hauliers to take on the job, has attracted dozens of customers with new ones joining every month.

Hwy Haul Customizes Freight Matching For Trucking Fleets

The trucking industry in the U.S. had hardly seen any innovation until a few years back, relying heavily on legacy systems and freight brokers for their everyday operations. There were startups that came in to disrupt the industry as early as 2009, but failed because the timing was not right.

Hwy Haul Customizes Freight Matching For Trucking Fleets

California-based digital freight brokerage startup Hwy Haul seeks to attract and retain drivers by using data science and optimization algorithms to connect carrier capacity with freight volumes over a digital trucking marketplace.

Hwy Haul customizes freight matching for trucking fleets

California-based digital freight brokerage startup Hwy Haul seeks to attract and retain drivers by using data science and optimization algorithms to…

Hwy Haul launches digital brokerage platform

Hwy Haul, a Santa Clara, Calif.-based firm, has developed a new digital brokerage platform for the logistics and shipping market that aims to cut down inefficiencies.