TrueNorth vs Motive
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Dallas trucking OS for owner-operators at $72.2M total ($50M Series B Dec 2021 Lachy Groom/Altman brothers); 3.4x revenue growth before raise with $30K-$50K annual value per driver through load booking, fuel cards, invoicing, and DOT compliance.
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TrueNorth is a Dallas, Texas-based technology platform for independent owner-operator truck drivers — backed with $72.2 million in total funding including a $50 million Series B in December 2021 led by Lachy Groom and the Altman brothers (Sam, Max, and Jack Altman) with participation from 137 Ventures, Fifth Down Capital, Flexport, and K5 Global — providing self-employed truckers with an all-in-one platform for load booking, route optimization, invoicing, fleet fuel cards, and DOT regulatory compliance that enables owner-operators to manage their entire trucking business from their phone. Founded with primary operations initially in Dallas and Atlanta, TrueNorth experienced 3.4x revenue growth in the six months preceding the Series B, with participating drivers earning $30,000-$50,000 in additional net revenue per year per trucker through the platform.
San Francisco fleet management platform (formerly KeepTruckin) serving 120K+ customers with AI dashcams, ELD compliance, and GPS; $2.85B valuation competing with Samsara for commercial fleet telematics.
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Motive (formerly KeepTruckin, rebranded 2022) is a San Francisco-based fleet management and physical operations platform providing AI-powered telematics — video dashcams, GPS tracking, electronic logging device (ELD) compliance, driver safety coaching, and fleet spend management — to trucking, construction, oil and gas, agriculture, and field service companies managing commercial vehicles. Founded in 2013 by CEO Shoaib Makani and backed with $400+ million raised including a $150 million Series E in 2021 at a $2.85 billion valuation from investors including CapitalG (Google) and Andreessen Horowitz, Motive serves 120,000+ customers managing 1 million+ physical assets.
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