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Loadsmart: Funding, Investors & Team (Sep 2026)

Loadsmart helps shippers move their freight fast and Carriers keep trucks full. The company’s online platform enables users to get quotes, book trucks, and track their freight from pickup to delivery. Loadsmart was founded in 2014 by Felipe Capella and Ricardo Salgado and is based in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

loadsmart.com LinkedIn Chicago, United States 501-1000 employees
Logistics Supply Chain Management Transportation
Total raised
$290M
Rounds
2
Latest
Series D
Feb 2022

Loadsmart has raised $290M across 2 funding rounds on record, the most recent a Series D of $200M announced in Feb 2022.

That round is above the $5.0M median round size for Transportation companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.

Loadsmart Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$290M
across 2 rounds on record
Funding rounds on record
2
Latest funding round
Series D
$200M in Feb 2022
Employees
501-1000
reported band
Headquarters
Chicago, United States

Latest funding round on record: Feb 2022.

Loadsmart Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Series D
$200M
Undisclosed round
$90.0M

Loadsmart raised $90.0M in an undisclosed round announced in Nov 2020.

1.3 years later, a Series D of $200M was announced in Feb 2022.

Loadsmart Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
Ricardo Salgado
CEO
Locked

Contact details for the Loadsmart team: 1 of 1 has an email address on file.

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Loadsmart Funding Compared to Other Transportation Startups

Segment
Companies
Median round
29,722
$7.5M
760
$90M

Loadsmart's latest round of $200M is above the median round in Transportation. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.

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Loadsmart Funding FAQs

What does Loadsmart do?

Loadsmart helps shippers move their freight fast and Carriers keep trucks full. The company’s online platform enables users to get quotes, book trucks, and track their freight from pickup to delivery. Loadsmart was founded in 2014 by Felipe Capella and Ricardo Salgado and is based in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

How much funding has Loadsmart raised?

Loadsmart has raised $290M across 2 rounds on record. The most recent is a Series D of $200M announced in Feb 2022.

When did Loadsmart last raise funding?

Loadsmart's most recent funding round on record is a Series D of $200M, announced in Feb 2022.

Who is the CEO of Loadsmart?

Ricardo Salgado is listed as CEO at Loadsmart.

Where is Loadsmart headquartered?

Loadsmart is based in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

How many employees does Loadsmart have?

Loadsmart is in the 501-1000 employee band.

How does Loadsmart's funding compare to other Transportation startups?

Loadsmart's latest round of $200M is above the $5.0M median round size for Transportation companies on FundedIQ across 430 tracked companies over the last two years.

About FundedIQ's Loadsmart Funding Data

FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.

Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for Loadsmart is left off this page rather than filled in.

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