FleetPulse develops trailer telematics solutions—including hard-wired OEM-installed sensors, easy-to-install aftermarket sensors, and cargo cameras—that feed real-time data into a proprietary dashboard and API. The company positions trailers as strategic digital assets to improve utilization, safety, cargo security, and maintenance. FleetPulse was founded in 2017 as a business unit within Great Dane and became an independent company after a Q2 separation earlier this year; it is based in Chicago. Customers include large fleets such as NFI, and the company reports commercial deployments across thousands to “tens of thousands” of trailers in the US, Mexico, and Canada. FleetPulse says the new funding will accelerate customer-focused product development and speed commercialization of its offerings. Financially, the company completed an $11M seed round recently and has announced additional strategic and financial investments from industry backers (amounts and instruments for the latest funding were not specified in the article). FleetPulse provides an OEM-agnostic trailer telematics platform that collects data from hard-wired, OEM-installed sensors and easy-to-install aftermarket sensors and cargo cameras to deliver real-time, proprietary insights via a digital dashboard. Development began in 2017 within Great Dane to address trailer-data needs, and the product supports trailers from any OEM. The platform is used by some of the world’s largest private fleets, including Fortune 50 companies, as well as for-hire fleets of various sizes. FleetPulse says its insights enable improvements in safety, cargo security, utilization, preventative maintenance, and sustainability. The company has launched as an independent business based in Chicago and is capitalized with $11M in seed funding. Carl-Christoph “CCR” Reckers, a former Uber Freight executive, was appointed CEO as FleetPulse scales to serve more fleet customers.

Total raised

$11M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

May 2024