Better Trucks
Downers Grove, US · Founded 2022 · Delaware corporation · 170 employees on LinkedIn · 3 known investors
Better Trucks is a regional last-mile parcel carrier focused on rapid residential deliveries, offering same-day, next-day, and two-day service. It serves major retailers, eCommerce firms, and fulfillment centers through an API-driven, mobile-centric delivery platform.
Also known as Better Trucks
Founders & leadership
Better Trucks was founded in 2022 by Weston Webb and Andy Whiting.
Board
Investors · 3
Reported raises · per SEC filings
Form D private placements$26.3M disclosed across 3 rounds · 2022–2023
▶$10.8MraisedJun 2025 · 21 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- ERIC CARLBORGDirector
- ANDREW WHITINGExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
- WESTON WEBBExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
- EDWARD LESHINDirector
- JAMES JOHNSTONDirector
- Offering amount
- $11.2M
- Amount sold
- $10.8M
- Sales commissions
- $27.3K
- Placement agents
- HORANG SECURITIES LLC
- First sale
- Dec 2023
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2022
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$15.3MraisedNov 2022 · 25 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Andrew J. WhitingExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
- Weston WebbExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
- Eric CarlborgDirector
- Offering amount
- $15.3M
- Amount sold
- $15.3M
- Minimum investment
- $20K
- Sales commissions
- $140K
- Placement agents
- Horang Securities LLC
- First sale
- Nov 2022
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2020
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$250KraisedFeb 2022 · 2 investors · RetailingRule 506(b)
- Weston WebbDirector
- Andy WhitingExecutive Officer, Director
- Offering amount
- $3M
- Amount sold
- $250K
- Minimum investment
- $1
- First sale
- Feb 2022
- Incorporated
- Limited Liability Company, Delaware, 2022
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Better Trucks is a regional last-mile delivery platform that arranges rapid residential parcel deliveries. Its service tiers include same-day (ordered in the morning, delivered in the evening), next-day (ordered today, delivered tomorrow) and two-day delivery.
The company positions its offering around three attributes: technology that is API-driven and mobile-centric from first to last scan, delivery speed across the same-day/next-day/two-day range, and pricing enabled by a lower-overhead operating model. It also publishes package tracking, coverage and client-facing resources, and produces a video interview series featuring figures in last-mile parcel delivery. A product named Checkpoint has been recognized as a "Last Mile Innovation of the Year."
Business model
Better Trucks operates as a carrier/delivery platform, arranging last-mile residential parcel deliveries on behalf of shippers, with API and mobile integration from first to last scan.
Latest developments
Recent company announcements include a partnership with ShipWise to support precision and agility in last-mile fulfillment, an award for its Checkpoint product as "Last Mile Innovation of the Year," and commentary on how its connectivity and flexibility prepared it for USPS service shifts.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market
Market position
Better Trucks presents itself as a regional last-mile alternative to incumbent parcel networks, competing on delivery speed and lower-overhead pricing, and has highlighted its flexibility and connectivity in the context of shifts at USPS.
Differentiators cited by the company are its regional focus on rapid residential delivery, API-driven and mobile-centric technology, and lower overhead that it says enables better pricing.
Technology
The platform is described as API-driven and mobile-centric, tracking parcels from first to last scan, with package tracking available to end recipients. The company also markets a product called Checkpoint.
Go-to-market
Direct sales motion, with website calls to action to talk to sales, supported by content marketing including a fireside-chat video series with last-mile parcel delivery leaders, plus channel partnerships such as its tie-up with ShipWise.
Major retailers, eCommerce firms and fulfillment centers responsible for meeting consumer delivery expectations.
Compiled by commissioned research from 1 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Competitors · 7
by search overlap
Companies competing with Better Trucks for the same Google search keywords, organic and paid, via search-intersection analysis.
Timeline · 2
launches, deals, and filingsBetter Trucks' Checkpoint product received a "Last Mile Innovation of the Year" recognition.
Better Trucks announced a partnership with ShipWise aimed at improving precision and agility in last-mile fulfillment.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
Legal entities · 1
corporate structure▸Research sources · 1
primary sources listed
- Better Trucksbettertrucks.com · web
1 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Better Trucks do?
- Better Trucks is a regional last-mile parcel carrier offering same-day, next-day and two-day residential deliveries.
- Who founded Better Trucks?
- Better Trucks was founded by Weston Webb, Andy Whiting in 2022.
- Who are Better Trucks's investors?
- Better Trucks's investors include Corazon Capital, Lobby Capital, Hyde Park Angels.
- How much funding has Better Trucks raised?
- Better Trucks has disclosed $26.3M raised across 3 rounds.
- Where is Better Trucks headquartered?
- Better Trucks is headquartered in Downers Grove, US.