Motorista PX
4 known investors
Brazilian service that provides specialized drivers to trucking companies and freight operators, offering a way to keep vehicles productive without maintaining permanent driver staff.
Also known as MotoristaPX · Plataforma PX · PX · PX Agenciamento de Serviços SA
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Company profile
researched Aug 2026Motorista PX, operated by PX Agenciamento de Serviços SA, is a Joinville (Santa Catarina) based logistics technology company that connects transport companies which already have cargo to move with a network of independent professional truck drivers. Unlike freight-matching marketplaces, the platform supplies labour rather than loads: a carrier with its own fleet can run a reduced number of permanent drivers and draw on shared professional drivers to cover peak demand, reducing idle-fleet cost. Drivers do not need to own a truck; they are registered free of charge after a selection process, receive training, register as MEI (individual microentrepreneur) and drive the contracting carrier's equipment, being paid per day worked without a CLT employment relationship. Through the app drivers select assignments by date, destination, trip duration, cargo type, truck and daily rate.
The business is organised in three main lines: Plataforma PX, which matches carriers with qualified drivers and includes an integrated CRM giving companies access to driver documentation, references and recent ratings; Academia PX, a training and certification arm that had issued more than 46,000 driver certifications; and Ajudante PX, which supplies temporary labour for loading, unloading and related services. The company also offers Radar PX, a data intelligence tool providing clients with operational insights and performance analytics, and provides legal and fiscal support, incident coverage and life insurance. Quality mechanisms include two-way post-trip star ratings and an internal gamification system, "Nível PX", which sorts drivers into four tiers with higher pay and additional benefits at higher levels. The company states that trips comply with labour regulations, including a 12-hour daily working limit.
Founding story
The company was founded in 2019 in Joinville, Santa Catarina, by André Oliveira, who serves as CEO, together with Djefrei Pasch, a lawyer and former truck driver. The founders describe combining operational road experience with knowledge of transport bureaucracy, and travelling across Brazil to meet unions and professionals to refine their understanding of the market.
Business model
PX operates a two-sided, pay-as-you-go marketplace: transport companies hire drivers and cargo assistants on demand for specific trips or service periods, while drivers work as MEI service providers paid per day worked, with no CLT employment bond created for the carrier. According to the company's app listing, PX charges drivers no fees and passes the full service amount to them without deductions; the company also said it would use its 2025 funding to lower user fees. Adjacent offerings include paid driver training and certification through Academia PX and analytics via Radar PX.
Revenue is generated from on-demand hiring of drivers and cargo assistants by transport companies under a pay-as-you-go model, alongside training/certification and data-intelligence services. Reported revenue was R$69 million in the year preceding late 2024, up 246%, with company projections of R$180 million for 2024 and more than R$300 million for 2025.
Traction
The platform reported 240,000 registered drivers and 1,000 registered transport companies at the end of 2024, growing more than 200% in a year with average monthly growth cited at 30%; press in November 2025 reported over 300,000 registered drivers. Revenue reached R$69 million (up 246%) with projections of R$180 million for 2024 and over R$300 million for 2025. The driver app has more than 500,000 downloads on Google Play. Academia PX has issued over 46,000 certifications, with more than R$5 million invested in driver training in 2024, which the company links to a 52% reduction in accidents and 42% reduction in traffic violations. Safety data for the second half of 2024 shows 4.29 incidents per million kilometres driven overall and 1.92 for clients trained by Academia PX; the company reports no fatal accidents in its first five years.
Latest developments
In November 2025 PX announced a $47 million round led by Bicycle Capital, taking total capital raised in the previous 12 months above $58 million, with proceeds earmarked for platform development, lower user fees and entry into the United States in 2026. At that point the company reported more than 300,000 registered drivers.
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Market position
The company positions itself as distinct from freight-matching platforms by connecting drivers to carriers that already hold the cargo. It reports being among Brazil's five largest exporters in the road transport sector and having one of the largest fleets of active drivers in Brazil, and was highlighted as top-2 scale-up in the marketplace category of the 100 Startups to Watch award in October 2024.
PX supplies drivers to carriers that already have freight, rather than matching loads to owner-operators, so drivers need not own a truck. Additional differentiators cited include full legal and fiscal support with incident coverage and life insurance, avoidance of a CLT employment bond, no fees charged to drivers, an integrated hiring CRM with driver documentation and references, in-house training through Academia PX with measured accident-reduction outcomes, and a tiered reputation/gamification system linking qualification to higher pay.
Technology
The core product is a mobile application (available on Google Play, 500K+ downloads) through which drivers browse and select assignments by destination, value, truck and daily rate, and which shares location data. On the carrier side, an integrated CRM consolidates driver documentation, references and ratings to speed hiring. Radar PX provides operational insights and performance analytics for clients, and a reputation and gamification layer ("Nível PX") scores drivers across four tiers based on two-way post-trip ratings. The company states technology allows operations to be centralised in Joinville.
Go-to-market
App-based self-service registration for drivers, supported by free onboarding, a selection process, MEI registration assistance and training via Academia PX; carriers are served through the platform and an integrated hiring CRM. Growth relies on activating local ecosystems by balancing driver supply and carrier demand region by region, alongside direct engagement with unions and driver communities and support channels via WhatsApp and email.
Road freight transport companies and cargo operators in Brazil that own fleets and need flexible driver capacity, plus professional truck drivers, including experienced drivers, new entrants and retired professionals seeking occasional work, who do not need to own a vehicle.
Geography
Headquartered in Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil, with operations concentrated in São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul and an expanding presence in the Northeast. The company announced plans to begin international expansion into the United States in 2026.
History
Founded in 2019, Motorista PX raised R$2 million in 2021 in a round led by ACE Startups with BR Angels, GR8 Ventures and Randon Ventures participating. It subsequently expanded from driver matching into training (Academia PX) and temporary cargo-handling labour (Ajudante PX), and later added the Radar PX analytics product. In October 2024 it was ranked among the top two Brazilian scale-ups in the marketplace category of the 100 Startups to Watch award. In November 2025 the company, referred to as PX, announced a $47 million round led by Bicycle Capital, bringing the total raised in the preceding 12 months to more than $58 million.
Risks & controversies
The company's model depends on classifying drivers as MEI service providers without a CLT employment relationship, and management identifies the need to avoid creating labour bonds while balancing local driver supply and carrier demand as an operating constraint. Revenue figures beyond the reported R$69 million are company projections rather than realised results, and planned US expansion introduces execution risk.
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Key figures
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Timeline · 4
launches, deals, and filingsPX stated it would use new funding to begin international expansion to the US in 2026.
Brazilian logistics startup PX raised $47M in a round led by Bicycle Capital, bringing capital raised in the prior 12 months to over $58M; funds earmarked for platform improvements, lower user fees and US expansion in 2026.
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Motorista PX was highlighted as top two in Brazil as a scale-up in the marketplace category of the 100 Startups to Watch award.
Motorista PX received a R$2 million investment from ACE Startups and BR Angels networks and the funds GR8 Ventures and Randon Ventures.
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- Motorista PX - Você só dirige! - Apps on Google Playplay.google.com · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Motorista PX do?
- Brazilian logistics platform connecting transport companies with on-demand professional truck drivers and cargo assistants.
- Who are Motorista PX's investors?
- Motorista PX's investors include MONASHEES, Randon Ventures.