Trella
YC S19Cairo, EG · Founded 2019 · 50 employees · 11 known investors
Trella operates a digital freight marketplace connecting shippers with vetted carriers for trucking and logistics across Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE. The platform facilitates load creation, carrier matching, real-time tracking, and payment processing for intercity haulage and specialized transport services.
Also known as Trella
Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (S19)
Trella was founded in 2019 by Omar Hagrass, Ali El Atrash, and Pierre Saad.
Investors · 11
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Trella operates a digital freight platform that connects shippers with trucking carriers across three Middle East and North Africa markets. Shippers can request quotes and book loads — including intercity haulage, port runs, direct truck rentals and specialised trucks — by specifying pick-up, drop-off and truck requirements in a single online flow, replacing phone-based booking and paperwork. Booked freight is then tracked with real-time GPS visibility, milestone alerts and electronic proof of delivery.
Alongside booking and tracking, the platform provides a dashboard consolidating loads, documents and financials, with reporting on on-time performance, costs and trends for shippers' operations and finance teams. On the supply side, carriers use a mobile app to browse open loads, accept those matching their trucks and routes, view transparent pricing and earnings, and receive payouts. The company states more than 30,000 carriers use the platform across Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
Business model
Trella intermediates between freight shippers and carriers through a marketplace, handling load creation and matching, in-transit tracking, documentation and payment to carriers. Pricing is presented to both sides as instant and transparent, with the carrier proposition emphasising a marketplace of loads with no hidden costs and faster payment than offline alternatives.
Traction
The company reports more than 30,000 carriers using the platform across its three markets and cites metrics on loads delivered, on-time performance and countries served on its website, and features shipper testimonials and press coverage.
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Technology
The platform combines an online booking flow with instant quoting, automated carrier matching, real-time GPS shipment tracking with milestone alerts and electronic proof of delivery, a document and financial repository, and analytics/reporting on on-time performance and cost. Carriers access loads and manage their operations through a dedicated app that also shows balances and payments.
Go-to-market
Trella markets separately to shippers and carriers through its website, offering a free quote request answered by a freight specialist within about an hour for shippers, and a self-service carrier sign-up. It also publishes customer stories, press coverage and ESG material, and provides an Arabic-language version of its site.
Shippers moving goods across the region — described on the company site as including leading regional shippers — requiring intercity haulage, port runs, truck rentals or specialised equipment; and trucking carriers and truck owners seeking loads that fit their routes.
Geography
Trella operates in three markets. Egypt is described as its home and largest network, with a Cairo headquarters and coverage including Downtown, Sokhna, Alexandria, Port Said and Damietta. In Saudi Arabia it serves Jeddah, Dammam and Riyadh, and in the United Arab Emirates it covers Dubai, positioning itself along regional trade corridors.
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Key figures
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Competitors · 1
by search overlapCompanies competing with Trella for the same Google search keywords, organic and paid, via search-intersection analysis.
In the news
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primary sources listed
- Trellatrella.app · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Trella do?
- Trella runs a digital freight platform matching shippers with trucking carriers across Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
- Who founded Trella?
- Trella was founded by Omar Hagrass, Ali El Atrash, Pierre Saad in 2019.
- Who are Trella's investors?
- Trella's investors include 4DX Ventures, Flucas Ventures, Foundation Ventures, LoftyInc Capital, Maersk Growth, Next Billion Capital Partners, VentureSouq, Vision Ventures and 3 more.
- Where is Trella headquartered?
- Trella is headquartered in Cairo, EG.





