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Trucker Tools
Reston, US · Founded 2009 · Virginia LLC · 72 employees on LinkedIn
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Trucker Tools offers a digital suite for freight brokers and carriers, including real-time load visibility and tracking, automated spot market load management, a smart load board with TMS integrations and Book-It-Now, and carrier sourcing across a network of over 350,000 unique MCs. Its tools support load tendering, rate negotiation, booking, fraud detection, and driver-facing mobile apps in the trucking and freight logistics industry.
Founders & leadership
Trucker Tools was founded in 2009 by Prasad Gollapalli.
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Murali YellepeddyStrategic Advisor / CTO Emeritus2023–2024Murali Yellepeddy is an executive officer at Trucker Tools with over 16 years of software development experience building enterprise platforms for mobile and web applications. He has led full-lifecycle product development and brings expertise in software architecture and customer-focused product strategy.
Reported raises · per SEC filings
Form D private placements$6.2M disclosed across 4 rounds · 2016–2019
▶$3MraisedMar 2019 · 1 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
▶$3MraisedMar 2019 · 1 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
- Prasad GollapalliExecutive Officer, Director
- Donald P. MartinDirector
- C. Randall MulletDirector
- Offering amount
- $5M
- Amount sold
- $3M
- Minimum investment
- $1
- First sale
- Feb 2019
- Incorporated
- Limited Liability Company, Virginia
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$2.5MraisedMay 2018 · 15 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
▶$2.5MraisedMay 2018 · 15 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
- C. Randall MulletDirector
- Donald P. MartinDirector
- Prasad GollapalliExecutive Officer, Director
- Offering amount
- $4.4M
- Amount sold
- $2.5M
- Minimum investment
- $1
- First sale
- Oct 2017
- Incorporated
- Limited Liability Company, Virginia
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$250KraisedDec 2016 · 2 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
▶$250KraisedDec 2016 · 2 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
- Murali YellepeddyExecutive Officer
- Pat MartinDirector
- Prasad GollapalliExecutive Officer, Director
- Randall MullettDirector
- Offering amount
- $1M
- Amount sold
- $250K
- Minimum investment
- $100K
- First sale
- Dec 2016
- Incorporated
- Limited Liability Company, Virginia
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$500KraisedOct 2016 · 4 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
▶$500KraisedOct 2016 · 4 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
- Prasad GollapalliExecutive Officer, Director
- Murali YellepeddyExecutive Officer
- Offering amount
- $500K
- Amount sold
- $500K
- Minimum investment
- $100K
- Proceeds to insiders
- $288K
- First sale
- Sep 2016
- Incorporated
- Limited Liability Company, Virginia
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Trucker Tools do?
- Trucker Tools offers a digital suite for freight brokers and carriers, including real-time load visibility and tracking, automated spot market load management, a smart load board with TMS integrations and Book-It-Now, and carrier sourcing across a network of over 350,000 unique MCs. Its tools support load tendering, rate negotiation, booking, fraud detection, and driver-facing mobile apps in the trucking and freight logistics industry.
- Who founded Trucker Tools?
- Trucker Tools was founded by Prasad Gollapalli in 2009.
- How much funding has Trucker Tools raised?
- Trucker Tools has disclosed $6.2M raised across 4 rounds.
- Where is Trucker Tools headquartered?
- Trucker Tools is headquartered in Reston, US.