This article showcases our top picks for the best Massachusetts based Transportation companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Transportation industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
Top Massachusetts Transportation Startups
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
Zoba
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
Zoba makes on-demand mobility profitable with demand forecasting and optimization.
Cambridge Mobile Telematics
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
Cambridge Mobile Telematics develops DriveWell, a complete telematics and behavioral analytics solution to improve safety.
ClearMotion
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
ClearMotion is a global automotive technology company that commercializes a proactive ride system.
Merlin Labs
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
Merlin Labs develops hardware and software solutions that deliver the capability for aircraft to fly useful missions autonomously.
24M Technologies
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
24M Technologies develops energy storage systems for grid and transportation applications.
Sea Machines Robotics
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
Sea Machines Robotics builds autonomous control and navigation systems for the commercial marine and boating industries.
Perceptive Automata
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
Perceptive Automata enables those vehicles to understand what people might do next so they can navigate safely and smoothly around humans.
A123 Systems
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
A123 Systems is a manufacturer of lithium-ion batteries and battery systems for the transportation, electric grid, and commercial markets.
nuTonomy
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
nuTonomy is a self-driving car company that focuses on inventing software for self-driving vehicles and autonomous mobile robots.
Regent
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
Regent is building all-electric seagliders for fast, safe, and low-cost coastal transportation.
Wanderu
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
Wanderu is a developer of a travel meta-search engine used to book inter-city buses and trains.
Kuebix, a Trimble Company
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
Kuebix provides a transportation management system (TMS)
Circulation
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
Circulation is the pioneer in on-demand non-emergency healthcare transportation.
Deuce Drone
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
Deuce Drone designs and operates a drone delivery system for retailers.
Terrafugia
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
Terrafugia manufactures aircrafts for personal transportation.
PayByCar
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
PayByCar, the in-vehicle payment innovator, makes contactless payment easier at drive-up retailers like gas, QSR and curbside pick-up
EVELO Electric Bicycles
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
Smart Electric Bicycles Delivered to Your Door.
Blackburn Energy
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
Blackburn Energy has developed a Hybrid Charging solution to turn heavy trucks into mobile charging platforms.
Railpod
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
RailPod provides the inspector with a visual depiction of the track environment supported by quantifiable.
Nuvera Fuel Cells
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
Nuvera Fuel Cells is a provider of fuel cell power solutions for motive applications
Acuity Link
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
Acuity Link provides transportation communications and logistics management software.
SICDRONE
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
SICDRONE is a US based unmanned aircraft manufacturer of high-speed and high-stability UAS for commercial applications.
Zipcar
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
Zipcar is an online car-sharing company allowing individuals to make car reservations that are billable by the hour or day.
Burmester & Vogel
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
Demurrage software and freight analytics for maritime transportation and commodity trade execution
United Medical Systems
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
United Medical Systems is the leader in the United States for a variety of transportable medical services.
OnePak
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
OnePak provides tech-enabled, carbon-neutral and sustainable reverse logistics.
Awayr A.I.
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
Awayr A.I. develops software solutions for HMI development in automotive, defense, space and other applications.
Novogy
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
Novogy develops and produces cellulosic biofuels made from waste paper sludge to be used in transportation.
Sheprd
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
Sheprd provides transportation for students in its fleet of safe, fully-insured, and licensed SUVs.
GeoVantage
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
GeoVantage is a United States-based transportation company offering aerial imaging methods for commercial applications.
RailRunner
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
RailRunner offers a bi-modal system designed to shift highway trailers and intermodal chassis with containers to rail and back.
J.B. Hunt Transport
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
J.B. hunt transport is a logistics management services and integrated transportation solutions to major corporations.
WheresTheBus
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
WheresTheBus is an app for the iPhone and iPad to track buses on a map in real-time.
Bestpass
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
Bestpass provides a comprehensive payment platform with a focus on nationwide toll management for commercial fleets of all shapes and sizes.
Locately
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
Locately employs location analytics technologies that combine GPS signals with mobile surveys to understand how consumers make decisions.
Martha’s Vineyard Transit Authority
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
Martha’s Vineyard Transit Authority provides year-round public transit bus and paratransit services on the Island of Martha’s Vineyard.
Piaggio Fast Forward
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
Piaggio Fast Forward is a new technology and design company that was established in 2015 by the Piaggio Group.
QuikForce
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
QuikForce is a logistics start-up based out of Harvard Innovation Lab.
Sentient Jet
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
Sentient Jet is the private aviation company offers industry-leading solutions for private jet cards and on-demand jet charter.
AcceliCITY
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
AcceliCITY is a startup accelerator that serves as a runway for emerging urban solution providers.
Reveal Imaging Technologies
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
Reveal Imaging Technologies provides threat detection products and parcel screening solutions for airports, facilities and public events.
Beacon Mobility
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
Beacon Mobility develops and provides customized, mobility-based solutions for people of all ages and abilities.
Steel Connect
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
Steel Connect provides supply chain management services to software companies.
ShipIn
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
Delivering Visibility to Maritime Fleet Management
CDM Smith Inc
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
CDM Smith is a lasting and integrated solutions provider in water, transportation, energy, and facilities to public and private clients.
Alaka’i
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
Alaka’i is an emerging air mobility design and manufacturing company.
Admiral Merchants Motor Freight
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
Admiral Merchants Motor Freight is a transportation company that offers flatbed and over-dimensional carrier services.
Fetch Logistics
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
Fetch Logistics is a company that provides logistics and supplychain.
Dash Electric
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
Dash Electric is a Boston startup from a Northeastern University that is building an electric longboard
BirdDog Solutions
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
BirdDog Solutions provides transportation spend management services, contract optimization, freight bill audit payment, and other services.
TireTutor
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
TireTutor develops an online platform that connects consumers with local and independent tire dealers.
MetaCarta
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
MetaCarta provides technology to identify geographic references in content enabling monetization, localization, and finding information.
RFX Global
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
RFX Global is a transportation company that provides trucking and logistics services.
Cambridge Systematics, Inc.
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
Cambridge Systematics is a transportation company specializing in transportation services.
Roadgnar
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
Automated Infrastructure Management for Cities
Van Pool Transportation
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
Van Pool Transportation is a provider of outsourced transportation services to K-12 students with special needs.
Hydroid
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
Hydroid is a maritime company that offers unmanned underwater vehicles.
BostonCoach
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
The Bostoncoach booker identification system helps for travel.
ELERTS
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
ELERTS develops emergency alert software systems centered around smartphones and crowd-sourcing.
Haultail
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
Mobile App for Same Day Delivery within hours of New items purchased from store, Used items needing to be moved, Junk & Debris to landfills.
David Clark Company
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
David Clark Company is an American manufacturer of noise attenuating headsets with boom microphones.
SHOFUR
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
SHOFUR is an online marketplace for charter bus reservations and inter-city bus tickets across North America.
EF Ultimate Break
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
EF Ultimate Break is a travel and transport company that provides online group travel services for anyone.
Barrett Distribution Centers, Inc.
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
Barrett Distribution Centers is a logistics company that provides Transportation Management services.
MyRouteOnline Route Planner
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
Web-Based Route Planner, for route planning deliveries, all kinds of routes with any level of complexity and for all types of users.
Attwood Corporation
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
Attwood Corporation is a sporting goods company specializing in marine boat parts, accessories, and products.
Luggage Forward
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
Luggage Forward embarked on a strategy of consolidation of the then-fragmented luggage shipping industry.
AirCharter.com & FlightTime
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
FlightTime develops Air Charter Management Program for companies that charter aircraft. A booking platform for private aviation anywhere.
RideGuru
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
RideGuru is the trusted resource, tool, and community for everyone engaged in ridehails, rideshares, limos, and taxis.
Teledyne Marine Systems
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
The Teledyne Marine Systems group includes Teledyne Benthos, Teledyne Gavia, Teledyne SeaBotix and Teledyne Webb Research.
LugLess
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
LugLess is an online platform specialized in luggage shipping services.
Red Oak Sourcing
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
Red Oak Sourcing is a largest single generic pharmaceuticals sourcing entity in the United States.
Fishman Corporation
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
Fishman Corporation is a manufacturer of fluid dispensers and components.
McCollister’s Transportation Group, Inc.
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
McCollister’s Transportation Group is a transportation company providing relocation and logistics solutions.
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority provides commuter rail and inter-district bus services in the greater Boston area.
ProRail
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
ProRail is responsible for Rail management, Construction and management of train stations, Arranging train traffic, and Dividing train paths
Abel Womack, Inc.
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
Abel Womack is an industrial automation company that provides material handling solutions.
MassDOT
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
Department of Transportation for Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Maptech
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
Maptech is the publisher of Maptech ChartKits, Embassy Cruising Guides, and Maptech® Marine navigation software and electronic charts.
Valet Park of America
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
Valet Park of America is a provider of valet parking, parking management, and transportation services.
Milton CAT
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
Milton CAT is the Caterpillar Dealer for the Northeast region of the United States.
Hive Maritime
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
Hive Maritime helps the shipping industry save billions of wasted dollars by optimizing routes around congested choke points.
BioTrans
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
BioTrans provides trucking or transfer services.
Peter Pan Bus Lines
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
Peter Pan Bus Lines offers express service throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic region in the United States.
Pan Am Railways
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
Pan Am Railways is a provider of railway services.
Qryde
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
Qryde is a brokered transportation industry located in Lowell.
CampaignerCRM
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
CampaignerCRM provides web-based CRM software for small and mid-sized businesses.
Impairment Science, Inc.
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
DRUID is a smartphone app for personal and workplace use that measures impairment of cognitive and motor functions in 3 minutes.
VPNE Parking Solutions
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
VPNE Parking Solutions provides parking and transportation services based in Hingham, MA.
Providence and Worcester Railroad Company
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
Providence and Worcester Railroad Company (P&W) is an interstate freight carrier conducting railroad operations in Massachusetts,
M&M Transport Services, Inc.
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
M&M Transport Services is a transportation company providing logistics services.
Marine Systems Corporation (MSCorp)
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
Marine Systems Corporation is a maritime company offering marine engineering services.
SpotLight Parking
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
Spotlight is a mobile application that allows users to request valet service at the push of a button.
Transit X
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
Transit X is developing a carbon-free mass transit system to supplant buses, cars, trains, and trucks.
Celarix
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
Celarix offers simply the best way to manage every aspect of your logistics operation.
PlanetTran
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
PlanetTran is an airport shuttle service, including in-car Wifi and SmartPhone application for on-demand reservations and tracking.
Airport Courier Service
Crunchbase Website Twitter Facebook Linkedin
Airport Courier provides time-critical transportation services exclusively to the aviation industry.