Cargoful

Founded in 2021 by Giovanni Ciferri, Tommaso Schneider, and Filippo Tamburini, Cargoful aims to enhance efficiency within the road freight industry. The company emerged from the founders' firsthand experience with the sector's reliance on outdated, manual processes, which often lead to operational inefficiencies and reduced profitability for carriers. Ciferri, with a background in logistics and supply chain management from Procter & Gamble and a Master's in Management from London Business School, serves as CEO. COO Tommaso Schneider brings experience from supervising logistics operations at Amazon, while CTO Filippo Tamburini has a background in software engineering and data science. This combined expertise in logistics and technology forms the foundation of Cargoful's approach.

Cargoful provides a SaaS platform designed specifically for road freight carriers to optimize their operations through data-driven automation. The core of their offering is an Operating System for Freight, which centralizes and automates key daily tasks for haulers, including load and resource planning, pricing, and visibility. By leveraging proprietary algorithms, the platform analyzes a carrier's data to suggest optimal combinations of loads and routes, aiming to maximize fleet utilization and profitability. This system is targeted at medium-sized carriers, a segment the company believes is underserved by current technology solutions. The business model is subscription-based, providing carriers with the software tools to manage their fleets more effectively, reduce empty miles, and improve overall margins.

The platform integrates various functionalities into a single interface. It automates the process of quoting and assigning loads, moving away from manual spreadsheet-based methods. A key feature is its ability to provide real-time visibility and predictive insights, allowing for proactive management of shipments and resources. By digitizing these workflows, Cargoful enables carriers to increase their number of managed loads per dispatcher and enhance their service quality. The company secured a €3.5 million seed funding round led by Indaco Venture Partners and joined by other investors, which is intended to fuel its expansion in the Italian and European markets.

Keywords: freight management, logistics software, SaaS, road freight, fleet optimization, transport management system, supply chain tech, freight automation, carrier software, trucking logistics