Transplace Acquires Lanehub to Enhance Transportation Collaboration Technology

Transplace Acquires LeanCor Supply Chain Group

September 1, 2020

Logistics & Distribution

Transplace, a logistics technology and managed transportation provider, has acquired LeanCor Supply Chain Group, a Florence, Kentucky-based leader in lean supply chain consulting, managed transportation and corporate training. The acquisition expands Transplace's capabilities in manufacturing logistics, lean process improvement and training to strengthen its logistics platform and service offerings for manufacturing-centric shippers.

Uber Freight Acquires Transplace from TPG Capital for $2.25B

July 22, 2021

Logistics & Distribution

Uber Freight has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Transplace from TPG Capital for approximately $2.25 billion, consisting of up to $750 million in Uber common stock and the remainder in cash. The deal combines Uber Freight's large digitally-enabled carrier network with Transplace's managed transportation and shipper-facing technology to create a scaled end-to-end logistics platform and accelerate Uber Freight's path to profitability.

Trimble Acquires Transporeon from Hg for €1.88 Billion

December 12, 2022

Transportation

Trimble has agreed to acquire Transporeon, a cloud-based transportation management and freight marketplace platform, from private equity firm Hg for an enterprise value of €1.88 billion. The deal expands Trimble’s transportation and logistics capabilities by adding Transporeon’s SaaS platform, network of shippers and carriers, and data/visibility offerings; the transaction was expected to close in the first half of 2023, subject to regulatory approvals.

VTS Acquires Lane Technologies

October 19, 2021

Cloud & SaaS

VTS has acquired Lane Technologies, the Toronto-based workplace/tenant experience platform, integrating Lane’s tenant engagement capabilities (including Lane Perks) into VTS Activate. The deal expands VTS’s global tenant-experience offering—adding Lane’s customers (including Brookfield, Oxford Properties Group and Hines), boosting VTS’s presence in Canada and bringing Lane CEO Clint Robinson and his team into the VTS organization.

Transplace Acquires ScanData Systems to Add Parcel TMS Capabilities

June 2, 2020

Transportation

Transplace has acquired ScanData Systems, an Austin-based provider of enterprise parcel transportation management solutions, integrating ScanData's parcel TMS into Transplace's transportation management and logistics platform. The acquisition expands Transplace's parcel and eCommerce capabilities, enabling customers to optimize carrier selection, labeling, tracking and invoice reconciliation across high-volume parcel shippers.

Hg Acquires Majority Stake in Transporeon Group from TPG Capital

April 16, 2019

Cloud & SaaS

Hg has agreed to acquire a majority interest in Transporeon Group, the Ulm-headquartered cloud-based logistics platform, from existing investor TPG Capital; terms were not disclosed. Transporeon, which employs about 600 people and connects over 1,000 shippers and ~90,000 carriers via its SaaS platform, will be backed by Hg's Hg8 fund to accelerate product and geographic growth and leverage its network effects.