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Matt Silver

Co-Founder & CEO of Cargado | the AI-native marketplace for brokers & carriers moving Mexico + Canada freight

Greater Chicago Area

About

Cargado is an AI-native marketplace for Mexico + Canada freight built for both brokers and carriers — helping brokers quote and cover faster and helping carriers find lanes, win freight, and build repeat business, with less friction.

We started in cross-border Mexico because it’s still one of the most relationship-driven, manual parts of logistics — run by calls, DMs, and spreadsheets. Our goal is to pull those interactions into a modern, integrated workflow.

Today, Cargado combines:

Market Rates powered by real carrier bids (not stitched-together averages)
A vetted carrier network
Workflow that makes it easier to move both spot and dedicated freight

Cargado is used by 230+ brokerages and connects them with 2,350+ carriers across North America.

Before Cargado, I founded Forager (acquired by Arrive Logistics in 2022), led Arrive’s Mexico division through 2023, and earlier built Coyote Logistics’ Mexico business (and later led Canada sales strategy).

I write weekly at https://mattsilver.ai

Experience

Cargado
1. Co-Founder & CEO
  
  10/2023 – PresentChicago, Illinois, United States
  
  Cargado is the modern marketplace for cross-border and domestic Mexico and Canada freight.
  
  We help brokers and carriers quote, post, and cover freight — with less friction, better visibility, and fewer unnecessary phone calls. From day one, our marketplace has supported both spot and dedicated freight, making it easier to build repeatable lane-level relationships on both loads and lanes, not just transact one-off moves.
  
  Customers drove our roadmap: they asked for real pricing data and Canada coverage, so we built both. Our Market Rates product gives brokers real-time pricing visibility powered by actual bid data from the Cargado marketplace — not stitched-together averages.
  
  Cargado serves logistics companies of all sizes — from dedicated Mexico teams at large brokerages to freight forwarders quoting their first load to Toronto. We're making cross-border and domestic freight simpler, faster, and more collaborative.
FreshX
1. Advisor
  
  2/2024 – Present
GoodShip
1. Advisor
  
  3/2022 – PresentChicago, Illinois, United States
Gaia Dynamics
1. Advisor
  
  2/2025 – Present
Upwell
1. Angel Investor
  
  1/2025 – Present
RetailReady
1. Angel Investor
  
  4/2024 – Present
Terminal (YC S23)
1. Angel Investor
  
  1/2024 – Present
Zerio
1. Angel Investor
  
  11/2023 – Present
FleetWorks (YC S23)
1. Angel Investor
  
  10/2023 – Present
CarrierSource
1. Angel Investor
  
  2/2022 – Present
Solvento
1. Angel Investor
  
  12/2021 – Present
Arrive Logistics
1. Vice President of Cross-Border Solutions
  
  2/2022 – 9/2023Chicago, Illinois, United States
Forager
1. CEO, Founder
  
  9/2018 – 2/2022Greater Chicago Area
  
  Forager is a venture-backed innovator in the cross-border logistics industry. With a combination of cutting-edge technology and decades of industry experience, forager is changing the game.
  
  We’re tackling the problems international shippers and carriers have faced for years and delivering seamless and modern transportation solutions for our customers.
Coyote Logistics
1. Manager, Canada Sales Strategy
  
  3/2017 – 3/2018Greater Chicago Area
2. Manager, Mexico Sales & Pricing
  
  5/2014 – 2/2017
3. Private Fleet Account Sales Executive
  
  4/2013 – 5/2014Chicago, Illinois
4. National Account Manager
  
  11/2010 – 3/2013Greater San Diego Area
  
  Carrier Sales & Development
5. Customer Operations Representative
  
  7/2010 – 10/2010
6. Bazooka Support
  
  4/2009 – 9/2009
  
  Bazooka Software testing & support
7. Carrier Sales Rep
  
  5/2007 – 9/2007
  
  Driver Services & Carrier Operations
Sears Holdings Corporation
1. Marketing Intern
  
  6/2006 – 8/2006