Featured by MT Newswire: Private Equity Flees Carriers, Embraces Freight Tech in 2025

Featured by MT Newswire: Private Equity Flees Carriers, Embraces Freight Tech in 2025

October 14, 2025
October 14, 2025

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The transport and logistics sector is experiencing one of its sharpest investment realignments in years. Private equity deal values sank to $3.5 billion in Q2 2025, their lowest point since early 2024, but freight tech deals told a different story. Investors are abandoning asset-heavy carriers and are instead chasing scalable platforms that blend software with supply chain strategy. Freight forwarders and digital operators are winning attention for their ability to grow margins without expanding physical assets, while AI and automation are helping transform logistics into a high-return, tech-driven ecosystem.


In MT Newswires recent article, Brad Kuntz, Senior Managing Director, discussed the impact of Trump tariffs on the market and how this has impacted deal volume.

Brad Kuntz
Brad Kuntz

“The Q2 2025 pullback was likely a function of owners pausing on bringing assets to market during both a shipping rate downcycle and period of high consumer uncertainty brought on by the Trump Administration's tariffs.”


-Brad Kuntz, Senior Managing Director,  Industrials

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Brad Kuntz

"The Q2 2025 pullback was likely a function of owners pausing on bringing assets to market during both a shipping rate downcycle and period of high consumer uncertainty brought on by the Trump Administration's tariffs."


-Brad Kuntz, Senior Managing Director,  Industrials

Read the full article here

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