Trella

Trella is a Cairo-based digital freight marketplace that connects businesses moving goods with a vetted network of truck owners and drivers, replacing broker phone calls with online booking, live tracking and transparent pricing. Shippers manage loads from a web platform while carriers browse and accept available loads in a mobile app. Founded in late 2018 by Omar Hagrass, Muhammad El Garem and Pierre Saad, Trella went through Y Combinator's Summer 2019 batch and raised a $42 million Series A co-led by Maersk Growth and Raed Ventures in 2021; it operates in Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.