
Catena Clearing
- New York, NY
Catena Clearing provides a universal telematics API that normalizes fleet data across ELD and telematics providers, giving freight platforms, brokers, insurers, and fintechs a single point of access to real-time vehicle, driver, and asset data.
Perfect for
Catena Clearing is best suited for technology companies and platforms operating in the freight and fleet ecosystem that need normalized, real-time telematics data without the burden of building and maintaining dozens of individual ELD integrations.
- Freight brokerages and TMS platforms seeking real-time visibility into carrier fleets for better dispatch, load matching, and fraud prevention
- Fintech companies in trucking (factoring, fuel cards, fleet spend management) that need location and delivery verification to prevent fraud and automate financial workflows
- Insurance and compliance platforms looking to score risk, automate safety reporting, or power usage-based policies with live telematics data
- Fleet maintenance and service marketplaces that need odometer, mileage, and vehicle health data to trigger proactive service alerts
- AI and automation platforms in logistics (like agentic dispatch tools) that require clean, structured fleet data to power intelligent workflows
- Visibility and data infrastructure companies building real-time freight data layers
Key strengths
Integrates with the industry's largest network of ELD and telematics providers, offering truly universal fleet data access through a single API
Neutral, permissioned data infrastructure that acts as a trusted intermediary between fleets and data consumers, with strong privacy and GDPR/CCPA compliance frameworks
Enterprise-grade reliability with 99.9% uptime, fault-tolerant infrastructure, and continuous API monitoring
White-glove support that handles integration maintenance and updates, freeing customers to focus on their core product
Strong partner ecosystem including major names like Truckstop, Mastery, AtoB, Element, and Coast, validating market adoption
Considerations
Early-stage startup with seed funding ($5M raised), which may present longevity concerns for risk-averse enterprise buyers
Focused exclusively on telematics data aggregation; does not provide its own TMS, WMS, or operational execution capabilities
No publicly listed pricing, requiring direct sales engagement to evaluate cost
Primarily serves the North American freight market with no explicit mention of global coverage beyond that region
About Catena Clearing
Catena Clearing operates the freight industry's most connected telematics aggregation platform, offering a single API that normalizes data across dozens of ELD and telematics providers. The platform eliminates data silos by retrieving, cleaning, and delivering real-time location tracking, Hours-of-Service data, driver information, vehicle telemetry, and compliance signals from providers like Samsara, Geotab, Motive, Verizon Connect, EROAD, Platform Science, Netradyne, and many others. By acting as a neutral data infrastructure layer, Catena enables its customers to access comprehensive fleet data without building and maintaining individual integrations with each telematics provider.
The company serves a diverse range of use cases across the freight ecosystem. Load boards and TMS platforms use Catena to improve load matching and reduce fraud. Factoring companies and fuel card providers leverage the data to validate deliveries and prevent financial fraud. Insurers and compliance platforms use it for risk scoring and automated reporting. Fleet maintenance marketplaces like CarAdvise connect to Catena for real-time odometer readings that trigger mileage-based service alerts. The platform supports seamless fleet onboarding through a client-side interface, webhook-based real-time alerts, and enterprise-grade infrastructure with 99.9% uptime.
Founded in New York City and backed by $5 million in seed funding, Catena Clearing has been recognized as a top supply chain startup by Supply Chain Digital. The company is led by CEO Jeremy Baksht, a data expert with senior experience at Walmart, Bloomberg, and Citigroup, and co-founded by Travis May, who previously founded Datavant and LiveRamp. Catena's partners include notable names such as AtoB, Truckstop, Mastery, Element, Coast, REPOWR, and CarAdvise, positioning it as a foundational data layer for the freight technology ecosystem.
Integrations
- EZLOGZ
- EROAD
- Tive
- DriverTech
- BigRoad
- Fleet Complete Hub
- CyntrX
- Truckspy
- Azuga
- Optima
- Surfsight
- Verizon Connect
- Zubie
- Geotab
- HOSConnect
- Netradyne
- Platform Science
- VisTracks
- Linxup
- Samsara
- Motive
Catena Clearing
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