# Bill Catania

> Bill Catania is the founder and CEO of OneRail, an Orlando-based last-mile delivery orchestration platform he started in 2018 with his wife Lisa at their kitchen table after a broken refrigerator exposed the gaps in same-day delivery. A three-time founder whose first company began in his Cornell dorm, Catania built OneRail into a venture-backed logistics technology company connecting enterprise retailers to a network of millions of drivers, raising a $42M Series C in late 2024 and earning recognition from Goldman Sachs, Deloitte, Gartner and FreightWaves.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at OneRail
- **Organizations:** OneRail, M-Dot Network, RaceFan, Inc., Inmar, CoinFlip Solutions
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Applied Economics and Political Science; Cornell Tradition Fellow, Cornell University
- **Known for:** Founder and CEO of OneRail, raising more than $100M in venture funding including a $42M Series C in 2024, Named by Goldman Sachs as one of the Most Exceptional Entrepreneurs of 2024 at its Builders and Innovators Summit, Founded M-Dot Network, winner of the 2010 Amazon AWS Start-Up Challenge, later acquired by Inmar

## Career timeline

- **2001** — Founded RaceFan, Inc. as a Cornell senior, a motorsports news and e-commerce platform serving Fox Sports, NASCAR.com and PRIMEDIA
- **2008** — Co-founded M-Dot Network, pivoting during the financial crisis into a cloud-based digital coupon transaction engine
- **2010** — M-Dot won the Amazon AWS Start-Up Challenge out of 1,500 companies from 23 countries
- **2011** — Inmar acquired M-Dot Network; Catania stayed on as VP of Digital Solutions
- **2018** — Co-founded On Demand Technologies (ZAPT) with wife Lisa on January 3 from their kitchen table in Clermont, Florida
- **2019** — Pivoted from on-demand delivery to logistics orchestration and rebranded as OneRail
- **2020** — Closed Series Seed with Las Olas Venture Capital, Chicago Ventures and Alpine Meridian
- **2024** — Raised $42M Series C led by Aliment Capital; honored by Goldman Sachs as a Most Exceptional Entrepreneur
- **2026** — OneRail recognized in Gartner Market Guide; opened engineering office in Krakow, Poland

## Achievements

- Founder and CEO of OneRail, raising more than $100M in venture funding including a $42M Series C in 2024
- Named by Goldman Sachs as one of the Most Exceptional Entrepreneurs of 2024 at its Builders and Innovators Summit
- Founded M-Dot Network, winner of the 2010 Amazon AWS Start-Up Challenge, later acquired by Inmar
- Won the 2021 Supply Chain Leaders in Action Pitch Tank Contest
- Named to Triad Business Journal's 40 Under 40 in 2012
- Forbes Technology Council member; OneRail recognized on Deloitte Technology Fast 500 and the FreightTech 25

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — OneRail recognized in the Gartner Market Guide for Last Mile Delivery Technology Solutions
- **2026-02** — OneRail opened a new engineering office in Krakow, Poland
- **2024-12** — Closed a $42M Series C led by Aliment Capital
- **2024-10** — Honored by Goldman Sachs as a Most Exceptional Entrepreneur of 2024

## Links

- Website: https://onerail.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/billcatania
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/onerailapp
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OneRailapp/

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Last updated: 2026-06-14