eShipper built its business in the space between a merchant's checkout button and the customer's front door. Its wager is simple: small and midsize sellers can borrow the buying power, software and supply-chain discipline of a much larger company.

Tobenna Arodiogbu is the co-founder and CEO of CloudTrucks, a San Francisco-based technology platform that gives independent truck drivers and owner-operators an all-in-one digital toolkit - from instant non-recourse payments and load booking to compliance management and business analytics. Born in Enugu, Nigeria, Arodiogbu previously co-founded Scotty Labs, an autonomous vehicle remote-operations startup that was acquired by DoorDash in 2019. CloudTrucks has raised over $141 million, including a $115 million Series B at an $850 million valuation led by Tiger Global and Menlo Ventures, making it one of the most well-funded platforms serving the backbone of American freight.