NewRoad Capital Partners, LLC, headquartered in Northwest Arkansas, is an SEC-registered investment firm investing in growth equity and growth buyout opportunities in select U.S. Supply Chain & Logistics and Retail & Consumer Packaged Goods sectors in the lower middle market.
Operator Focused: Our view of the world has been shaped by our own experiences operating businesses. As experienced entrepreneurs and operators ourselves, the NewRoad team prides itself on the high level of collaboration we bring to each of our investments. We have learned the journey is most fruitful when partnered with like-minded people that share an obsession to improve their business. We love to bring together people fueled by an entrepreneurial spirit, innovative thinking, and a drive for success.
Demand-Driven: We are keenly focused on demand. We look to invest in proven and innovative technologies, products, and services that serve both existing and unmet needs in the marketplace. We believe demand, in the form of a product or service being pulled into the market, is a key validation point in a company’s business model. In addition to capital, we provide knowledge, expertise and industry connectivity that come from our experience as entrepreneurs and operators. We pride ourselves on our ability to help propel companies with proven and quantifiable demand into their next stage of growth.
We also believe that companies built on a strong purpose with deep rooted core values outperform those that lack an understanding of what makes them special and the definitive difference they want to make in the world.
Our approach is simple: invest in companies with people worth investing in.
Our purpose is clear: create value by connecting people and ideas to make a difference.
Let’s travel a NewRoad, together.
Operator Focused: Our view of the world has been shaped by our own experiences operating businesses. As experienced entrepreneurs and operators ourselves, the NewRoad team prides itself on the high level of collaboration we bring to each of our investments. We have learned the journey is most fruitful when partnered with like-minded people that share an obsession to improve their business. We love to bring together people fueled by an entrepreneurial spirit, innovative thinking, and a drive for success.
Demand-Driven: We are keenly focused on demand. We look to invest in proven and innovative technologies, products, and services that serve both existing and unmet needs in the marketplace. We believe demand, in the form of a product or service being pulled into the market, is a key validation point in a company’s business model. In addition to capital, we provide knowledge, expertise and industry connectivity that come from our experience as entrepreneurs and operators. We pride ourselves on our ability to help propel companies with proven and quantifiable demand into their next stage of growth.
We also believe that companies built on a strong purpose with deep rooted core values outperform those that lack an understanding of what makes them special and the definitive difference they want to make in the world.
Our approach is simple: invest in companies with people worth investing in.
Our purpose is clear: create value by connecting people and ideas to make a difference.
Let’s travel a NewRoad, together.
Location: United States, Arkansas, Rogers
Employees: 11-50
Founded date: 2012
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Series B
Portfolio 32
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 29.07.2026 | Freehand | freehand.ai | $75M | United Sta... |
| 29.06.2026 | Orderful | orderful.com | $60M | United Sta... |
| 26.07.2025 | Makersite | makersite.io | $88.17M | Germany |
| 26.07.2025 | 4.screen | 4screen.com | $22.93M | Germany |
| 11.08.2023 | Tracer | tracer.tech | $18.1M | United Sta... |
| 27.10.2022 | Insite AI | insite.ai | $19M | United Sta... |
| 14.10.2022 | MyCarrier | go.mycarrier.io | $30M | United Sta... |
| 06.07.2022 | Logiwa | logiwa.com | $43.4M | United Sta... |
| 14.01.2022 | WorkStep | workstep.com | $42.2M | United Sta... |
| 27.09.2021 | Kevin's Na... | kevinsnaturalfoods.com | - | United Sta... |
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Mentions in press and media 20
| Date | Title | Description |
| 31.07.2026 | Venture Capital's Strategic Shift: AI Infrastructure, Enterprise ROI, and Zero Trust Lead July 2026 Funding | Venture capital's July 2026 activity reveals a stark shift. Investment flows into AI infrastructure, enterprise solutions, and robust cybersecurity. The market prioritizes companies demonstrating clear, measurable ROI. Funds target systems ... |
| 31.07.2026 | AI Agents Invade Supply Chains: Freehand Lands $75M to Revolutionize Procurement | Freehand secured $75 million in new funding, led by Battery Ventures and NewRoad Capital Partners. This capital will scale its autonomous AI agents, revolutionizing enterprise supply chain and procurement. The technology directly tackles im... |
| 29.07.2026 | Venture Capital & Startup Funding Roundup, July 29, 2026: Battery Ventures, Elephant, Thomson Reuters Ventures, Y Combinator & More | Money has a way of revealing what headlines often don’t. Over the past 12 hours, the biggest venture checks flowed to companies building AI infrastructure and enterprise technology rather than the next consumer sensation. If today’s funding... |
| 29.07.2026 | Freehand Raises $75 Million as AI Agents Take Up Meta and Unilever’s Supply Chains | As enterprises scale, they often run into problems in manual supply-chain spend management and financial leakage. Freehand raises $75 million to put AI agents in supply chains to solve this problem. The round was co-led by Battery Ventures ... |
| 29.07.2026 | Enterprise AI firm Freehand secures $75M led by Battery Ventures, NewRoad | Freehand, a San Francisco-headquartered enterprise AI company founded by Indian entrepreneurs, has raised $75 million in a funding round co-led by Battery Ventures, a global technology-focused investment firm, and NewRoad Capital Partners, ... |
| 30.06.2026 | Orderful Transforms Global Trade with AI, Secures $35M | Orderful secured $35M Series C funding, total now $85M. Its AI-native platform, Mosaic, revolutionizes global trade. It eradicates complex, manual EDI processes. Onboarding partners now takes hours, not months. This streamlines supply chain... |
| 29.06.2026 | Orderful Raises $35 Million Series C To Grow AI-Native EDI Infrastructure | Orderful announced that it has raised $35 million in Series C funding led by Koch Disruptive Technologies. NewRoad Capital Partners also participated in the round. The financing brings Orderful’s total funding to $85 million. Orderful’s pre... |
| 29.10.2025 | Voxel Receives Investment from Ericsson Ventures | Voxel, a San Francisco, CA-based computer vision AI company focused on workplace safety and risk, received a strategic investment from Ericsson Ventures, the cvc arm of the Ericsson Group (NASDAQ: ERIC). The amount of the deal was not discl... |
| 22.07.2025 | Makersite sammelt 60 Millionen ein – 4screen erhält 21 Millionen | Im #DealMonitor für den 22. Juli werfen wir einen Blick auf die wichtigsten, spannendsten und interessantesten Investments und Exits des Tages in der DACH-Region. Alle Deals der Vortage gibt es im großen und übersichtlichen #DealMonitor-Arc... |
| 09.06.2025 | Voxel: $44 Million Series B Funding Raised For Workplace Safety Platform | Voxel, an AI company transforming workplace safety and risk, announced it has raised $44 million in Series B funding led by NewRoad Capital Partners with participation from current investors Eclipse, Rite Hite, Tokio Marine, and MTech, as w... |
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