Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos invest in ‘Uber for trucking’ startup

As Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos jockey for the designation of world’s wealthiest man, the Seattle billionaires are united behind at least one local venture. They’re both investors in a trucking logistics startup that competes with Uber.

Convoy, a two-year-old Seattle company, makes software that matches nearby and available truckers to a job. Convoy said it raised a new round of funding from Mr Gates’ Cascade Investment and other backers.

Mr Gates joins Mr Bezos from Amazon, who invested earlier.