Everyone wants to solve the last mile. But at Beyond Query, we're far more interested in the first 500. Why? Because while the last mile may be the most visible, it is rarely the most valuable. The upstream inefficiencies—in mid-mile freight, intermodal transitions, cross-dock synchronization, and demand aggregation—are where real logistics disruption lives.

Last-mile tech dominates headlines because it touches the consumer. But from a capital perspective, the true bottlenecks are upstream. Missed dock appointments, fragmented routing systems, and siloed inventory data cause more damage than an inefficient doorstep delivery. That’s where we focus.

We invest in platforms that consolidate fragmented carrier networks, predict regional capacity constraints, and deploy data to optimize mid-mile flows. These solutions have a multiplier effect that far exceeds cosmetic consumer impact.

“The last mile is only efficient when the first 500 are.”

Founders who operate in this upstream space understand complexity, regulation, and B2B friction—and they build accordingly. They don’t chase downloads; they engineer uptime. Our belief is simple: optimizing what happens before the doorstep is what enables last-mile delivery to actually perform. It's not as visible, but it drives the system.