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Freight Hero, a Durham, North Carolina-based startup automating brokers' back-office operations, raised $5 million, CEO André Luis Martins Filho tells Axios Pro.

Why it matters: The deal valued the company at more than the $22 million valuation reported by PitchBook, per two sources familiar.