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Which US and EU based VCs/partners participated in funding rounds larger than $10M of startup companies that operate in the supply-chain/logistics sector?
Hello and thanks for requesting a list of US and EU based VCs and partners that participated in funding rounders larger than $10 million of startup companies that operate in the supply-chain/logistics sector. The most helpful resources I found in sourcing this topic were various CrunchBase profiles and LinkedIn accounts. A couple examples of VC firms operating in this sector are Sequoia Capital and Khosla Ventures. Below you will find a detailed list of VC firms and partners.
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In order to provide you with the best possible answer, I sought startups on CrunchBase in the logistics/supply-chain sector that have had successive funding rounds of over $10 million. In my search, I concluded that the 5 startups that best exemplified this criteria were PostMates, Shyp, Flow, Flirtey, and DoorDash. Of those 5 startups, there are 15 VC firms that have had a hand in funding. I outlined all the requested information in a spreadsheet appended below. I have also hyperlinked the LinkedIn profiles of each VC firm in this window.
VENTURE CAPITAL FIRMS THAT FUNDED ROUNDS LARGER THAN $10 MILLION FOR STARTUPS IN LOGISTICS SECTOR
In the Google Spreadsheet appended here, I have provided a list of VC firms, the partners within those firms, their requisite LinkedIn accounts, the startup funded, round size, and year that the round closed. Those VC firms include:
The companies they invested in are:
PostMates - "Postmates is the leading on-demand logistics provider. With more than 20,000 active Postmates, the company operates the largest on-demand delivery fleet in 40 major US metropolitan markets. Postmates overall mission to power local, on-demand logistics focused on fast deliveries from any type of merchant at scale." Relevant investors include Tiger Global Management, EquityZen, Huron River Ventures, Kevin Durant, Slow Ventures, and Spark Capital who participated is an $80 million Seed D funding round on June 25, 2015.
Shyp - "Shyp provides shipping services that ranges from picking-up the package to delivering it to the destination." It was funded at $50 million on April 21, 2015. Notable investors include Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Designer Fund, Draft Ventures, Homebrew, Machine Shop Ventures, and Sherpa Capital.
Flow - "Flow provides a turn-key platform for e-commerce companies to go global, capturing international demand for their products. The platform enables merchants to simply configure their cross-border supply-chain requirements and immediately fulfill their overseas demand." Their most recent funding round was a $13 million Series A on March 15, 2017. The most relevant investor is Bain Capital Ventures.
Flirtey - "Flirtey is a drone delivery service, reinventing the delivery process for humanitarian, online retail and food delivery industries." Its most recent funding round is a $16 million Series A funding round on January 18, 2017. Notable investors include Menlo Ventures and Qualcomm Ventures.
DoorDash - "DoorDash enables small businesses to provide its customers with local delivery services." Its funded to the tune of $186.7 million with the latest round of $127 Million Series C on March 22, 2016. Relevant investors include Sequoia Capital, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Khosla Ventures, Wellcome Trust, and Y Combinator.
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