Supply Chain Ventures

Supply Chain Ventures, LLC is a venture capital firm that focuses on angel and early-stage investments in companies utilizing information technology to improve global marketing and supply chain management. Established in 2002 and based in Biddeford, Maine, the firm targets young, revenue-generating businesses, particularly those leveraging on-demand and open source technologies. Supply Chain Ventures employs two main investment strategies: making angel investments in operating companies with an established client base and collaborating with investment partners to provide early-stage funding to more developed companies. The firm combines capital with extensive entrepreneurial, operational, and investment expertise to support the growth and success of its portfolio companies.

Dave Anderson

General Partner

David L. Anderson

Managing General Partner

Dan Dershem

Managing General Partner

13 past transactions

Tive

Series B in 2022
Tive is a Boston-based startup that helps companies take the surprises out of their supply chains through true end-to-end visibility. It is the easiest way for companies to manage their supply chain – and get results. Unlock unparalleled insight and enhanced visibility. They help companies improve efficiency and meet regulatory requirements by providing an end-to-end sensor solution to visualize, optimize, and monitor operations in real-time.

Mercado Labs

Series A in 2021
Mercado is a supply chain company that features a cloud-based platform that helps businesses to connect to everyone involved in their supply chain. Its platform connects teams, business departments, suppliers, partners, and service providers. The company was founded in 2018 and headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

SupplyShift

Series B in 2021
SupplyShift Inc. is a Santa Cruz, California-based company that provides a cloud-based platform designed for supply chain management. Founded in 2012, SupplyShift enables businesses to enhance visibility and responsibility throughout their supply chains by collecting and analyzing comprehensive supplier information. The platform serves various industries, including technology, food and beverage, and retail, by offering tools for custom assessments, benchmarking, and supplier improvement. Buyers can evaluate supplier risk profiles and access data that encourages competition and transparency among suppliers, while suppliers benefit from dashboards that illustrate their performance relative to industry peers. Key features include the ability to gather multi-tier supply chain data, analyze it flexibly, and promote best practices for responsible sourcing. Overall, SupplyShift aims to transform supply chain data into actionable insights, helping clients achieve greater accountability and efficiency.

Finboot

Venture Round in 2021
FINBOOT TECH S.L. designs and develops enterprise management software known as MARCO. The software offers supply chain management solutions. FINBOOT TECH S.L. caters to oil and energy and consumer goods industries. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Barcelona, Spain with additional office in London, United Kingdom.

Torch

Seed Round in 2021
They believe there is a better way to do logistics. A more valuable, less invasive way where customers are earned rather than bought. They are obsessively passionate about it, and their mission is to help people achieve it. They focus on connecting people and solving problems. It's one of the least understood and least transparent aspects of freight, and we see that as an opportunity: They are excited to simplify logistics for everyone through our technology, experience , and service.
Perishable Shipping Solutions, Inc. specializes in e-commerce order fulfillment services tailored for food and beverage brands that require temperature-controlled handling. Established in 2016 and headquartered in Youngstown, Ohio, the company provides essential services such as receiving, frozen and cold storage, pick and pack operations, and shipping, all designed to ensure the safe delivery of perishable goods. Catering to both small and mid-market businesses, including restaurants and direct-to-consumer operations, Perishable Shipping Solutions emphasizes environmentally responsible packaging and offers dedicated customer support to enhance client satisfaction. With facilities on both coasts, the company is well-equipped to manage the unique challenges associated with shipping cold, frozen, and preservative-free foods.

Seyo

Seed Round in 2020
Seyo enables machines to cooperate autonomously in extreme environments without the internet.

Mori

Seed Round in 2019
Mori, officially known as Cambridge Crops, Inc., specializes in the development of an innovative biopolymer coating designed to extend the shelf life of perishable foods. Established in 2016 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, the company utilizes a unique process that extracts protein from natural silk using salt and water. This edible and natural coating forms a protective layer over various food items, including fruits, vegetables, meat, and seafood, effectively slowing down spoilage. Through its technology, Mori aims to enhance the freshness of food while promoting sustainability in the food supply chain.

ShipMonk

Series A in 2018
SHIPMONK, INC. provides order fulfillment solutions for ecommerce industries. The company offers a cloud based software solution for inventory, orders, shipping, and warehouse management. It also provides ecommerce fulfillment, retail fulfillment, subscription box fulfillment, crowdfunding fulfillment, seller fulfillment, and delivered duty paid solutions. The company serves startups and small and medium sized businesses. SHIPMONK, INC. was founded in 2014 and is based in San Bernardino, Florida with additional locations in Los Angeles, California and Pittston, Pennsylvania

SupplyShift

Series A in 2018
SupplyShift Inc. is a Santa Cruz, California-based company that provides a cloud-based platform designed for supply chain management. Founded in 2012, SupplyShift enables businesses to enhance visibility and responsibility throughout their supply chains by collecting and analyzing comprehensive supplier information. The platform serves various industries, including technology, food and beverage, and retail, by offering tools for custom assessments, benchmarking, and supplier improvement. Buyers can evaluate supplier risk profiles and access data that encourages competition and transparency among suppliers, while suppliers benefit from dashboards that illustrate their performance relative to industry peers. Key features include the ability to gather multi-tier supply chain data, analyze it flexibly, and promote best practices for responsible sourcing. Overall, SupplyShift aims to transform supply chain data into actionable insights, helping clients achieve greater accountability and efficiency.

SupplyShift

Seed Round in 2017
SupplyShift Inc. is a Santa Cruz, California-based company that provides a cloud-based platform designed for supply chain management. Founded in 2012, SupplyShift enables businesses to enhance visibility and responsibility throughout their supply chains by collecting and analyzing comprehensive supplier information. The platform serves various industries, including technology, food and beverage, and retail, by offering tools for custom assessments, benchmarking, and supplier improvement. Buyers can evaluate supplier risk profiles and access data that encourages competition and transparency among suppliers, while suppliers benefit from dashboards that illustrate their performance relative to industry peers. Key features include the ability to gather multi-tier supply chain data, analyze it flexibly, and promote best practices for responsible sourcing. Overall, SupplyShift aims to transform supply chain data into actionable insights, helping clients achieve greater accountability and efficiency.

SupplyAI

Convertible Note in 2016
SupplyAI is a retail technology company that creates products to improve people's shopping experience. AspenCX, our Shopper Success platform helps shoppers track orders, make easy self-service returns & exchange requests, and at the same time helps retailers unify shopping experience and grow their customer relationships. Through Aspen, businesses are now able to bring greater transparency to shipping and returns or exchange. As a result, retailers see greater customer trust, while ensuring they are able to operate in the most efficient manner possible. Our integration is seamless and comes with dedicated support. Our goal is simple - give your shoppers more reason to trust merchants, resulting more transactions with increased value, more frequently.

Jebbit

Venture Round in 2015
Jebbit has built the world’s first declared data platform. Our platform enables marketing and sales teams to create beautiful, mobile experiences aimed at capturing the most important consumer data an enterprise needs. Instead of relying on third-party data which is often highly inaccurate and incomplete, enterprise brands use Jebbit to capture consumer intentions, motivations, and preferences. Customers include travel, ecommerce, and sports brands such as Cathay Pacific Airways, LifeLock, and the New England Revolution. Jebbit was named one of the Top 25 Most Promising Companies in the World by CNBC, the Best Tech Culture in Boston 2016, and its cofounders are Forbes 30 Under 30 honorees. To learn how you can get started with a declared data strategy, visit www.jebbit.com.