FJ Labs

FJ Labs is a venture capital firm based in New York, founded in 2015 by Fabrice Grinda. The firm is stage-agnostic, focusing on marketplaces and consumer-facing startups, with a particular emphasis on sectors such as B2B, B2C, financial services, mobile technology, advertisement technology, e-commerce, food technology, gaming, health technology, real estate technology, restaurant technology, ridesharing, SaaS, and virtual reality. FJ Labs invests primarily in seed and Series A rounds, with an investment range between $50,000 and $5,000,000. The firm has backed notable companies including Alibaba Group, Beepi, BrightRoll, Betterment, ADORE ME, and Earnest.

Matias Barbero

Venture Capital

Zineb Belghiti

Analyst

Camila Bustamante

Investor

William Guillouard

Operating Partner

Arne Halleraker

Partner

Erez Kalir

Venture Partner

Chris Keshian

Investor

Ariel Lebowits

CFO

Jose Marin

Founding Partner

Anshul Ruparell

Founder

Luke Skertich

Investor

Andrea Xu

Investor

Past deals in Oil and Gas Transportation

Haul

Seed Round in 2022
Operator of an on-demand job platform intended to redefine the traditional truck-driving employment model. The company connects pre-qualified truck drivers to truck fleets for CDL jobs while offering several services including automated and streamlined compliance, price transparency, coverage, and benefits for drivers, enabling commercial truck drivers to find jobs easily and truck fleets to connect to professional drivers.

Yassir

Series A in 2021
Yassir Inc. is a transport service based in Algiers, Algeria, founded in 2016. The company operates a mobile application that enables users to book drivers for on-demand transportation, ensuring safe travel. In addition to ride-hailing services, Yassir's platform also offers food delivery options, allowing users to order meals conveniently. The application serves as a multisided marketplace, combining technology with everyday activities, and provides additional services such as grocery delivery and banking applications. Yassir aims to enhance users' lifestyles by facilitating mobility and access to essential services through its innovative platform.

Trella

Venture Round in 2021
Trella is a platform that connects shippers to carriers. Trella offers services and technology to empower drivers, improve their efficiency, boost their earnings and utilization as well as creating job opportunities. Trella aims to reduce costs for shippers, introduce a transparent pricing structure and provide them with a more reliable source of carriers. All the while allowing them to track their shipments in real-time as well as report key insights on their transportation trends and performance.

Vortexa

Series B in 2021
Vortexa Ltd is a London-based company established in 2016 that specializes in providing real-time information and analytics on crude oil and refined products, including fuel oil, diesel, jet fuel, gasoline, and more. The company offers insights into the movement of these products along trading routes, utilizing a cargo-by-cargo tracking approach. Vortexa's platform leverages artificial intelligence to analyze and interpret data from various sources, delivering comprehensive insights into waterborne energy trades. This enables energy and shipping companies to make informed trading decisions and enhance their competitive edge in the market.

Leaf Logistics

Series A in 2020
Leaf Logistics Inc. operates a freight contracting platform that facilitates a multi-party network connecting shippers, carriers, brokers, and logistics service providers. Founded in 2017 and based in New York, the company employs predictive analytics and artificial intelligence to enhance the management of transportation logistics. Its platform enables users to secure future transportation capacity, rates, and services through binding, tradeable contracts called Leaf Forward contracts. This innovative approach allows for improved service and cost predictability, helping participants to plan and execute logistics more effectively. Leaf Logistics was previously known as Logistics Exchange Inc. before rebranding in March 2019.

Yassir

Seed Round in 2019
Yassir Inc. is a transport service based in Algiers, Algeria, founded in 2016. The company operates a mobile application that enables users to book drivers for on-demand transportation, ensuring safe travel. In addition to ride-hailing services, Yassir's platform also offers food delivery options, allowing users to order meals conveniently. The application serves as a multisided marketplace, combining technology with everyday activities, and provides additional services such as grocery delivery and banking applications. Yassir aims to enhance users' lifestyles by facilitating mobility and access to essential services through its innovative platform.

Vortexa

Series A in 2019
Vortexa Ltd is a London-based company established in 2016 that specializes in providing real-time information and analytics on crude oil and refined products, including fuel oil, diesel, jet fuel, gasoline, and more. The company offers insights into the movement of these products along trading routes, utilizing a cargo-by-cargo tracking approach. Vortexa's platform leverages artificial intelligence to analyze and interpret data from various sources, delivering comprehensive insights into waterborne energy trades. This enables energy and shipping companies to make informed trading decisions and enhance their competitive edge in the market.

Leaf Logistics

Seed Round in 2018
Leaf Logistics Inc. operates a freight contracting platform that facilitates a multi-party network connecting shippers, carriers, brokers, and logistics service providers. Founded in 2017 and based in New York, the company employs predictive analytics and artificial intelligence to enhance the management of transportation logistics. Its platform enables users to secure future transportation capacity, rates, and services through binding, tradeable contracts called Leaf Forward contracts. This innovative approach allows for improved service and cost predictability, helping participants to plan and execute logistics more effectively. Leaf Logistics was previously known as Logistics Exchange Inc. before rebranding in March 2019.

Lori Systems

Seed Round in 2018
Lori Systems Corp. develops, owns, and operates a logistics platform that helps to connect transport with cargo. It serves transporters and cargo owners. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Nairobi, Kenya with additional offices in Mombasa, Kenya; Kampala, Uganda; and Lagos, Nigeria.

Vortexa

Seed Round in 2018
Vortexa Ltd is a London-based company established in 2016 that specializes in providing real-time information and analytics on crude oil and refined products, including fuel oil, diesel, jet fuel, gasoline, and more. The company offers insights into the movement of these products along trading routes, utilizing a cargo-by-cargo tracking approach. Vortexa's platform leverages artificial intelligence to analyze and interpret data from various sources, delivering comprehensive insights into waterborne energy trades. This enables energy and shipping companies to make informed trading decisions and enhance their competitive edge in the market.

Lori Systems

Seed Round in 2017
Lori Systems Corp. develops, owns, and operates a logistics platform that helps to connect transport with cargo. It serves transporters and cargo owners. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Nairobi, Kenya with additional offices in Mombasa, Kenya; Kampala, Uganda; and Lagos, Nigeria.

Cargomatic

Convertible Note in 2016
Cargomatic, Inc. is an online platform that facilitates real-time connections between shippers and pre-screened carriers, primarily serving customers in Southern California. Launched in early 2014 and based in Venice, California, the company enables shippers to submit loads and quickly locate nearby trucks to meet their logistics needs. Since its inception, Cargomatic has successfully expedited tens of thousands of deliveries across California, Chicago, and metropolitan New York. As a subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming Inc., Cargomatic focuses on providing an efficient and responsive network for local truck availability.
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