Founders AND 3

Founders Fund is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm established in 2005, specializing in investments across various stages, from seed to later-stage funding. The firm targets companies that are developing transformative technologies in sectors such as consumer internet, biotechnology, artificial intelligence, aerospace, energy, and health. Founders Fund has a diverse investment portfolio, having backed notable companies like SpaceX, Facebook, and Palantir. The firm employs a founder-friendly investment approach, aiming to support entrepreneurs with minimal interference. With over $2 billion in capital under management, Founders Fund continues to seek innovative solutions to global challenges, making investments typically ranging from $500,000 to $300 million.

Delian Asparouhov

Principal

Jennifer Campbell

Partner

Lauren Gross

Partner and COO

Bridget Harris

Associate

Sean Liu

Partner

Jeffrey Lonsdale

Managing Director, Asia

John Luttig

Partner

Amin Mirzadegan

Partner

Scott Nolan

Partner

Neil Ruthven

CFO

Trae Stephens

Partner

Napoleon Ta

Partner

Matias Van Thienen

Partner

Past deals in Transport and logistics

Traba

Series A in 2022
Traba is a marketplace that connects light industrial workers with businesses to fill open shifts. Their focus is on opportunities in warehousing, distribution, and event staffing.

FleetZero

Venture Round in 2022
To deliver freight for our customers, Fleetzero is developing a fleet of electric ships without any green bonus. The company's vessels, unlike giant container ships, can be built inexpensively in domestic shipyards, which enables us to operate in regulated markets where ships must be built in the country they are traveling through. Fleetzero was established in 2021 in Auburn, Alabama.

STORD

Series D in 2022
STORD, Inc. is a technology-driven company that provides a cloud-based software platform for warehousing and distribution services. Founded in 2015 and based in Atlanta, Georgia, STORD enables clients to manage their product flow across a network of over 500 warehouses and 15,000 carriers through a single dashboard. This platform enhances visibility and control over inventory, allowing shippers to optimize their supply chains efficiently. By leveraging data science and a comprehensive logistics network, STORD delivers significant cost savings to major retailers, consumer packaged goods companies, and manufacturers, while improving customer satisfaction. The company’s mission is to facilitate scalable, technology-driven supply chains that can be implemented more quickly and affordably than traditional methods.

The Boring Company

Series C in 2022
The Boring Company is an infrastructure and tunnel construction firm established by Elon Musk in late 2016. The company focuses on efficiently digging tunnels to create an underground transportation network aimed at alleviating traffic congestion. Its services include the construction of tunnels that facilitate faster and more economical transportation options, addressing urban mobility challenges. By providing innovative tunneling solutions, The Boring Company seeks to improve the overall efficiency of transportation systems in congested areas.

Kargo

Series A in 2022
Kargo is a logistics management platform founded in 2019 and based in San Francisco, California. The company provides a smart loading dock solution that utilizes computer vision to enhance operational efficiency and responsiveness. Kargo enables businesses to achieve comprehensive visibility of incoming and outgoing shipments through real-time Advanced Shipping Notice (ASN) verification. Its autonomous material inspection tower scans moving labels and identifies internal RFID tags, facilitating accurate tracking. By leveraging artificial intelligence and analytics, Kargo assists various industries, including logistics, automotive, and distribution, in saving time, gaining insights, and making informed business decisions. Previously known as Cognisense, Kargo aims to streamline supply chain processes and improve overall performance.

Flexport

Series E in 2022
Flexport, Inc. is a global freight forwarder and logistics platform that provides online customs brokerage and freight forwarding services. Established in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company offers a comprehensive online dashboard that enables businesses to understand, purchase, manage, and track the necessary services for global trade. Its offerings include customs brokerage services such as clearances, bonds, product classification, and government agency filings, alongside freight forwarding options encompassing ocean freight, air freight, and trucking. Additionally, Flexport provides supply chain services that cover cargo insurance, quality inspections, warehousing, product sourcing, and trade finance. By leveraging modern software, Flexport aims to enhance the user experience in global trade, helping logistics companies optimize transportation routes and manage inventory effectively.

Supermove

Series A in 2022
Operator of enterprise software intended to empower moving businesses to go paperless. The company's software specializes in scheduling and dispatching jobs with a single click and unifies the entire team by automating timesheets, job forms, contracts, and operations, enabling businesses to access cloud-based moving software to organize, manage, and scale their business.

STORD

Series D in 2021
STORD, Inc. is a technology-driven company that provides a cloud-based software platform for warehousing and distribution services. Founded in 2015 and based in Atlanta, Georgia, STORD enables clients to manage their product flow across a network of over 500 warehouses and 15,000 carriers through a single dashboard. This platform enhances visibility and control over inventory, allowing shippers to optimize their supply chains efficiently. By leveraging data science and a comprehensive logistics network, STORD delivers significant cost savings to major retailers, consumer packaged goods companies, and manufacturers, while improving customer satisfaction. The company’s mission is to facilitate scalable, technology-driven supply chains that can be implemented more quickly and affordably than traditional methods.

Traba

Seed Round in 2021
Traba is a marketplace that connects light industrial workers with businesses to fill open shifts. Their focus is on opportunities in warehousing, distribution, and event staffing.

STORD

Series C in 2021
STORD, Inc. is a technology-driven company that provides a cloud-based software platform for warehousing and distribution services. Founded in 2015 and based in Atlanta, Georgia, STORD enables clients to manage their product flow across a network of over 500 warehouses and 15,000 carriers through a single dashboard. This platform enhances visibility and control over inventory, allowing shippers to optimize their supply chains efficiently. By leveraging data science and a comprehensive logistics network, STORD delivers significant cost savings to major retailers, consumer packaged goods companies, and manufacturers, while improving customer satisfaction. The company’s mission is to facilitate scalable, technology-driven supply chains that can be implemented more quickly and affordably than traditional methods.

Kargo

Seed Round in 2021
Kargo is a logistics management platform founded in 2019 and based in San Francisco, California. The company provides a smart loading dock solution that utilizes computer vision to enhance operational efficiency and responsiveness. Kargo enables businesses to achieve comprehensive visibility of incoming and outgoing shipments through real-time Advanced Shipping Notice (ASN) verification. Its autonomous material inspection tower scans moving labels and identifies internal RFID tags, facilitating accurate tracking. By leveraging artificial intelligence and analytics, Kargo assists various industries, including logistics, automotive, and distribution, in saving time, gaining insights, and making informed business decisions. Previously known as Cognisense, Kargo aims to streamline supply chain processes and improve overall performance.

STORD

Series B in 2020
STORD, Inc. is a technology-driven company that provides a cloud-based software platform for warehousing and distribution services. Founded in 2015 and based in Atlanta, Georgia, STORD enables clients to manage their product flow across a network of over 500 warehouses and 15,000 carriers through a single dashboard. This platform enhances visibility and control over inventory, allowing shippers to optimize their supply chains efficiently. By leveraging data science and a comprehensive logistics network, STORD delivers significant cost savings to major retailers, consumer packaged goods companies, and manufacturers, while improving customer satisfaction. The company’s mission is to facilitate scalable, technology-driven supply chains that can be implemented more quickly and affordably than traditional methods.

Manna Drone Delivery

Seed Round in 2019
Manna Drone Delivery is a provider of drone delivery services that aims to enhance the efficiency of food and goods distribution. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, the company utilizes custom-developed aerospace-grade drones to facilitate quick deliveries from restaurants, dark kitchens, and convenience stores directly to consumers' homes. Operating at an altitude of 80 meters and reaching speeds exceeding 80 kilometers per hour, Manna's drones can deliver within a 2-kilometer radius in less than three minutes. This innovative approach replaces traditional road-based delivery methods, significantly reducing delivery times and improving the overall consumer experience, especially in suburban and rural areas.

Unioncrate

Series A in 2019
Unioncrate helps consumer goods companies build and manage supply chains that can keep up with the consumer of today. Based in New York City, we are a team of CPG veterans, rebels, and nerds who believe that the future of supply chain will be driven by AI. It powers everything we do. We are obsessed with helping our clients take back the invaluable time, money, and resources that are far too commonly lost by relying on archaic supply chain management systems. That’s why we’ve built an intelligent platform designed specifically for the complexities of a consumer goods industry that’s needlessly stuck in the past.
Applied Molecular Transport Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing oral biologic product candidates aimed at treating autoimmune, inflammatory, metabolic, and other diseases. The company utilizes a proprietary technology platform that enables the active transport of therapeutic agents across the intestinal epithelium, leveraging natural cellular trafficking pathways. Its lead candidate, AMT-101, is an oral gastrointestinal-selective interleukin 10 that has successfully completed a Phase 1b clinical trial for ulcerative colitis and is set to enter Phase 2 trials. Additionally, the company is advancing AMT-126, an oral fusion protein targeting intestinal epithelium barrier function defects. Applied Molecular Transport is dedicated to creating patient-friendly oral formulations, such as tablets and capsules, to enhance treatment accessibility and efficacy. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in South San Francisco, California, the company is building a diverse portfolio of therapeutic modalities, including peptides, proteins, antibodies, and RNA therapeutics.

Flexport

Series D in 2019
Flexport, Inc. is a global freight forwarder and logistics platform that provides online customs brokerage and freight forwarding services. Established in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company offers a comprehensive online dashboard that enables businesses to understand, purchase, manage, and track the necessary services for global trade. Its offerings include customs brokerage services such as clearances, bonds, product classification, and government agency filings, alongside freight forwarding options encompassing ocean freight, air freight, and trucking. Additionally, Flexport provides supply chain services that cover cargo insurance, quality inspections, warehousing, product sourcing, and trade finance. By leveraging modern software, Flexport aims to enhance the user experience in global trade, helping logistics companies optimize transportation routes and manage inventory effectively.

Beam

Seed Round in 2018
Beam Mobility Holdings Pte. Ltd. is a micro-mobility company that offers electric scooters for rent through a user-friendly mobile application. Established in 2018 and based in Singapore, Beam aims to enhance urban mobility by providing a network of shared e-scooters that can be easily accessed on a pay-per-use basis. The company promotes responsible parking by incentivizing users to return scooters to designated parking spots, thereby minimizing clutter on city streets. By leveraging Internet of Things technology, Beam contributes to improved last-mile connectivity, helps alleviate traffic congestion, and supports environmental sustainability efforts.
Applied Molecular Transport Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing oral biologic product candidates aimed at treating autoimmune, inflammatory, metabolic, and other diseases. The company utilizes a proprietary technology platform that enables the active transport of therapeutic agents across the intestinal epithelium, leveraging natural cellular trafficking pathways. Its lead candidate, AMT-101, is an oral gastrointestinal-selective interleukin 10 that has successfully completed a Phase 1b clinical trial for ulcerative colitis and is set to enter Phase 2 trials. Additionally, the company is advancing AMT-126, an oral fusion protein targeting intestinal epithelium barrier function defects. Applied Molecular Transport is dedicated to creating patient-friendly oral formulations, such as tablets and capsules, to enhance treatment accessibility and efficacy. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in South San Francisco, California, the company is building a diverse portfolio of therapeutic modalities, including peptides, proteins, antibodies, and RNA therapeutics.

Unioncrate

Seed Round in 2018
Unioncrate helps consumer goods companies build and manage supply chains that can keep up with the consumer of today. Based in New York City, we are a team of CPG veterans, rebels, and nerds who believe that the future of supply chain will be driven by AI. It powers everything we do. We are obsessed with helping our clients take back the invaluable time, money, and resources that are far too commonly lost by relying on archaic supply chain management systems. That’s why we’ve built an intelligent platform designed specifically for the complexities of a consumer goods industry that’s needlessly stuck in the past.

Cargo

Series A in 2018
Cargo Systems, Inc. operates a mobile marketplace designed for selling products to passengers in transit, primarily through rideshare services. The company's platform, known as Cargo, enables passengers to order a diverse range of products, including snacks, electronics, and health and beauty items, delivered directly to them without the need for a dedicated app. Founded in 2016 by former employees of Birchbox, Cargo initially launched in New York and Boston and has since expanded its reach across 49 states. The company collaborates with rideshare drivers and brand partners to facilitate this unique in-car shopping experience, providing an opportunity for drivers to earn additional income while enhancing passenger convenience. Cargo is headquartered in New York, New York, and has received backing from various venture capital firms.

Flexport

Corporate Round in 2018
Flexport, Inc. is a global freight forwarder and logistics platform that provides online customs brokerage and freight forwarding services. Established in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company offers a comprehensive online dashboard that enables businesses to understand, purchase, manage, and track the necessary services for global trade. Its offerings include customs brokerage services such as clearances, bonds, product classification, and government agency filings, alongside freight forwarding options encompassing ocean freight, air freight, and trucking. Additionally, Flexport provides supply chain services that cover cargo insurance, quality inspections, warehousing, product sourcing, and trade finance. By leveraging modern software, Flexport aims to enhance the user experience in global trade, helping logistics companies optimize transportation routes and manage inventory effectively.

Omni

Series B in 2018
Omni Projects, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that offers on-demand storage services and rental solutions for local residents. Founded in 2014, Omni provides a platform that allows users to manage their physical belongings seamlessly. The company picks up items from customers' premises, stores them securely, and catalogs them with photographs and descriptions, enabling users to retrieve their belongings through a mobile application without visiting a storage facility. In addition to storage, Omni partners with local businesses to facilitate a rental service, allowing customers to access various items, such as bikes, surfboards, and camping equipment. Users can reserve these items for immediate pickup or schedule rentals in advance, enhancing community access to essential goods.

SnapShip

Seed Round in 2017
At SnapShip, we enable and empower SMBs to thrive in the new era of e-commerce by giving them access to powerful, affordable, and scalable logistics solutions to deliver their goods and creations to shoppers around the world.

Flexport

Series C in 2017
Flexport, Inc. is a global freight forwarder and logistics platform that provides online customs brokerage and freight forwarding services. Established in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company offers a comprehensive online dashboard that enables businesses to understand, purchase, manage, and track the necessary services for global trade. Its offerings include customs brokerage services such as clearances, bonds, product classification, and government agency filings, alongside freight forwarding options encompassing ocean freight, air freight, and trucking. Additionally, Flexport provides supply chain services that cover cargo insurance, quality inspections, warehousing, product sourcing, and trade finance. By leveraging modern software, Flexport aims to enhance the user experience in global trade, helping logistics companies optimize transportation routes and manage inventory effectively.

Trade Ghana

Seed Round in 2017
Trade is a platform that connects buyers, sellers, and transporters of commodities in Ghana. Trade allows buyers and sellers in Ghana to trade directly, cutting out the middlemen. You pick your quantity, grade, and price and they look for sellers to match you with. They weigh and grade every bag that they trade, deliver directly to you, and will take back any bag you reject, so you can buy without worrying.

Flexport

Series B in 2016
Flexport, Inc. is a global freight forwarder and logistics platform that provides online customs brokerage and freight forwarding services. Established in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company offers a comprehensive online dashboard that enables businesses to understand, purchase, manage, and track the necessary services for global trade. Its offerings include customs brokerage services such as clearances, bonds, product classification, and government agency filings, alongside freight forwarding options encompassing ocean freight, air freight, and trucking. Additionally, Flexport provides supply chain services that cover cargo insurance, quality inspections, warehousing, product sourcing, and trade finance. By leveraging modern software, Flexport aims to enhance the user experience in global trade, helping logistics companies optimize transportation routes and manage inventory effectively.

Flexport

Series A in 2015
Flexport, Inc. is a global freight forwarder and logistics platform that provides online customs brokerage and freight forwarding services. Established in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company offers a comprehensive online dashboard that enables businesses to understand, purchase, manage, and track the necessary services for global trade. Its offerings include customs brokerage services such as clearances, bonds, product classification, and government agency filings, alongside freight forwarding options encompassing ocean freight, air freight, and trucking. Additionally, Flexport provides supply chain services that cover cargo insurance, quality inspections, warehousing, product sourcing, and trade finance. By leveraging modern software, Flexport aims to enhance the user experience in global trade, helping logistics companies optimize transportation routes and manage inventory effectively.

Lyft

Series D in 2014
Lyft is an on-demand transportation service that connects riders with drivers through a mobile application, allowing users to request rides and make payments seamlessly. Founded in June 2012 in San Francisco, Lyft has become the second-largest ridesharing provider in the U.S. and Canada, serving approximately 95 percent of the U.S. population. The platform offers various ride options, including traditional private rides, shared rides, and luxury vehicles. In addition to standard ride-sharing services, Lyft has expanded into the bike and scooter-sharing market, promoting multimodal transportation solutions. The service is particularly popular among college, university, and corporate communities, and it allows riders to schedule rides up to seven days in advance.

Lyft

Series C in 2013
Lyft is an on-demand transportation service that connects riders with drivers through a mobile application, allowing users to request rides and make payments seamlessly. Founded in June 2012 in San Francisco, Lyft has become the second-largest ridesharing provider in the U.S. and Canada, serving approximately 95 percent of the U.S. population. The platform offers various ride options, including traditional private rides, shared rides, and luxury vehicles. In addition to standard ride-sharing services, Lyft has expanded into the bike and scooter-sharing market, promoting multimodal transportation solutions. The service is particularly popular among college, university, and corporate communities, and it allows riders to schedule rides up to seven days in advance.

Lyft

Series B in 2013
Lyft is an on-demand transportation service that connects riders with drivers through a mobile application, allowing users to request rides and make payments seamlessly. Founded in June 2012 in San Francisco, Lyft has become the second-largest ridesharing provider in the U.S. and Canada, serving approximately 95 percent of the U.S. population. The platform offers various ride options, including traditional private rides, shared rides, and luxury vehicles. In addition to standard ride-sharing services, Lyft has expanded into the bike and scooter-sharing market, promoting multimodal transportation solutions. The service is particularly popular among college, university, and corporate communities, and it allows riders to schedule rides up to seven days in advance.
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