Matrix

Matrix Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 1977 and based in San Francisco, California. The firm specializes in early-stage investments, supporting companies from the ideation phase through Series A funding. Matrix Partners focuses on various sectors, including applied artificial intelligence, B2B SaaS, digital health, fintech, and sustainable hardware. The firm prides itself on building long-term relationships with entrepreneurs, leveraging a team of former founders and experienced investors to foster significant, industry-leading companies. With a strong portfolio that includes notable investments like Oculus, Zendesk, and Afterpay, Matrix Partners has contributed to the success of numerous businesses, helping many achieve initial public offerings and profitable mergers and acquisitions. The firm combines local market knowledge with a global perspective, consistently ranking among the top venture firms in terms of returns to its investors.

Ben Altshuler

Partner

Barrows, Timothy A.

General Partner

Berlin, Diana Kimball

Partner

Doherty, Phyllis

Administrative Partner

Ferri, Paul J.

Co-Founder

Harry Man

Partner

Kojo Osei

Partner

Qian, Kun

Managing Director

Ru, Brian

Venture Partner

Bo Shao

Founding Managing Partner

Stalder CPA, CPA, Dana C.

General Partner

David Su

Founding Managing Partner

Sukhar, Ilya

General Partner

Sun, Linghao

Managing Partner

Huadong Wang

Partner

Kevin Xiong

Partner

Michael Zuo

Partner

Past deals in Transport and logistics

Yuancang Warehouse

Seed Round in 2023
Yuancang Warehouse focuses on providing standardized warehouse distribution, logistics, customized order execution, supply chain and other related integrated services for Southeast Asian e-commerce.

Courier

Series B in 2022
Courier provides an API that enables developers to manage and route user notifications across various communication channels, such as email and messaging platforms. By leveraging user engagement data and online status, the API optimizes notification delivery, ensuring that messages reach users through the most effective medium. The company's notification management software allows clients to create reusable messages that can be customized for different channels, facilitating timely and targeted communication. Over the years, Courier has adapted to technological advancements while maintaining a stable management approach, emphasizing the importance of customer success. The company has developed long-lasting relationships with its largest clients, continually collaborating to meet their evolving needs.

Dray Alliance

Series B in 2021
Dray Alliance is disrupting the multi-billion dollar drayage trucking industry with a technology platform that makes deliveries to warehouses simple, predictable, and transparent. Eliminating the friction in each step of the delivery process, Dray Alliance efficiently connects shippers, carriers, and truckers in real-time.

Surpath

Seed Round in 2021
Surpath is an AI-driven cloud-based platform that formulates optimal supply chain solutions based on clients' needs. The firm provides cross-border transportation to destination services, optimized logistics, and analytics solutions that solve complex problems.

Space Transportation

Venture Round in 2021
Space Transportation designs and manufactures space transport systems intended to reduce space exploration costs. It specializes in developing reusable commercial space transport vehicles, aiming to reduce commercial launch costs associated with reentry and carrier recycling.

DST Car

Series C in 2021
DiShangTie Car Rental (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. is a company based in Shenzhen, China, specializing in the rental and maintenance of commercial electric vehicles (EVs) for passenger and cargo transportation. Established in 2015, the company focuses on the transportation and logistics sector, providing sustainable energy vehicle rental services tailored for the new energy logistics market. DiShangTie also manufactures electric car charging stations, supporting its commitment to offering green and sustainable vehicle leasing alternatives to major express logistics and urban distribution companies. Through its services, the company aims to facilitate the adoption of environmentally friendly transport solutions in China.

Huicang Technology

Series A in 2021
Based on the core technology of high-speed three-dimensional warehousing automation, Huicang Technology focuses on two innovative product lines of standardized and modular high-speed three-dimensional storage and sorting. The company was co-founded by two American professors in the field of robotics and real-time control. The core team has gathered elites in logistics equipment, warehousing operations and other industries, with strong independent research and development strength and perfect production and implementation capabilities. Huicang products are widely used in manufacturing, distribution and terminals. With the outstanding advantages of "saving people and land, and taking both measures", it can save more than 70% of labor and land occupation. Huicang products have the remarkable characteristics of rapid implementation and flexible relocation, and provide customers with warehouse automation solutions with high input-output ratio and high flexibility.

Zhenkunxing

Series E in 2020
ZKH is a digital service platform for industrial products that offers comprehensive supply chain solutions based on an E-commerce platform, digital tools, and intelligent service. Its platform offers a comprehensive selection of industrial accessories, consumables, general equipment, and spare parts. There are 28 product lines and over 4 million SKUs available, including PPE, hand tools, metal processing, fasteners, instruments, chemicals, and so on.

XINGYUN GROUP

Series C in 2020
Xingyun Group has reconstructed the digital supply chain in consumer goods. It empowers the global commodity trade environment through whole-process SaaS tools, and provides one-stop, full-category, Direct-to-consumer (DTC) digital supply chain services in consumer goods. The Management Middle-end System Services Engine of Xingyun Global Supply Chain focuses on the integration of industrial ecological resources, enables cost reduction and efficiency improvement with industrial data, serves overseas consumer brands to enter China, helps Chinese brands go global, and empowers global supply chain and SaaS service capability of the platform for massive merchants. It has nearly 160 cooperative and self-operated warehouses in 72 countries and 1 region, serving more than 350,000 online and offline retailers in China.

Courier

Series A in 2020
Courier provides an API that enables developers to manage and route user notifications across various communication channels, such as email and messaging platforms. By leveraging user engagement data and online status, the API optimizes notification delivery, ensuring that messages reach users through the most effective medium. The company's notification management software allows clients to create reusable messages that can be customized for different channels, facilitating timely and targeted communication. Over the years, Courier has adapted to technological advancements while maintaining a stable management approach, emphasizing the importance of customer success. The company has developed long-lasting relationships with its largest clients, continually collaborating to meet their evolving needs.

Dray Alliance

Series A in 2020
Dray Alliance is disrupting the multi-billion dollar drayage trucking industry with a technology platform that makes deliveries to warehouses simple, predictable, and transparent. Eliminating the friction in each step of the delivery process, Dray Alliance efficiently connects shippers, carriers, and truckers in real-time.

Loadshare Networks

Series B in 2019
Loadshare Networks Private Limited is a logistics service provider based in Bengaluru, India, with additional offices in Kolkata, New Delhi, and Guwahati. Founded in 2017, the company specializes in a comprehensive range of logistics solutions, including first mile, line-haul, and last mile deliveries, as well as e-commerce forward deliveries and reverse pickups. Loadshare caters to various sectors, including e-commerce and financial services, and serves both B2B and B2C markets across regions in North East, East India, South India, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh. In addition to its logistics services, Loadshare Networks offers a technology platform and operational expertise, enabling small and medium businesses to optimize their logistics operations and enhance their service delivery through a network of regional partners.

XINGYUN GROUP

Series B in 2019
Xingyun Group has reconstructed the digital supply chain in consumer goods. It empowers the global commodity trade environment through whole-process SaaS tools, and provides one-stop, full-category, Direct-to-consumer (DTC) digital supply chain services in consumer goods. The Management Middle-end System Services Engine of Xingyun Global Supply Chain focuses on the integration of industrial ecological resources, enables cost reduction and efficiency improvement with industrial data, serves overseas consumer brands to enter China, helps Chinese brands go global, and empowers global supply chain and SaaS service capability of the platform for massive merchants. It has nearly 160 cooperative and self-operated warehouses in 72 countries and 1 region, serving more than 350,000 online and offline retailers in China.

Starship Technologies

Series A in 2019
Starship Technologies is a robotics company building fleets of self-driving delivery robots designed to deliver goods locally within 30 minutes. The robots drive autonomously 99% of the time to make safe and environmentally friendly curb-side deliveries from a local hub. They also offering people convenient new services that improve everyday life. Starships Technologies robots are equipped with a sensor suite that includes cameras, GPS, and inertial measurement units. The company's aim is to fundamentally reshape how goods are shipped and delivered, and make local delivery, ultimately, free. It also enables a new era of instant delivery that works around your schedule at much lower costs. Starships Technologies was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Zhenkunxing

Series D in 2019
ZKH is a digital service platform for industrial products that offers comprehensive supply chain solutions based on an E-commerce platform, digital tools, and intelligent service. Its platform offers a comprehensive selection of industrial accessories, consumables, general equipment, and spare parts. There are 28 product lines and over 4 million SKUs available, including PPE, hand tools, metal processing, fasteners, instruments, chemicals, and so on.

Courier

Seed Round in 2019
Courier provides an API that enables developers to manage and route user notifications across various communication channels, such as email and messaging platforms. By leveraging user engagement data and online status, the API optimizes notification delivery, ensuring that messages reach users through the most effective medium. The company's notification management software allows clients to create reusable messages that can be customized for different channels, facilitating timely and targeted communication. Over the years, Courier has adapted to technological advancements while maintaining a stable management approach, emphasizing the importance of customer success. The company has developed long-lasting relationships with its largest clients, continually collaborating to meet their evolving needs.

Fuyou Kache

Series D in 2018
Fuyoukache provides long distance truck logistics services to enterprises, individuals and large third-party logistics companies, connecting truck drivers with those in need of logistic services via its online platform.

DST Car

Series B in 2018
DiShangTie Car Rental (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. is a company based in Shenzhen, China, specializing in the rental and maintenance of commercial electric vehicles (EVs) for passenger and cargo transportation. Established in 2015, the company focuses on the transportation and logistics sector, providing sustainable energy vehicle rental services tailored for the new energy logistics market. DiShangTie also manufactures electric car charging stations, supporting its commitment to offering green and sustainable vehicle leasing alternatives to major express logistics and urban distribution companies. Through its services, the company aims to facilitate the adoption of environmentally friendly transport solutions in China.

DST Car

Series B in 2018
DiShangTie Car Rental (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. is a company based in Shenzhen, China, specializing in the rental and maintenance of commercial electric vehicles (EVs) for passenger and cargo transportation. Established in 2015, the company focuses on the transportation and logistics sector, providing sustainable energy vehicle rental services tailored for the new energy logistics market. DiShangTie also manufactures electric car charging stations, supporting its commitment to offering green and sustainable vehicle leasing alternatives to major express logistics and urban distribution companies. Through its services, the company aims to facilitate the adoption of environmentally friendly transport solutions in China.

Liushanmen

Series A in 2018
Liushanmen is a logistics technology company specializes in Internet take-out food with good quality. It keeps take-out as the focus while takes offline shops as supplement. Other products will be united made by Central Kitchen then sending to users. LiuShanMen has planned to establish the fist batch of Experience Center in UIBE, Chao Yang University Town and Z-Innoway so as to cover White Collar Market in these areas.

Zhenkunxing

Series C in 2018
ZKH is a digital service platform for industrial products that offers comprehensive supply chain solutions based on an E-commerce platform, digital tools, and intelligent service. Its platform offers a comprehensive selection of industrial accessories, consumables, general equipment, and spare parts. There are 28 product lines and over 4 million SKUs available, including PPE, hand tools, metal processing, fasteners, instruments, chemicals, and so on.

Starship Technologies

Seed Round in 2018
Starship Technologies is a robotics company building fleets of self-driving delivery robots designed to deliver goods locally within 30 minutes. The robots drive autonomously 99% of the time to make safe and environmentally friendly curb-side deliveries from a local hub. They also offering people convenient new services that improve everyday life. Starships Technologies robots are equipped with a sensor suite that includes cameras, GPS, and inertial measurement units. The company's aim is to fundamentally reshape how goods are shipped and delivered, and make local delivery, ultimately, free. It also enables a new era of instant delivery that works around your schedule at much lower costs. Starships Technologies was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Loadshare Networks

Series A in 2018
Loadshare Networks Private Limited is a logistics service provider based in Bengaluru, India, with additional offices in Kolkata, New Delhi, and Guwahati. Founded in 2017, the company specializes in a comprehensive range of logistics solutions, including first mile, line-haul, and last mile deliveries, as well as e-commerce forward deliveries and reverse pickups. Loadshare caters to various sectors, including e-commerce and financial services, and serves both B2B and B2C markets across regions in North East, East India, South India, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh. In addition to its logistics services, Loadshare Networks offers a technology platform and operational expertise, enabling small and medium businesses to optimize their logistics operations and enhance their service delivery through a network of regional partners.

DST Car

Series A in 2018
DiShangTie Car Rental (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. is a company based in Shenzhen, China, specializing in the rental and maintenance of commercial electric vehicles (EVs) for passenger and cargo transportation. Established in 2015, the company focuses on the transportation and logistics sector, providing sustainable energy vehicle rental services tailored for the new energy logistics market. DiShangTie also manufactures electric car charging stations, supporting its commitment to offering green and sustainable vehicle leasing alternatives to major express logistics and urban distribution companies. Through its services, the company aims to facilitate the adoption of environmentally friendly transport solutions in China.

Zhenkunxing

Series B in 2017
ZKH is a digital service platform for industrial products that offers comprehensive supply chain solutions based on an E-commerce platform, digital tools, and intelligent service. Its platform offers a comprehensive selection of industrial accessories, consumables, general equipment, and spare parts. There are 28 product lines and over 4 million SKUs available, including PPE, hand tools, metal processing, fasteners, instruments, chemicals, and so on.

Zhenkunxing

Series B in 2017
ZKH is a digital service platform for industrial products that offers comprehensive supply chain solutions based on an E-commerce platform, digital tools, and intelligent service. Its platform offers a comprehensive selection of industrial accessories, consumables, general equipment, and spare parts. There are 28 product lines and over 4 million SKUs available, including PPE, hand tools, metal processing, fasteners, instruments, chemicals, and so on.

Yunniao Delivery

Series D in 2017
Yunniao Delivery, established in November 2014, specializes in regional and city distribution services, focusing on B2B and O2O supply chain solutions. The company connects Chinese enterprises requiring same-city courier services with individuals who offer transportation using vans. This platform is designed to provide personalized services to a diverse clientele, including chain stores, distributors, brands, and manufacturers. Yunniao Delivery enhances customer experience through on-site monitoring, management, and the provision of insured goods along with cash-on-delivery options, ensuring a reliable and efficient distribution network.

Starship Technologies

Seed Round in 2017
Starship Technologies is a robotics company building fleets of self-driving delivery robots designed to deliver goods locally within 30 minutes. The robots drive autonomously 99% of the time to make safe and environmentally friendly curb-side deliveries from a local hub. They also offering people convenient new services that improve everyday life. Starships Technologies robots are equipped with a sensor suite that includes cameras, GPS, and inertial measurement units. The company's aim is to fundamentally reshape how goods are shipped and delivered, and make local delivery, ultimately, free. It also enables a new era of instant delivery that works around your schedule at much lower costs. Starships Technologies was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Baiyee

Angel Round in 2017
Baiyee specializes in cloud-based supply chain solutions tailored for hospitals and healthcare facilities. The company has developed an online platform that focuses on supply chain management for medical supplies. This platform allows clients to track the logistics status of their supplies, manage storage efficiently, and ensure timely delivery. By optimizing these processes, Baiyee enables healthcare providers to maintain adequate access to essential medical supplies, ultimately supporting better patient care.

oTMS

Series B in 2016
oTMS is the leading one-stop transportation platform. oTMS aims to build the first successful business community based transport management & e-sourcing platform in China. With cloud computing and mobile internet technology, oTMS provides SaaS (software as a service) to users in order to seamlessly connect the shippers, logistics and transport providers, drivers and consignees to tender, execute, track and bill for transport services in an entirely digitalized, real time workflow to boost customer service experience at a much better cost.

Yunniao Delivery

Series C in 2016
Yunniao Delivery, established in November 2014, specializes in regional and city distribution services, focusing on B2B and O2O supply chain solutions. The company connects Chinese enterprises requiring same-city courier services with individuals who offer transportation using vans. This platform is designed to provide personalized services to a diverse clientele, including chain stores, distributors, brands, and manufacturers. Yunniao Delivery enhances customer experience through on-site monitoring, management, and the provision of insured goods along with cash-on-delivery options, ensuring a reliable and efficient distribution network.

123Feng

Series A in 2015
123Feng operates an online platform and provides courier delivery services. It provides last mile delivery services to O2O (online-to-offline) companies, restaurants, and fast VIP personal delivery services. 123Feng began operation in 2014. It has its headquarters in Hangzhou in China.

Yunniao Delivery

Series B in 2015
Yunniao Delivery, established in November 2014, specializes in regional and city distribution services, focusing on B2B and O2O supply chain solutions. The company connects Chinese enterprises requiring same-city courier services with individuals who offer transportation using vans. This platform is designed to provide personalized services to a diverse clientele, including chain stores, distributors, brands, and manufacturers. Yunniao Delivery enhances customer experience through on-site monitoring, management, and the provision of insured goods along with cash-on-delivery options, ensuring a reliable and efficient distribution network.

oTMS

Series C in 2015
oTMS is the leading one-stop transportation platform. oTMS aims to build the first successful business community based transport management & e-sourcing platform in China. With cloud computing and mobile internet technology, oTMS provides SaaS (software as a service) to users in order to seamlessly connect the shippers, logistics and transport providers, drivers and consignees to tender, execute, track and bill for transport services in an entirely digitalized, real time workflow to boost customer service experience at a much better cost.

Doorman

Seed Round in 2015
Doorman is a company that specializes in consumer-scheduled last mile delivery and return pickup services for e-commerce. Through its user-friendly application, customers can select the exact time and location for their package deliveries, allowing for flexibility in scheduling. This innovative approach minimizes issues such as missed deliveries and lost packages, enhancing the overall customer experience. The platform also allows users to reschedule deliveries without the need for customer service intervention. Doorman is supported by notable venture capital firms, including Matrix Partners, Structure Capital, Alrai Capital, and 500 Startups, underscoring its viability in the competitive logistics market.

mfloat

Angel Round in 2015
mfloat is a supply chain financial technology company that offers a platform designed to provide enterprises with various financial services related to supply chain management. The company specializes in delivering customized business travel data reports and conducts multi-dimensional intelligent data analysis. Additionally, mfloat offers third-party clearing and settlement services, which help clients manage and reduce business travel costs while enhancing the efficiency of their financial transactions. Through these services, mfloat aims to optimize the financial aspects of supply chain operations for its clients.

Shu Dongpo

Angel Round in 2014
Shu Dongpo provides fresh food information solutions by integrating software, hardware, and consulting. Their products are appropriate for fresh food distribution, central kitchens, group dining halls, restaurants, and hotels, among other applications.

oTMS

Series A in 2014
oTMS is the leading one-stop transportation platform. oTMS aims to build the first successful business community based transport management & e-sourcing platform in China. With cloud computing and mobile internet technology, oTMS provides SaaS (software as a service) to users in order to seamlessly connect the shippers, logistics and transport providers, drivers and consignees to tender, execute, track and bill for transport services in an entirely digitalized, real time workflow to boost customer service experience at a much better cost.

123Feng

Angel Round in 2014
123Feng operates an online platform and provides courier delivery services. It provides last mile delivery services to O2O (online-to-offline) companies, restaurants, and fast VIP personal delivery services. 123Feng began operation in 2014. It has its headquarters in Hangzhou in China.

Kuaidi Dache

Series B in 2013
Kuaidi Group, as the most technologically integrated and largest car service company in the world, is rapidly transforming the concept of moving people – starting in China. The app combines integrated mapping and third party payment technology to make its service accessible to everybody, and provides over 1 million taxis and a variety of standard and luxury cars for all lifestyles. To ensure the service fits smoothly into urban life, Kuaidi has developed a framework is that is adaptable to other platforms in China, and works in partnership with China’s government and regulators instead of against them. In a country where only 18% of per capita car ownership, Kuaidi is clearly meeting an important need. Kuaidi’s unique business model has attracted 100m registered users in over 300 cities, fulfilling 6 million requests per day. To optimize its services and go beyond customer expectations Kuaidi has secured partnerships with Alipay, Ctrip, AutoNavi, Baidu Maps, Qunar, and Beijing’s ‘96106’ government official platform.

FedEx

Post in 1995
FedEx Corporation is a global leader in transportation, e-commerce, and business services. The company operates several segments, including FedEx Express, which specializes in expedited shipping of packages and freight, and FedEx Ground, which offers reliable ground delivery services for both businesses and residential customers. FedEx Freight provides less-than-truckload shipping solutions, while FedEx Office delivers various printing and shipping management services. Additionally, the company offers a range of logistics and supply chain management solutions, including customs brokerage and freight forwarding. With a strong emphasis on safety and customer service, FedEx has built a reputation as a trusted employer and service provider. Founded in 1971 and headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee, FedEx continues to innovate in the shipping industry, exemplified by its acquisition of TNT Express in 2016, which expanded its operations in Europe.
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