Matrix

Matrix Partners is a venture capital firm established in 1977, with offices in San Francisco, Cambridge, Shanghai, Beijing, Mumbai, and Bangalore. The firm focuses on seed, early-stage, late-stage, and growth capital investments across various sectors, including software, communications, artificial intelligence, fintech, digital health, and clean technology. With a commitment to building long-term relationships with entrepreneurs, Matrix Partners aims to support visionary founders in developing significant, industry-leading companies. The firm has a strong track record, having participated in hundreds of investments, with many of its portfolio companies achieving successful IPOs or profitable mergers and acquisitions. The team at Matrix Partners combines local insights with global expertise, comprising both former entrepreneurs and seasoned investors.

Avnish Bajaj

Founder and Managing Director

Tim Barrows

Partner

Diana Kimball Berlin

Partner

Matthew Brown

Partner

Mollie Carter

Marketing Partner

Zhiying Chai

Associate

Heng Deng

Associate

Phyllis Doherty

Administrative Partner

Jingze Feng

Senior Associate

Paul Ferri

Co-Founder

Josh Hannah

General Partner

Leona Hu

Senior Associate

Yuzhou Hu

Associate

Yunqiu Hu

Investment Manager

Jake Jolis

Partner

Zhuyan Li

Vice President

Cui Lin

VP

Zhuang Liu

Director

Patrick Malatack

Partner

Harry Man

Partner

Kojo Osei

Partner

Stan Reiss

Partner

Antonio Rodriguez

Partner

Yibo Shao

Founding Partner

Bo Shao

Founding Managing Partner

David Skok

Partner

Dana Stalder

Partner

Tuong Sing Su

Founding Managing Partner

Ilya Sukhar

Partner

Roger Sun

Director

Andrew Verhalen

Partner

Stella Wang

Director

Bingxing Wang

director

Zhongbao Xia

Investment Manager

Min Xiao

Partner

Kevin Xiong

Partner

Eric Yu

Director

Zhiyun Yu

MD

Ying Zhang

Founding Managing Partner

David Zhang

Founding Managing Partner

Wei Zhou

VP

Joy Zhou

Director

Lingye Zuo

Partner

Past deals in Transport and logistics

Courier

Series B in 2022
Courier provides an API designed for developers to enhance user notification delivery by intelligently routing messages across various existing channels, such as email and messaging platforms. The API takes into account factors like user online status and previous engagement levels to determine the most effective communication method. Over the years, Courier has evolved significantly, continuously adapting to technological advancements to better serve its customers while maintaining stability in its management and operational approach. The company emphasizes the importance of customer success, fostering long-term relationships with its largest clients and collaborating closely to prepare for future developments in the industry.

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.

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 Shenzhen-based company that specializes in the rental and maintenance of commercial electric vehicles (EVs) for both passenger and cargo transportation in China. Founded in 2015, the company also manufactures electric car charging stations, catering to the growing demand for sustainable transportation solutions. By focusing on the transportation and logistics industry, DiShangTie aims to facilitate the adoption of new energy vehicles in the region.

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.

XINGYUN GROUP

Series C in 2020
XINGYUN GROUP is a comprehensive services platform for global commodities in China, devoting to providing global channel operation, distribution, and supply chain services to brands, retailers, and international trade practitioners.

Courier

Series A in 2020
Courier provides an API designed for developers to enhance user notification delivery by intelligently routing messages across various existing channels, such as email and messaging platforms. The API takes into account factors like user online status and previous engagement levels to determine the most effective communication method. Over the years, Courier has evolved significantly, continuously adapting to technological advancements to better serve its customers while maintaining stability in its management and operational approach. The company emphasizes the importance of customer success, fostering long-term relationships with its largest clients and collaborating closely to prepare for future developments in the industry.

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 offers a comprehensive range of services, including first mile, line-haul, last mile deliveries, e-commerce forward deliveries, and reverse pickups, catering to various sectors such as e-commerce, financial services, and B2B logistics. The company operates primarily across North East, East India, South India, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and metropolitan areas. Loadshare Networks also provides a technology platform and modular logistics software solutions, supporting small and medium businesses in optimizing their logistics operations through regional expertise and efficient decision-making.

XINGYUN GROUP

Series B in 2019
XINGYUN GROUP is a comprehensive services platform for global commodities in China, devoting to providing global channel operation, distribution, and supply chain services to brands, retailers, and international trade practitioners.

Starship

Series A in 2019
Starship Technologies, Inc. designs and manufactures self-driving delivery robots for local goods delivery, including parcels, groceries, and food. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in London, with a research and development center in Estonia, the company aims to revolutionize the delivery landscape by providing autonomous robots that operate safely and efficiently. These robots can autonomously navigate 99% of the time, enabling curb-side deliveries from local hubs within 30 minutes. Equipped with advanced sensors such as cameras and GPS, Starship's delivery solutions are intended to be environmentally friendly and cost-effective, significantly enhancing convenience for consumers. By partnering with stores and restaurants, Starship Technologies facilitates a new era of instant deliveries that align with customer schedules, ultimately striving to make local delivery more accessible and affordable.

Qiancang Technology

Series A in 2019
Qiancang Technology is positioned as a one-stop mobile 30-minute instant delivery shopping platform. The service categories include fruits and vegetables, meat and poultry eggs, seafood and fisheries, grain and oil flavoring, beverages, snack foods and daily necessities. Qiancang Technology hopes to provide consumers with a more convenient consumer experience and a faster, better, more and more sustainable online retail platform with a more efficient and efficient warehousing and distribution model and a higher standard food safety control system. .

Courier

Seed Round in 2019
Courier provides an API designed for developers to enhance user notification delivery by intelligently routing messages across various existing channels, such as email and messaging platforms. The API takes into account factors like user online status and previous engagement levels to determine the most effective communication method. Over the years, Courier has evolved significantly, continuously adapting to technological advancements to better serve its customers while maintaining stability in its management and operational approach. The company emphasizes the importance of customer success, fostering long-term relationships with its largest clients and collaborating closely to prepare for future developments in the industry.

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 Shenzhen-based company that specializes in the rental and maintenance of commercial electric vehicles (EVs) for both passenger and cargo transportation in China. Founded in 2015, the company also manufactures electric car charging stations, catering to the growing demand for sustainable transportation solutions. By focusing on the transportation and logistics industry, DiShangTie aims to facilitate the adoption of new energy vehicles in the region.

DST Car

Series B in 2018
DiShangTie Car Rental (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. is a Shenzhen-based company that specializes in the rental and maintenance of commercial electric vehicles (EVs) for both passenger and cargo transportation in China. Founded in 2015, the company also manufactures electric car charging stations, catering to the growing demand for sustainable transportation solutions. By focusing on the transportation and logistics industry, DiShangTie aims to facilitate the adoption of new energy vehicles in the region.

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.

Starship

Seed Round in 2018
Starship Technologies, Inc. designs and manufactures self-driving delivery robots for local goods delivery, including parcels, groceries, and food. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in London, with a research and development center in Estonia, the company aims to revolutionize the delivery landscape by providing autonomous robots that operate safely and efficiently. These robots can autonomously navigate 99% of the time, enabling curb-side deliveries from local hubs within 30 minutes. Equipped with advanced sensors such as cameras and GPS, Starship's delivery solutions are intended to be environmentally friendly and cost-effective, significantly enhancing convenience for consumers. By partnering with stores and restaurants, Starship Technologies facilitates a new era of instant deliveries that align with customer schedules, ultimately striving to make local delivery more accessible and affordable.

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 offers a comprehensive range of services, including first mile, line-haul, last mile deliveries, e-commerce forward deliveries, and reverse pickups, catering to various sectors such as e-commerce, financial services, and B2B logistics. The company operates primarily across North East, East India, South India, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and metropolitan areas. Loadshare Networks also provides a technology platform and modular logistics software solutions, supporting small and medium businesses in optimizing their logistics operations through regional expertise and efficient decision-making.

DST Car

Series A in 2018
DiShangTie Car Rental (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. is a Shenzhen-based company that specializes in the rental and maintenance of commercial electric vehicles (EVs) for both passenger and cargo transportation in China. Founded in 2015, the company also manufactures electric car charging stations, catering to the growing demand for sustainable transportation solutions. By focusing on the transportation and logistics industry, DiShangTie aims to facilitate the adoption of new energy vehicles in the region.

DST Car

Series A in 2018
DiShangTie Car Rental (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. is a Shenzhen-based company that specializes in the rental and maintenance of commercial electric vehicles (EVs) for both passenger and cargo transportation in China. Founded in 2015, the company also manufactures electric car charging stations, catering to the growing demand for sustainable transportation solutions. By focusing on the transportation and logistics industry, DiShangTie aims to facilitate the adoption of new energy vehicles in the region.

Yunniao Delivery

Series D in 2017
Yunniao was established in November 2014 to provide regional and city distribution business for the B2B, O2O, chain stores, distributors, brands, manufacturers, LTL network and supply chain management companies besides other customers.

Starship

Seed Round in 2017
Starship Technologies, Inc. designs and manufactures self-driving delivery robots for local goods delivery, including parcels, groceries, and food. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in London, with a research and development center in Estonia, the company aims to revolutionize the delivery landscape by providing autonomous robots that operate safely and efficiently. These robots can autonomously navigate 99% of the time, enabling curb-side deliveries from local hubs within 30 minutes. Equipped with advanced sensors such as cameras and GPS, Starship's delivery solutions are intended to be environmentally friendly and cost-effective, significantly enhancing convenience for consumers. By partnering with stores and restaurants, Starship Technologies facilitates a new era of instant deliveries that align with customer schedules, ultimately striving to make local delivery more accessible and affordable.

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 was established in November 2014 to provide regional and city distribution business for the B2B, O2O, chain stores, distributors, brands, manufacturers, LTL network and supply chain management companies besides other customers.

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 was established in November 2014 to provide regional and city distribution business for the B2B, O2O, chain stores, distributors, brands, manufacturers, LTL network and supply chain management companies besides other customers.

BeeStor

Angel Round in 2015
Beestor (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. is a private company engaged in storage services through mobile internet. The firm is based in China.

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 specializes in consumer-scheduled last mile delivery and return pickup services for e-commerce. The platform allows shoppers to choose the exact hour for delivery of their purchases, with the flexibility to reschedule delivery times, days, or locations without the need to contact customer service. This service aims to eliminate issues related to missed deliveries and missing packages, thereby enhancing customer satisfaction. Doorman is supported by notable venture capital firms, including Matrix Partners, Structure Capital, Alrai Capital, and 500 Startups.

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
Full Investment Portfolio: Cash and cash equivalents - 2.54% Equities: - U.S. large cap equity - 10.31% - International equities - 13.68% - Global equities - 6.71% - U.S. SMID cap equity - 2.96% Fixed income securities: - Corporate - 28.82% - Government - 23.58% Mortgage-backed and other - 3.20% Alternative investments - 7.95% Other - 0.45% FedEx Private Pension Fund is a United States-based fund that provides retirement benefits to its scheme members.