Schematic Ventures

Schematic Ventures is a venture capital firm established in 2017 and located in San Francisco, California. The firm specializes in early-stage investments in technology companies, concentrating on sectors such as supply chain, manufacturing, transportation, commerce infrastructure, and digital industrial applications. By targeting innovative businesses in these industries, Schematic Ventures aims to support the growth of transformative technologies that enhance operational efficiency and drive advancements in industrial processes.

Julian Counihan

General Partner

Freed, Alex

Partner

Rajeev Oak

Managing Partner

Aditya Raghupathy

Investor

Ananya Vasagiri

Investor

Past deals in Transport and logistics

Wilya

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Wilya utilizing their significant knowledge in manufacturing and human resources, realized the need for technologies that could assist manufacturers in successfully managing a flexible workforce. Wilya revolutionary SaaS software platform promises to benefit both factories and workers by enabling a more dynamic and engaged workforce.

Aircon

Pre Seed Round in 2021
AirCon is the first gateway-as-a-service in the air cargo industry. AirCon's platform identifies opportunities across air freight shipments to maximize space and weight utilization and reduce costs

Pandion

Series A in 2021
Pandion has developed a logistics technology platform designed to assist e-commerce businesses in managing capacity challenges during peak periods. Its delivery management software leverages machine learning to optimize delivery networks and minimize shipping delays, allowing retailers of all sizes to offer one and two-day shipping. By providing affordable and efficient shipping services, Pandion enables companies to enhance customer satisfaction through faster and more reliable deliveries.

Altana

Series A in 2021
Altana Technologies transforms the world’s public and non-public data into an intelligent, shared map of the global supply chain. Enterprises, governments, and logistics providers connect to Altana Atlas to illuminate, collaborate, and build trust across their global business networks. Through Altana, organizations across the public and private sectors are building a more resilient, secure, inclusive, and sustainable globalization.

CognitOps

Series A in 2021
CognitOps is a software company that focuses on enhancing warehouse management through advanced analytics and machine learning. The company's platform replaces traditional methods such as Excel spreadsheets with automated analytics dashboards, enabling operations managers, floor supervisors, and supply chain executives to monitor key performance indicators in real time. By providing insights into labor allocation and identifying operational challenges, CognitOps facilitates faster order fulfillment and improves overall warehouse efficiency. The software offers a low-IT-lift cloud implementation that allows companies to significantly reduce labor costs and enhance warehouse performance within a short timeframe. Additionally, the platform utilizes prescriptive analytics to analyze warehouse data, helping operators anticipate changes and optimize facility design based on various operational inputs.

Plus One Robotics

Series B in 2021
Plus One Robotics develops a parcel-handling robotics platform for logistics applications. Plus One's intelligent solutions combine computer vision, AI, and supervised autonomy to pick parcels for the Global 100's leading logistics and e-commerce companies. Plus One's AI-powered software determines the precise movement of millions of SKUs in routine tasks like sortation and depalletizing. Plus One focuses on logistics application development and logistics robot deployment for material handling tasks in warehouses and distribution centers.

Torch

Seed Round in 2021
Torch Logistics, LLC, founded in 2019 and based in Chicago, Illinois, operates a digital freight marketplace that connects small carriers with high-volume shippers. The company offers an integration and data aggregation platform designed to simplify logistics, providing real-time visibility and guaranteed capacity for shipments. By assembling a network of reliable short-haul drayage carriers, Torch aims to address specific market challenges and enhance transparency in the logistics sector. The company's mission is to foster connections and solve problems within logistics, emphasizing a customer-centric approach that values relationships over transactions.

Pandion

Seed Round in 2021
Pandion has developed a logistics technology platform designed to assist e-commerce businesses in managing capacity challenges during peak periods. Its delivery management software leverages machine learning to optimize delivery networks and minimize shipping delays, allowing retailers of all sizes to offer one and two-day shipping. By providing affordable and efficient shipping services, Pandion enables companies to enhance customer satisfaction through faster and more reliable deliveries.

Altana

Seed Round in 2020
Altana Technologies transforms the world’s public and non-public data into an intelligent, shared map of the global supply chain. Enterprises, governments, and logistics providers connect to Altana Atlas to illuminate, collaborate, and build trust across their global business networks. Through Altana, organizations across the public and private sectors are building a more resilient, secure, inclusive, and sustainable globalization.

Outrider

Series B in 2020
Outrider, Inc. is a software company that specializes in automating logistics hubs through the use of electric, self-driving trucks. Established in 2017 and based in Golden, Colorado, Outrider provides a software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution designed for customer-owned freight and transportation fleets. The company offers a comprehensive system comprised of web-based management software, autonomous driving controls for electric yard trucks, and necessary site infrastructure. Its technology automates various yard operations, including the movement of trailers and the engagement and disengagement of trailer connections, thereby eliminating hazardous and repetitive manual tasks. By focusing on the development of zero-emission systems, Outrider aims to enhance safety and efficiency for large enterprises reliant on logistics.

Torch

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Torch Logistics, LLC, founded in 2019 and based in Chicago, Illinois, operates a digital freight marketplace that connects small carriers with high-volume shippers. The company offers an integration and data aggregation platform designed to simplify logistics, providing real-time visibility and guaranteed capacity for shipments. By assembling a network of reliable short-haul drayage carriers, Torch aims to address specific market challenges and enhance transparency in the logistics sector. The company's mission is to foster connections and solve problems within logistics, emphasizing a customer-centric approach that values relationships over transactions.

Mercado Labs

Venture Round in 2020
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.

CognitOps

Seed Round in 2020
CognitOps is a software company that focuses on enhancing warehouse management through advanced analytics and machine learning. The company's platform replaces traditional methods such as Excel spreadsheets with automated analytics dashboards, enabling operations managers, floor supervisors, and supply chain executives to monitor key performance indicators in real time. By providing insights into labor allocation and identifying operational challenges, CognitOps facilitates faster order fulfillment and improves overall warehouse efficiency. The software offers a low-IT-lift cloud implementation that allows companies to significantly reduce labor costs and enhance warehouse performance within a short timeframe. Additionally, the platform utilizes prescriptive analytics to analyze warehouse data, helping operators anticipate changes and optimize facility design based on various operational inputs.

Platform Science

Series B in 2020
Platform Science is an enterprise-grade IoT fleet management platform for the new era of connected trucks, freight, and the digital supply chain. Since its launch in 2015, Platform Science has spent thousands of hours working with fleets to make transportation smart. The company is based in San Diego, California, United States.

Rippey AI

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Rippey AI automates business processes using conversational AI and document ML, focusing on the supply chain and logistics industries.

Leaf Logistics

Series A in 2020
Leaf Logistics is creating a multi-party network of shippers, carriers, and logistics service providers. Leaf builds technologies for members to participate in this network and plan, coordinate, and execute their transportation logistics more effectively. Today, the product suite includes the Leaf Adapt platform for shippers to build antifragile transportation plans, Leaf Flex forward contracts that lock in value for shippers and carriers alike, and the Leaf Network, where efficiency scales with multi-party network moves.

Mercado Labs

Seed Round in 2020
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.

Rippey AI

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Rippey AI automates business processes using conversational AI and document ML, focusing on the supply chain and logistics industries.

Outrider

Series A in 2019
Outrider, Inc. is a software company that specializes in automating logistics hubs through the use of electric, self-driving trucks. Established in 2017 and based in Golden, Colorado, Outrider provides a software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution designed for customer-owned freight and transportation fleets. The company offers a comprehensive system comprised of web-based management software, autonomous driving controls for electric yard trucks, and necessary site infrastructure. Its technology automates various yard operations, including the movement of trailers and the engagement and disengagement of trailer connections, thereby eliminating hazardous and repetitive manual tasks. By focusing on the development of zero-emission systems, Outrider aims to enhance safety and efficiency for large enterprises reliant on logistics.

Airspace

Series B in 2018
Airspace was created in 2016 to solve the problems that plagued time-critical deliveries. After more than a decade in logistics, Nick Bulcao teamed up with Ryan Rusnak to build the industry’s most technologically advanced platform in order to expedite deliveries, improve accuracy, and provide full transparency for critical shipments. Headquartered in Carlsbad, California, Airspace has grown to over 200 members and counting. Their reach now extends overseas, where the Airspace B.V. office in Amsterdam supports their rapid international expansion. They serve a growing list of industries that rely on time-critical shipping, including healthcare, aerospace, and manufacturing. Airspace’s technology is revolutionizing the industry by automating a wildly outdated manual process. Proprietary algorithms and machine learning techniques provide instant quotes, optimized routing, and rapid driver dispatch. They are the only logistics company that pairs the most advanced technology with real-time communication on every shipment.

Plus One Robotics

Series A in 2018
Plus One Robotics develops a parcel-handling robotics platform for logistics applications. Plus One's intelligent solutions combine computer vision, AI, and supervised autonomy to pick parcels for the Global 100's leading logistics and e-commerce companies. Plus One's AI-powered software determines the precise movement of millions of SKUs in routine tasks like sortation and depalletizing. Plus One focuses on logistics application development and logistics robot deployment for material handling tasks in warehouses and distribution centers.

CognitOps

Seed Round in 2018
CognitOps is a software company that focuses on enhancing warehouse management through advanced analytics and machine learning. The company's platform replaces traditional methods such as Excel spreadsheets with automated analytics dashboards, enabling operations managers, floor supervisors, and supply chain executives to monitor key performance indicators in real time. By providing insights into labor allocation and identifying operational challenges, CognitOps facilitates faster order fulfillment and improves overall warehouse efficiency. The software offers a low-IT-lift cloud implementation that allows companies to significantly reduce labor costs and enhance warehouse performance within a short timeframe. Additionally, the platform utilizes prescriptive analytics to analyze warehouse data, helping operators anticipate changes and optimize facility design based on various operational inputs.

Leaf Logistics

Seed Round in 2018
Leaf Logistics is creating a multi-party network of shippers, carriers, and logistics service providers. Leaf builds technologies for members to participate in this network and plan, coordinate, and execute their transportation logistics more effectively. Today, the product suite includes the Leaf Adapt platform for shippers to build antifragile transportation plans, Leaf Flex forward contracts that lock in value for shippers and carriers alike, and the Leaf Network, where efficiency scales with multi-party network moves.

Airspace

Series A in 2018
Airspace was created in 2016 to solve the problems that plagued time-critical deliveries. After more than a decade in logistics, Nick Bulcao teamed up with Ryan Rusnak to build the industry’s most technologically advanced platform in order to expedite deliveries, improve accuracy, and provide full transparency for critical shipments. Headquartered in Carlsbad, California, Airspace has grown to over 200 members and counting. Their reach now extends overseas, where the Airspace B.V. office in Amsterdam supports their rapid international expansion. They serve a growing list of industries that rely on time-critical shipping, including healthcare, aerospace, and manufacturing. Airspace’s technology is revolutionizing the industry by automating a wildly outdated manual process. Proprietary algorithms and machine learning techniques provide instant quotes, optimized routing, and rapid driver dispatch. They are the only logistics company that pairs the most advanced technology with real-time communication on every shipment.

Platform Science

Series A in 2018
Platform Science is an enterprise-grade IoT fleet management platform for the new era of connected trucks, freight, and the digital supply chain. Since its launch in 2015, Platform Science has spent thousands of hours working with fleets to make transportation smart. The company is based in San Diego, California, United States.

Plus One Robotics

Seed Round in 2018
Plus One Robotics develops a parcel-handling robotics platform for logistics applications. Plus One's intelligent solutions combine computer vision, AI, and supervised autonomy to pick parcels for the Global 100's leading logistics and e-commerce companies. Plus One's AI-powered software determines the precise movement of millions of SKUs in routine tasks like sortation and depalletizing. Plus One focuses on logistics application development and logistics robot deployment for material handling tasks in warehouses and distribution centers.

Platform Science

Series A in 2017
Platform Science is an enterprise-grade IoT fleet management platform for the new era of connected trucks, freight, and the digital supply chain. Since its launch in 2015, Platform Science has spent thousands of hours working with fleets to make transportation smart. The company is based in San Diego, California, United States.

Flock Freight

Series A in 2017
Flock Freight is reimagining and reinventing the freight industry by relentlessly eliminating inefficiency and waste through algorithmic pooling. Working at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and human-centric logistics management, Flock Freight tailors its shipping experience to meet your business’s needs. Flock Freight seamlessly pools any freight to find the perfect route, avoiding terminals and risky offloads so that a shipment travels safely and directly to its destination, damage-free. The result: on-time delivery with every shipment—guaranteed. With venture capital from Google Ventures and SignalFire, Flock Freight is one of the largest startups in San Diego, California. The company's team is obsessed with aggressively growing its customer base, constantly improving the technology platform, and delivering a superior customer experience. Flock Freight aims to fundamentally change the $60 billion LTL freight industry across North America with FlockDirect—one pooled shipment at a time.
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