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Venture 53

6 employees

Venture 53 is the only pure-play seed/early-stage fund with a built-in accelerator specializing in transportation and logistics.

Investor insights

Sectors invested in

Logistics2
Last Mile1
Technology1
Freight Service1
On Demand Delivery1
Last Mile Transportation1
Shipping1
Delivery Service1
Residential Deliveries1
Delivery1
Transportation1
Parcel Shipping1
Same-Day Delivery1
Shipping Service1
Next-Day Delivery1
eCommerce Fulfillment1
Last-Mile Delivery1
Fulfillment Services1
2-Day Delivery1
Information Technology1

Funding rounds participated in

$4.3M sweet spot round size

Most of their 4 investments are in rounds between $250K and $7M

Investor type

Accelerator

Basic info

Industry

venture capital and private equity principals

Sectors

Sales
Technology
Warehouse & Fulfillment
Yield Management
Shipping
Payments & Visibility
Logistics
Marketing

Date founded

2020

Investments made

F

FRAYT raised $7M on April 11, 2023

Investors: Capital Midwest Fund, Refinery Ventures and Venture 53

U

Undisclosed raised $250K on March 20, 2023

Investors: Venture 53

B

Better Trucks raised $15M on November 15, 2022

Investors: Lobby Capital, - and Venture 53

R

Renaissant raised $1.5M on March 11, 2022

Investors: NFI Ventures, LLC, TitletownTech and Venture 53

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