Shippo

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Shippo
Founded 2013
Area served United States, Canada, UK, France, Germany, Australia
Founder(s) Laura Behrens Wu
Simon Kreuz
Employees 28 (October 2016)
Website goshippo.com
Current status Active

Shippo is an American software company that helps e-commerce businesses, online marketplaces, and platforms integrate shipping with multiple major carriers through their API and web application. Shippo allowing users to compare shipping rates, create labels, and track parcels. Some of their customers and partners include GoDaddy, Memebox, Shyp, Vinted, Nurx, Airgoat, and Mercari.[1][2][3][4][5]As of September 2016, Shippo has raised $9 million in funding from investors such as SoftTech VC and Union Square Ventures.[6]

Business

Shippo was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.[1] Shippo has 28 employees[7] and 10,000 active merchants using their system.[5] They send millions of packages to and from 196 countries around the world.[8]

Shippo provides an API, web interface, as well as direct integrations with e-commerce platforms such as Shopify, Etsy, Magento, Bigcommerce, Weebly, and GoDaddy.[9][10][11] Shippo aggregates all of its customers’ packages through their own account with carriers to get discounted rates, which they then pass onto customers.[1][2][12] They help merchants with shipping labels and fulfillment.[13][14] Shippo currently supports shipping provider accounts for USPS, DHL Express, Parcelforce, UberRUSH, and Deutsche Post.[15] Shippo also partners with supply chain management systems such as Sellbrite, Selro, and Snapfulfil, as well as payment systems like Stripe.[5][15][16][17][18]

History

Shippo started as an API then built their own app and dashboard for platforms such as Shopify and Magento to gain traction, with their core focus continuing to be the API.[7] Their vision is to provide small online businesses the same discounts that larger retailers would get with major carriers, such as UPS, FedEx, and DHL.[19][20] In March 2016, Shippo became a United States Postal Service ePostage partner alongside Amazon and Etsy, making them the first to launch ePostage for public access and one of the only publicly available USPS API connectors.[12] Shippo is often highlighted as part of studies in logistics and delivery methods.[21][22][23]

Laura Behrens Wu is the CEO and co-founder of Shippo. She and co-founder, Simon Kreuz, are both German nationals and previously attended the University of St.Gallen.[19][20][24] Wu spoke about shipping at the WooCommerce 2015 conference[25]and was featured in the 2016 LinkedIn Next Wave: Top Professionals 35 & Under list.[26]

Shippo participated in Plug and Play's StartupCamp in January 2014 and was part of 500 Startups Batch 8.[1][19][20][27] Mattermark named Shippo the 2nd fastest rising company of the batch.[28] They raised $2 million in seed funding, led by SoftTech VC.[1][2][24] Jeff Clavier, Managing Partner of SoftTech VC, is also on Shippo's Board of Directors.[24][29] On September 2016, Shippo announced a Series A round of $7 million led by Union Square Ventures with Albert Wenger joining their board, as Jeff Clavier steps off.[4][5][30]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Kokalitcheva, Kia (18 Sep 2014). "Shippo grabs $2M for its shipping API for small businesses". VentureBeat. Retrieved 17 Nov 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 Lawler, Ryan (18 Sep 2014). "Shippo Raises $2 Million To Provide A Shipping API For E-Commerce Businesses". TechCrunch. Retrieved 17 Nov 2015.
  3. ↑ Volkman, Elliot. "SoftTech VC Pumps $2 Million Into Shippo". TechCo. TechCo. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  4. 1 2 Shippo. "Union Square Ventures Leads Series A Investment in Shippo". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Shippo raises $7 million to further its goal of being Twilio for shipping". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  6. ↑ "Shippo | crunchbase". www.crunchbase.com. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
  7. 1 2 Wintrob, Gordon (2016-10-05). "Apps that send packages with the Shippo API". GET PUT POST. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  8. ↑ "Shippo Receives Series A Funding of $7 Million". www.webretailer.com. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  9. ↑ Tran Kingyens, Angela (18 Sep 2014). "Introducing our latest investment: Shippo, simplified shipping for small e-commerce sites" (Blog). VersionOne. Retrieved 17 Nov 2015.
  10. ↑ "Shippo – Create discounted shipping labels fast.". Weebly. Retrieved 2015-11-20.
  11. ↑ "GoDaddy's Online Store becomes more secure and Shippo savvy". AZ Tech Beat. Retrieved 2015-11-20.
  12. 1 2 "USPS Adds Shippo to Its Exclusive ePostage Program". www.ecommercebytes.com. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  13. ↑ "The Top Ecommerce Resources". A Better Lemonade Stand. A Better Lemonade Stand. Retrieved 2015-11-20.
  14. ↑ "4 Trust-Building Apps for Your Website". Weebly.com. Retrieved 2015-11-20.
  15. 1 2 "Shippo Partners with Stripe and Sellbrite". www.webretailer.com. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  16. ↑ "Selro Integrates with Jet Marketplace and Shippo". www.webretailer.com. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  17. ↑ Shippo. "Snapfulfil Partners with Shippo to Add Additional Shipping Capabilities to its Warehouse Management Software". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  18. ↑ "Tamebay : Blog : Shippo and Sellbrite join forces to grease the wheels of ecommerce". tamebay.com. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  19. 1 2 3 Francisco, Johannes Kuhn, San. "Junge Gründerin: Start-up statt Studium". sueddeutsche.de (in German). ISSN 0174-4917. Retrieved 2015-11-30.
  20. 1 2 3 Hüfner, Daniel. "Amazon auf die Pelle gerückt: Wie zwei Deutsche im Silicon Valley den E-Commerce aufmischen". t3n Magazin. T3N. Retrieved 2015-11-30.
  21. ↑ "Adding Value to Parcel Delivery" (PDF). Accenture. Accenture. September 29, 2015. Retrieved Jan 2, 2016.
  22. ↑ "List: The most promising startups in logistics". The Digital Blueprint. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
  23. ↑ "Alternative Delivery Strategies for Ecommerce Brands". WebLinc Commerce. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
  24. 1 2 3 Hohensee, Matthias (2014-10-02). "Valley Talk: Erfolg im zweiten Anlauf". www.wiwo.de. Retrieved 2015-11-30.
  25. ↑ "Laura Behrens Wu - WooConf". WooConf. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  26. ↑ "LinkedIn Next Wave: Retail". lists.linkedin.com. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
  27. ↑ "Shippo released their full API". Plug and Play. 10 Feb 2014. Retrieved 17 Nov 2015.
  28. ↑ Morrill, Danielle (3 Feb 2014). "Mattermark Daily – Monday, February 3rd" (blog). Mattermark. Retrieved 19 Nov 2015.
  29. ↑ Schmidt, Will (18 Sep 2014). "SoftTech VC Pumps $2 Million Into Shippo". SoftTech. Retrieved 17 Nov 2015.
  30. ↑ O'Keefe, Samantha. "Lessons from Shippo's Series A". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
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