The Venture Codex

Participated · Equity · Jan 2026

Founded in 2015, Tive delivers supply chain and logistics visibility solutions that help shippers, logistics service providers, and retailers monitor shipment location and condition in real time. The company combines a cloud software platform with patented sensor hardware and always-on live monitoring services to reduce shipment excursions, limit delays, and cut theft, damage, and spoilage. More than 1,200 global customers use Tive’s technology to gain actionable insights and improve end-customer satisfaction. With its integrated hardware-software offering, Tive positions itself as a comprehensive visibility partner within the logistics ecosystem. The newly raised capital will be directed toward expanding operations and accelerating product development. By enhancing both its platform capabilities and geographic reach, the company aims to strengthen its market penetration and support a broader base of enterprise customers.

Participated · Series A · Nov 2025

Shipday is a global delivery and logistics technology platform that enables restaurants, grocers, bakeries, flower shops, and other local merchants to manage direct delivery orders with maximum efficiency. Its software combines dispatch management, driver tracking, customer communication, and marketing, all now orchestrated by AgentFlow, an agentic AI engine that serves as a self-driving operating system for local deliveries. Available in 30 languages, the platform is used by more than 5,000 businesses across 100+ countries, helping SMBs compete with larger marketplaces while protecting margins and customer loyalty. With the new funds, Shipday plans to accelerate feature development, integrate additional partners, and expand its geographic reach. The company also offers capabilities for large global franchise brands, expanding its total addressable market. Following its 2023 seed round, Shipday’s total capital raised exceeds $10 million, providing resources to fuel continued product and market expansion.

Participated · Seed · Sep 2024

Reshape Automation, co-founded by Juan Aparicio and Carlos Vanegas and based in San Francisco, provides an AI-powered platform that consolidates and analyzes process data, tracks requirements, and aggregates demand and supply for automation equipment and services. Its recommendation engine, transparent pricing, and AI agents are designed to accelerate adoption, boost transparency, and reduce risk for manufacturers and supply chain companies. The company packages its offerings under the Reshape Industrial Automation Hub, integrating its existing Reshape Market and Reshape Services. Reshape Market already features hundreds of automation products and the company plans to add thousands more in coming years. With the new capital Reshape is announcing two products, Reshape Insights and Reshape Planner, and will accelerate development and deployment of its product suite.

Participated · Series B · Mar 2024

Iron Sheepdog builds simple-to-use software for the short-haul trucking market, offering a driver-facing app that helps subhaulers accept jobs and get paid (including 24-hour pay) and a contractor dashboard to track contracted trucks, job duration, locations, and payments. The product is deliberately simple to drive adoption from the bottom up: the company focused on signing up truckers first so brokers and contractors follow. Iron Sheepdog says its network now includes more than 4,000 short-haul truckers and that its growth has doubled each year since founding. The company spent its first few years prioritizing customer adoption and reaching profitability, and is now looking to scale. Its platform also enables better utilization of trucks (for example combining multiple drops or jobs) which the company argues can reduce the number of trucks needed and cut emissions. Iron Sheepdog monetizes by routing contractor payments to underlying truckers through the platform.

Participated · Series B · Feb 2022

Leaf Logistics operates a machine-learning transportation platform that connects shippers, carriers, and other logistics partners to enable resilient transportation planning and forward market visibility. Key products include Leaf Adapt, a continuous network optimization solution, and Leaf Flex, a committed contracting product for forward planning. The company reports a 10x year-over-year revenue increase and says its nationwide transportation network has grown to more than $23 billion in data. Its network includes participation from more than 425 shippers and over 550 carriers, and Leaf says its Adapt technology has driven 10%+ productivity gains for shippers. Leaf highlights industry efficiency opportunities—over 20% efficiencies identified when participants coordinate on the platform—and is launching additional capabilities such as precision insurance. The company plans significant hiring and to scale product development and commercial deployment, with its global team expected to double in size in 2022.