- VENTURE 53 · SUPPLY CHAIN TECH VC · ATLANTA + RICHMOND
Everything around you got there somehow.
The phone in your hand. The coffee in your cup. The chair you’re sitting in. Somebody ordered it. Somebody made it. Somebody moved it. And somebody was waiting on it.
We back the founders who make sure it gets there.
- THE CATCH
Almost none of it moves the way it should.
The $1.8 trillion industry is behind everything you see in America — 8% of GDP — but
supply chains stay fragmented and blind to disruption until it’s too late.
And at the end of every shipment, someone is waiting.
- THE STAKES
Supply chain stopped being infrastructure. It’s where companies win or lose.
Most investors in this space fall in love with the product. We never forget the point: moving things at the speed the end user needs them. The companies that figure that out win the customer. The ones that don’t lose them — one
late delivery at a time.
U.S. transportation and logistics spend
Of U.S. GDP moves through it
In deal activity in 2024
In exits in 2024
1
Person waiting at the end of every chain
Awards & Recognition
Most Awarded Portfolio
Recognition that reflects the strength of our portfolio companies.
FreightTech 100
2024 · 2025 · 2026
FreightTech 25
2024 · 2025 · 2026
Most Awarded Supply Chain Tech VC
Honored for our impact, partnerships, and leadership in supply chain innovation.
Supply Chain Tech
VC of the Year
2024
Supply Chain Tech
VC of the Year
2025
Next Big Things in Tech
Recognizing the most promising private companies and their transformative potential.
Next Big Things in Tech
- THE VERDICT
Don’t take our word for it.
Supply Chain Tech VC of the Year — 2024 and 2025. Back to back.
A third of the portfolio honored on the FreightTech 100, with Fillogic, Highway, MyCarrier, and Better Trucks named to the FreightTech 25.
26 Active Portfolio Companies, 3 Funds + SPV Funds, 7 Exits
A Current fund that returned all invested capital within three years with 16 companies still active.
The First Stop For Funding In Supply Chain.™
- The Method
Our name is the playbook.
Venture 53 isn’t a number we picked. It’s how we invest.
Five micro-verticals where the industry is being built.
Three ways we push our companies past everyone else beyond capital.
THE 5 — WHERE WE INVEST
Freight Tech
Digitizing and optimizing the movement of goods across the supply chain.
Warehousing Tech
Building the next generation of intelligent, automated, and efficient warehouses.
Last Mile Services
Solving the toughest mile with speed, reliability, and customer delight.
Enterprise Supply Chain Management
Enabling visibility, resilience, and efficiency at scale.
Autonomous, EV & Robotics
Investing in the future of autonomous systems and electrified operations.
THE 3 — HOW WE HELP
Sales
We plug companies straight into our network as customers, pilots, and referrals.
Marketing
Fortune 500–grade positioning and go-to-market, in-house.
Technology
Tech-stack monetization and hard-won build experience.
- THE NETWORK
Born from the industry.
Backed by it.
Our LPs aren’t spectators. They’re the who’s who of supply chain — transportation executives, CPG leaders, and founders who built and exited companies of their own. 95% of them are supply chain and freight executives.
When a portfolio company needs a customer, a partner, or a straight answer, we make a call.
- Insiders. Outsiders. Legends. Visionaries.
- FUND III
Now investing in the next generation of supply chain innovation.
Venture 53’s third flagship fund is focused on investing in 18–24 late-seed and Series A companies across our five supply chain technology verticals. The strategy builds on a portfolio that has returned all invested capital from prior funds while continuing to support category-defining founders.
Information provided is for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to purchase any security.
- THE POINT
Right now, someone is waiting.
To use it. To sell it. To build with it. Too much rides on this industry for it to keep running the way it does.
We’re backing the founders who deliver.