ShipBob mentioned a potential IPO with 2025 as a targeted date. “ShipBob is aiming for an IPO as early as Q4 2024. Investment banker J.P. Morgan Chase is set to lead the IPO with Citigroup also participating.” — Forge Globalon August 5, 2024.
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ShipBob was founded in 2014 by Dhruv Saxena and Divey Gulati. According to Reuters in February 2024, ShipBob was seeking an IPO in 2024, however, as of June 2025 no further reports have been made on the matter.
ShipBob is a tech-enabled Third Party Logistics (3PL) business using proprietary software to power its fulfillment services. Per Forge data, ShipBob has raised a total of $330.5 million in funding over 7 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jun 29, 2021, from a Series E round. Key investors include Menlo Ventures, Hyde Park Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, and SoftBank Vision Fund.
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Will ShipBob go IPO?
ShipBob has not yet filed for an IPO. However, it’s important to note that IPOs are not the sole avenue for a private company to transition to public trading. Private companies can also go public through alternative methods such as but limited to Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs), direct listings, or mergers and acquisitions. Find out which companies are eyeing an IPO on our Tech IPO Calendar 2025.
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When was ShipBob founded?
ShipBob was founded in 2014.
What is ShipBob funding to date?
ShipBob has raised $369.98M to date.
ShipBob major investors
Bain Capital Ventures
Fj Labs
Fundersclub
Menlo Ventures
Svb Financial Group
Y Combinator
ShipBob pre-IPO valuation and funding rounds
Funding history chart
Funding round and deals details
Funding Date
Round
Amount Raised
Price per Share
Post-Money Valuation 3
Key Investors
05/05/2022
Series F
$100M
$36.74
$2.01B
Hyde Park Venture Partners
Price per Share
$ xx.xx
Shares Outstanding
2,721,780
Liquidation Pref Order
1
Liquidation Pref As Multiplier
1.0x
Conversion Ratio
1.0x
Dividend Rate
0.0%
Cumulative
Non-cumulative
Participating
Non-participating
Participation Cap
--
Key Investors
Hyde Park Venture Partners
06/29/2021
Series E
$125M
$23.43
$1.2B
Bain Capital Ventures, Hyde Park Angels, Hyde Park Venture Partners, Menlo Ventures, Softbank, Svb Financial Group
Price per Share
$ xx.xx
Shares Outstanding
5,334,105
Liquidation Pref Order
1
Liquidation Pref As Multiplier
1.0x
Conversion Ratio
1.0x
Dividend Rate
0.0%
Cumulative
Non-cumulative
Participating
Non-participating
Participation Cap
--
Key Investors
Bain Capital Ventures, Hyde Park Angels, Hyde Park Venture Partners, Menlo Ventures, Softbank, Svb Financial Group
09/28/2020
Series D
$80M
$12.23
$517.12M
Bain Capital Ventures, Hyde Park Angels, Hyde Park Venture Partners, Menlo Ventures, Softbank, Y Combinator
Price per Share
$ xx.xx
Shares Outstanding
6,543,584
Liquidation Pref Order
1
Liquidation Pref As Multiplier
1.0x
Conversion Ratio
1.0x
Dividend Rate
0.0%
Cumulative
Non-cumulative
Participating
Non-participating
Participation Cap
--
Key Investors
Bain Capital Ventures, Hyde Park Angels, Hyde Park Venture Partners, Menlo Ventures, Softbank, Y Combinator
09/06/2018
Series C
$41.5M
$4.65
$169.25M
Bain Capital Ventures, Hyde Park Angels, Hyde Park Venture Partners, Menlo Ventures, Y Combinator
Price per Share
$ xx.xx
Shares Outstanding
8,923,574
Liquidation Pref Order
1
Liquidation Pref As Multiplier
1.0x
Conversion Ratio
1.0x
Dividend Rate
0.0%
Cumulative
Non-cumulative
Participating
Non-participating
Participation Cap
--
Key Investors
Bain Capital Ventures, Hyde Park Angels, Hyde Park Venture Partners, Menlo Ventures, Y Combinator
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ShipBob, the global supply chain and fulfillment platform powering thousands of consumer brands, today introduced ShipBob AI, an end-to-end suite that puts artificial intelligence across the company's entire fulfillment stack, from the software merchants work in to the robots on the warehouse floor. It is possible because ShipBob owns that stack outright. Since 2014, the company has built its technology instead of buying it, so its AI is wired into real operations and can act on them directly. For a growing brand, that means the operational decisions and the busy work get handled as they happen, so teams stay lean, margins hold on every order, and customers keep coming back.
E-commerce fulfillment service provider ShipBob Inc. has chosen JPMorgan Chase & Co. to lead its planned initial public offering, people familiar with the situation said. Chicago-based ShipBob has also tapped Citigroup Inc. as part of the syndicate, the people said, asking not to be identified as the information is private. A listing may take place as soon as late this year and could value the company at about $4 billion, they said.
US cloud-based logistics unicorn ShipBob helps SME brands compete with Amazon by giving them cheaper and faster deliveries. In a recent development, the company has announced a major European expansion wherein it will open 20 fulfilment centres as it looks to uncover the next unicorn consumer brands in the UK and capitalise on the continued e-commerce surge.
ShipBob, a Chicago, IL-based ecommerce enablement technology company that provides fulfillment by bringing fast shipping options to ecommerce businesses, raised $68m in Series D funding
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