Shipmates
YC S22Makati, PH · Founded 2021 · 12 employees · 6 known investors
Shipmates provides a platform for Philippine e-commerce merchants to book shipments with multiple courier partners through bulk uploads or Shopify integration. The service handles on-demand and scheduled deliveries, cash-on-delivery options, and automated courier pickups to reduce manual shipping overhead.
Also known as Ship-Mates
Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (S22)
Shipmates was founded in 2021 by David Marquez and Josh Supan.
Investors · 6
Also in the syndicate · 1
Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements- Undisclosed amountseed fundingNov 2024Source ↗
Source: company announcements and press reports — follow each round's link for the claim.
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Shipmates operates a shipping aggregation platform for online merchants in the Philippines. Sellers can compare rates across couriers and book single, standard, on-demand or bulk orders through the platform, either by connecting a Shopify store or by uploading orders from an Excel file. Couriers then collect packages from the seller's location rather than requiring drop-off at a hub or warehouse. The platform also supports nationwide shipping, cash on delivery, free courier pick-ups, and automates waybill generation and address validation.
According to the company's Y Combinator profile, Shipmates was integrated with six couriers — Lalamove, Borzo, Grab, XDE, Entrego and J&T — with further integrations planned; press coverage from September 2022 reported integrations with nine courier companies and described Shipmates as the only aggregator in the Philippines offering both on-demand and standard couriers. The company positions the product as a replacement for manual booking workflows, reducing what sellers described as a day-long fulfilment process to under ten minutes.
Founding story
Shipmates was founded in July 2021 by CEO Josh Supan and CTO David Marquez, childhood friends who had previously started an e-commerce enabler business in 2017. They pivoted after concluding that the primary difficulty facing merchants was not getting online but shipping their online orders.
Business model
Shipmates sits between online sellers and courier companies, aggregating courier capacity into a single booking interface and taking a per-transaction fee on orders booked through the platform.
The company charges 30 cents for every order booked through its platform.
Traction
As of September 2022 the company reported revenue growing 30% month-over-month since the platform launched in December 2021. Y Combinator lists a team size of 12.
Latest developments
In September 2022 Shipmates announced a $2.2 million seed round following participation in Y Combinator's Summer 2022 batch and the Iterative accelerator.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history
Market position
Shipmates targets the Philippine e-commerce logistics market, which had a gross merchandise volume of $12 billion as of 2022 (a 132% increase from 2020) and was projected to reach $26 billion in GMV by 2025. Its founders claimed it was the only Philippine aggregator combining both on-demand and standard couriers.
Technology
A courier-aggregation platform with rate comparison, bulk and on-demand booking, Shopify store connection, Excel order import, automated waybill generation and address validation, plus cash-on-delivery support and courier pick-up scheduling.
Go-to-market
The platform is distributed as a self-serve web and app product for merchants, with a Shopify integration and bulk Excel order upload as the main onboarding paths for sellers.
Small- to mid-sized online sellers in the Philippines, with typical basket sizes of roughly $20 to $50.
Geography
Headquartered in Makati, Philippines, with nationwide shipping coverage across the country. One directory listing places the company in Cainta, Rizal, Philippines.
History
Founded in July 2021 and launched publicly in 2021, with the platform going live in December of that year. The founders had previously run an e-commerce enabler started in 2017 before pivoting to shipping. Shipmates joined Y Combinator's Summer 2022 batch and announced seed funding in September 2022.
Compiled by commissioned research from 5 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Timeline · 4
launches, deals, and filingsShipmates announced $2.2 million in seed funding. Investors reported include Y Combinator, Iterative, Cathexis Ventures, Wavemaker Partners, Taurus Ventures, Capital X and Sketchnote Partners.
$2.2M source ↗
Shipmates is listed as a Y Combinator Summer 2022 company, with Gustaf Alstromer as primary partner.
Shipmates states it is in partnership with six couriers — Lalamove, Borzo, Grab, XDE, Entrego and J&T — while working on adding more courier options.
The Shipmates platform launched in December 2021, after which the company reported 30% month-over-month revenue growth.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
In the news
▸Research sources · 5
primary sources listed
- Ship-Mates App - App Storeapps.apple.com · web
5 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Shipmates do?
- Philippine shipping platform that lets online merchants book and compare multiple couriers from one dashboard.
- Who founded Shipmates?
- Shipmates was founded by David Marquez, Josh Supan in 2021.
- Who are Shipmates's investors?
- Shipmates's investors include Buko Ventures, ITERATIVE, Y Combinator, Cathexis Ventures, Wavemaker Partners.
- Where is Shipmates headquartered?
- Shipmates is headquartered in Makati, PH.