Supply Chain Startups

Pathmind applies deep reinforcement learning to simulations and digital twins to help industrial engineers and simulation modelers improve performance in industrial operations, supply chains, and mining. It generates and deploys decision-making policies into operations.

2 investors

Shielded combines a company's internal datasets with external information sources to map how external prices and events affect margins and cash flow, continuously tracking supply chain and financial risks. The platform automatically quantifies risks and opportunities, flags pricing discrepancies, contract deviations, and billing errors, and sends proactive alerts about market events, supplier issues, tariffs, and regulations.

2 investors

Spaceflow deploys and operates an on-premise enterprise AI stack—open frontier models, a governance gateway, and AI agents—that learns a company's existing systems and automates procurement and supply chain work such as reading supplier emails, comparing quotes, matching invoices to purchase orders, and routing approvals. It targets enterprises with air-gapped or regulated environments, including manufacturers, banks, and defence organizations.

2 investors

Tank Payments provides financial infrastructure for freight logistics businesses, offering instant payment services for carriers, payables automation, and AI-powered receivables management tools.

2 investors

TariffLo uses AI to audit importers' customs entries — reviewing entry packets, HTS codes, and ACE reports to find classification, rate, and origin errors — and works with a third-party broker to file Post Summary Corrections and recover overpaid U.S. tariffs. It serves importers on a contingency basis, charging only after refunds are recovered from Customs and Border Protection.

2 investors

Applied Kinetics develops AI agents that manage supplier coordination for energy and data center construction projects, tracking equipment approvals, delivery dates, and delays. It serves project teams building out energy and data center infrastructure.

1 investor

Silicon Valley Robotics Center is a full-stack robotics infrastructure provider offering hardware procurement, data collection, AI training, and fleet teleoperation services for robot learning and deployment. It serves academic labs, startups, and enterprises developing physical AI systems.

1 investor

Enveritas verifies global agricultural supply chains to identify issues such as child slavery and other sustainability problems. It serves companies sourcing commodities by assessing conditions in their supply chains.

1 investor

Kanava AI provides voice-based AI agents for wholesale distributors that handle routine inbound sales activities like stock checks, pricing inquiries, and CRM updates, with capabilities that expand to managing full sales calls and identifying upsells as the system learns from top performers.

1 investor

Kisan Network operates a technology-enabled, integrated agricultural produce supply chain across India, connecting small and marginal farmers directly with businesses through a proprietary digital management portal. The platform digitally captures each step of the chain and helps farmers earn more than prevailing market prices for their produce.

1 investor

Lark develops AI agents that automate manual workflows for wholesale distributors, integrating with their existing ERP systems and learning from each distributor's historical data and team decisions. The agents are designed to handle operational tasks across a distributor's business.

1 investor

Lumi provides packaging and shipping supplies to online brands, serving businesses from small sellers to large ecommerce companies shipping millions of orders per month. The company operated in the ecommerce supply chain space and was acquired by Narvar.

1 investor

Manifold builds autonomous warehouse robots that perform case picking, palletizing, and trailer loading/unloading, combined with orchestration software that connects to existing ERP, WMS, and WES systems. It offers robotic labor to warehouse operators on a per-pick pricing model without upfront costs or major infrastructure retrofits.

1 investor

Maximal provides custom machine learning models for freight and logistics operations, enabling fleet operators to optimize load planning and route assignment in real-time against their specific network constraints and processes.

1 investor

OpEra runs an automated operations research lab that combines mathematical optimization and AI to improve operational efficiency and decision-making across sectors such as retail, logistics, manufacturing, and agriculture. It serves operations and supply chain leaders, including VPs of operations, plant managers, and COOs.

1 investor

Response operates a digital procurement platform providing access to over 20 million SKUs for warehouse teams and businesses. The platform helps organizations source supplies efficiently, with particular expertise in healthcare, logistics, and enterprise procurement.

1 investor

SourceBeacon is a procurement service that connects buyers' product requests to a network of verified vendors in China and returns quotes to them. It operates as an on-demand sourcing concierge for companies sourcing products from China.

1 investor

Trade operates a commodities exchange platform in Ghana that connects buyers, sellers, and transporters so they can trade directly without intermediaries. It handles weighing, grading, and delivery of commodity bags, and accepts returns of rejected bags.

1 investor

Trava is an AI-powered compliance platform that audits customs entries and product classifications for US importers to identify overpaid duties, recover refunds, and ensure compliance. The platform integrates with existing ERP/PLM systems to review import records and propose defensible HTS codes, targeting companies managing international supply chains.

1 investor

Unstatiq uses AI to help managed care payors review and parse through hundreds of pages of contracts and policy manuals. The platform serves insurance and managed care teams seeking to streamline contract analysis.

1 investor

Vendra connects manufacturers with a network of qualified US-based suppliers to produce custom parts, managing the full process from quote aggregation to delivery for aerospace and defense companies.

1 investor

Vortexify is a platform that generates custom operational software for manufacturing and supply chain teams, enabling them to build, deploy, and run data-driven applications without managing infrastructure.

1 investor