# Justin Sherlock

> Justin Sherlock is the Co-Founder and CEO of Caspian, an AI-native trade advisory platform tackling the $130 billion in unclaimed duty refunds sitting in global supply chains. A Harvard economist and Wharton MBA, he spent five years at Flexport scaling its financing arm past $1 billion before going out to build what he saw was missing: automated customs intelligence that actually gets importers their money back.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Caspian
- **Organizations:** Caspian, Flexport, TA Associates, Barclays, On Deck
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** A.B. Cum Laude with High Honors, Economics; Minor in Classics, Harvard University, MBA, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
- **Known for:** Scaled Flexport Capital monthly revenues 10x over 3 years while maintaining profitability, Grew Flexport's financing arm past $1 billion, Led a team of 20+ direct reports across 3 continents at Flexport

## Career timeline

- **2013** — Joined Barclays Corporate & Investment Bank as Investment Banking Analyst in the Power and Utilities Group
- **2015** — Moved to TA Associates for private equity experience
- **~2017** — Joined On Deck
- **2019** — Joined Flexport in Corporate Development & Investor Relations
- **2020** — Became Senior Portfolio Manager at Flexport Capital
- **2021** — Promoted to Director and Head of Flexport Capital; scaled monthly revenues 10x in 3 years
- **2023** — Promoted to Senior Director, Head of Flexport Capital; grew Flexport's financing arm past $1 billion
- **2023** — Departed Flexport in November
- **2024** — Co-founded Caspian with Matt Ebeweber (March 2024); obtained Licensed Customs Broker (LCB) credential
- **2025** — Caspian raised $5.4M seed round led by Primary Venture Partners (July 2025); launched publicly out of stealth
- **2026** — Cass Information Systems partnership announced for tariff cost management solution (February 2026)

## Achievements

- Scaled Flexport Capital monthly revenues 10x over 3 years while maintaining profitability
- Grew Flexport's financing arm past $1 billion
- Led a team of 20+ direct reports across 3 continents at Flexport
- Obtained Licensed Customs Broker (LCB) credential before building Caspian
- Raised $5.4M seed round for Caspian led by Primary Venture Partners (July 2025)
- Built Caspian as one of the rare CBP-approved technology companies with an ABI software vendor license
- Reduced duty drawback claim timelines from 12 months to weeks
- Graduated cum laude with high honors from Harvard University

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — Caspian announced a partnership with Cass Information Systems to deliver a tariff cost management solution.
- **2025-07** — Caspian launched publicly out of stealth and announced a $5.4M seed round led by Primary Venture Partners, with participation from Blank Ventures.

## Links

- Website: https://meetcaspian.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-sherlock/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8Oir7tyNXY

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Last updated: 2026-05-14