# Shippo

> Shippo is a San Francisco-based shipping platform that gives e-commerce merchants and marketplaces a single API and dashboard to compare rates across 40+ carriers, print labels, track packages, manage returns, and handle international customs - turning what used to be a multi-week carrier integration into a few lines of code.

- **Founded:** 2013
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founders:** Laura Behrens Wu (Co-founder & CEO), Simon Kreuz (Co-founder & CTO)
- **Team size:** ~290 employees
- **Products:** Shippo Dashboard, Shippo API, Discounted Rates, Returns & Tracking, International Shipping
- **Notable:** Reached unicorn status with $50M Series E in June 2021, Laura Behrens Wu and Simon Kreuz named to Forbes 30 Under 30 (Enterprise Tech, 2017), Crossed 100,000 customers in 2021

## Products & services

- **Shippo Dashboard** — A web app for SMBs to compare rates, print labels, schedule pickups, and track shipments across 40+ carriers.
- **Shippo API** — A multi-carrier shipping API for marketplaces, platforms, and high-volume shippers - covering rates, labels, tracking, customs, and returns.
- **Discounted Rates** — Pre-negotiated USPS, UPS, FedEx, and DHL Express rates available automatically to every Shippo account.
- **Returns & Tracking** — Branded tracking pages, return label generation, and shipment notifications.
- **International Shipping** — Customs forms, duties calculation, and DHL Express integration for cross-border parcels.

## Achievements

- Reached unicorn status with $50M Series E in June 2021
- Laura Behrens Wu and Simon Kreuz named to Forbes 30 Under 30 (Enterprise Tech, 2017)
- Crossed 100,000 customers in 2021
- Connects to 40+ global carriers through a single API
- Featured on First Round Review's podcast on product-market fit

## Latest updates

- **2021-06** — Closed $50M Series E at a $1B+ valuation, led by Bessemer Venture Partners and T. Rowe Price.
- **2020-12** — Raised $45M to expand multi-carrier API for enterprise platforms during the pandemic e-commerce boom.
- **2023** — Expanded TikTok Shop and international carrier integrations as cross-border commerce scaled.

## Links

- Website: https://goshippo.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/shippo
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/goshippo
- GitHub: https://github.com/goshippo
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@goshippo
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/goshippo/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/goshippo

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