# Topship

> Topship is a Lagos-based digital freight forwarder that lets African businesses and individuals ship parcels, cargo and freight to and from more than 150 countries. Founded in 2020 and part of Y Combinator's Winter 2022 batch, it functions as an asset-light shipping layer - booking, tracking, insurance and, increasingly, an AI shipping assistant - aimed at the merchants who move goods across borders but were previously stuck with informal agents and opaque pricing.

- **Founded:** 2020
- **Headquarters:** Lagos, Nigeria
- **Founders:** Moses Enenwali (Co-Founder & CEO), Junaid Babatunde (Co-Founder & CTO)
- **Team size:** ~19-20
- **Products:** International parcel & cargo shipping, Door-to-Door Sea Freight, Shipping insurance, AI Shipping Assistant, Trade financing & customs clearance
- **Notable:** Selected for Y Combinator's Winter 2022 batch, Raised $2.5M seed led by Flexport in May 2022, Grew from an Instagram-only operation to a funded logistics platform in roughly 18 months

## Products & services

- **International parcel & cargo shipping** — Outbound shipping from Nigeria to 150+ countries and inbound from the US, UK and China, for parcels, cargo and freight.
- **Door-to-Door Sea Freight** — Sea freight service to the USA, UK and Canada, making Topship one of the first Nigerian platforms to offer both air and sea freight in a single product.
- **Shipping insurance** — Optional cover on shipments, sold as an add-on and a revenue line.
- **AI Shipping Assistant** — A 24/7 assistant that quotes prices, books deliveries, tracks shipments and hands off to a human when needed.
- **Trade financing & customs clearance** — Adjacent services the company has explored to support merchants moving goods across borders.

## Achievements

- Selected for Y Combinator's Winter 2022 batch
- Raised $2.5M seed led by Flexport in May 2022
- Grew from an Instagram-only operation to a funded logistics platform in roughly 18 months
- Reported growth from ~1,500 merchants to 18,000+ business customers
- Became one of the first Nigerian shipping-tech platforms to offer both air and sea freight in a single product
- Provided grants (reported at $3,500 each) to Nigerian fashion and retail brands to support the e-commerce sector

## Latest updates

- **2024-11** — Expanded into door-to-door sea freight to the US, UK and Canada, pairing it with air freight in one product.
- **2024** — Rolled out an AI Shipping Assistant for 24/7 quoting, booking and tracking.
- **2022-05** — Closed a $2.5M seed round led by Flexport.

## Links

- Website: https://topship.africa
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/topshipafrica
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/topship_africa
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8q9ckTRsIfnE1srJOWPnug
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/topshipng/
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/topshipafrica

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Last updated: 2026-07-30