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News From Our Portfolio Company Flexport

May 8, 2023

On May 3rd, Flexport entered into an agreement to purchase Shopify’s logistics businesses,[1] including taking over its technology and employees, and will become Shopify’s official logistics partner. Shopify, which produces software and payment solutions for e-commerce businesses and trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), first invested in Flexport in 2022[2] before striking a logistics partnership earlier this year. As part of the agreement, Shopify will also receive an additional 13% equity stake in Flexport.

In a letter to Shopify employees,[3] Shopify CEO Tobi Luetke said Flexport is “the best builder and operator in the world of logistics”, and that Flexport will be Shopify’s preferred logistics partner. For Flexport, we believe a closer partnership with the Shopify platform is exciting, as it allows Flexport to expand into last mile logistics and e-commerce fulfillment and could enable them to further tap into Shopify’s nearly $200 billion gross merchandise volume (GMV), of which roughly 15% is cross-border.[4]


Footnotes

  1. https://s27.q4cdn.com/572064924/files/doc_financials/2023/Q1-2023-Press-Release.pdf

  2. https://www.businessinsider.com/shopify-invested-in-startups-like-klaviyo-gorgias-and-flexport-2022-8

  3. https://news.shopify.com/important-team-and-business-changes

  4. https://news.shopify.com/shopify-announces-fourth-quarter-and-full-year-2022-financial-results

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