Shippo
Shippo provides shipping software for ecommerce businesses, connecting them to global carriers through an API and dashboard. The company has raised $154M, most recently in a Series E round in June 2021, and employs 299 people.
The growth story
Shippo grew from 227 to 299 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $154M along the way, most recently a Series E in June 2021.
About
Shippo sells shipping software that helps ecommerce businesses manage logistics, including label printing, rate comparison, tracking, and returns. Its API integrates with multiple carriers worldwide, aiming to simplify shipping operations for online sellers.
The company has raised $154M across five funding rounds, with its Series E closing in June 2021. Its investor base includes Bessemer Venture Partners and D1 Capital Partners. Shippo employs 299 people, with engineering making up its largest function at 84 staff.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is Shippo's largest function, accounting for 84 of its 299 employees. The company is headquartered in San Francisco and was founded in 2013.
The Shippo org chart
Laura Behrens Wu (Founder) leads 59 mapped leaders with 10 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 116 (+4% YoY), Operations 26 (+24% YoY), Information Technology 23 (+21% YoY), Business Development 21 (+11% YoY), Sales 17 (+13% YoY), Human Resources 14 (+75% YoY).
Talent flow
Shippo recruits heavily from Amazon, which accounts for 19 of its 223 analyzed profiles. Other top talent sources include UPS, Auctane, and Google. Alumni most often move to Meta, PayPal, and GTM Growth.
Most common previous employers of Shippo staff: Amazon (19), UPS (8), Auctane (7), Google (6), Loadsmart (6), PayPal (5). Former Shippo employees most often moved to Meta (4), PayPal (3), GTM Growth (3), Flo (3), Quizlet (2), Notion (2).
Alumni worth knowing
The Shippo mafia
Shippo alumni have founded 24 companies, including Aviator (65 staff), Klarity Health (65 staff), and Village (35 staff). Other notable startups include ShipShap and Tusk Logistics.
26Ankit Jain, was Empowering Data Science & Engineering Team until 2018Guorui Su, was Head of Product Analytics & Product Operations until 2022Brandon Terry, was SVP Product until 2022Subhi Beidas, was Lead Software Engineer - API Team until 2018Ben Emmrich, was Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships until 2021Linda Yuan, was Growth Product until 2018
Mathew Caldwell, was Advisor until 2017
Nicholas Garcia, was Head of Finance until 2018
Ali Saheli, was Head of Product until 2016
Nima Elyassi-Rad, was Vice President GTM until 2025
Gil Chan, was Director of Product Management - Platform Product until 2023
Gavin Macrae, was Strategic Advisor, Carrier Partnerships Europe & Asia until 2022
Vincent DeAngelis, was Senior Vice President, Global Carrier Partnerships until 2022
Leah Weimer, was Strategic Partnerships and Business Development until 2022
Richard Garcia, was Director of Business Development until 2019
Willis Jackson III, was Senior Product Manager until 2020
Clark Barron, was Senior Demand Generation Strategist until 2023
Daniel Magun, was Business Development & Strategic Partnerships until 2022
Carolin Helff, was Director Of Strategic Partnerships until 2023
Prisca Pan, was Senior Product Designer, New Products until 2022
Michael Wilson, was Head of Sales until 2023
Ankur Patel, was Senior Product Manager until 2017
Beth Richardson, was Principal Software Engineer, Platform Enablement until 2025
Malcolm Pascotti, was Outbound Sales Manager until 2020
Meegan Rucker, was Sr. Director, Marketing & Communications until 2023Hiring now
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 40% direct, 18% search, 28% social, 1% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Shippo: Microsoft Office (91), Python (Programming Language) (91), SQL (82), Project Management (79), JavaScript (75), Leadership (74), Management (74), Microsoft Excel (72).
Where the team actually sits
Shippo people are concentrated in California, United States (39), Texas, United States (20), São Paulo, Brazil (16), San Francisco Bay Area (12).
Search footprint
Shippo attracts about 130,000 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $892K a month if bought through ads. It gained 17,384 ranking keywords and lost 14,258 in the last period.
Frequently asked
Shippo has 299 employees as of September 2026.
Shippo has raised $154M in total, most recently a Series E round in June 2021.
Shippo was founded in 2013 by Laura Behrens Wu, Simon Kreuz.
Laura Behrens Wu (Founder) sits at the top of Shippo's reporting structure, with 10 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Shippo staff are Amazon (19 people), UPS (8 people), Auctane (7 people).
Former Shippo employees most often move to Meta (4), PayPal (3), GTM Growth (3).
At least 24 companies have a founder who previously worked at Shippo, including Aviator, Klarity Health, Village.
Shippo attracts about 130,000 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $892K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Shippo staff are Microsoft Office, Python (Programming Language), SQL, Project Management, JavaScript.
Shippo staff are concentrated in California, United States (39), Texas, United States (20), São Paulo, Brazil (16).
Shippo has about 116 people in Engineering, up 4% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Shippo has about 26 people in Operations, up 24% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 223 current and 268 former Shippo profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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