Venture 53 is a pure-play seed and early-stage venture capital firm with a built-in accelerator, intensely focused on solving problems in the supply chain, transportation, and logistics industries. Backed by deep sector expertise, it invests in transformative supply chain and freight tech companies.
100% of their portfolio is in Logistics & Supply Chain. Average disclosed round size is $8.3M (across 8 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
4
Fund Size
$30M
Top Stage
Series A
Last 12 Mo
0
Team
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
8 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Dexa | Seed | $5M | Jan 2025 |
 Paxafe | Series A | $9M | May 2024 |
| Paxafe | Series A | $9M | Jan 2024 |
 Frayt Technologies, Inc. | Series A | $7M | Jan 2023 |
| Dexa | Seed | $5M | Jan 2023 |
| Paxafe | Unknown | $1.5M | May 2022 |
 Better Trucks | Unknown | $15M | Jan 2022 |
| Dexa | Seed | $15M | Jan 2021 |
Top Co-Investors
Tech Square Ventures3 shared
M122 shared
Framework Ventures2 shared
Rosecliff2 shared
Gaingels2 shared
Elevate Ventures2 shared
Ubiquity Ventures2 shared
Human Ventures1 shared
Mirana Ventures1 shared
Scale Venture Partners1 shared
SV Angel1 shared
Capital Midwest Fund1 shared
JobsOhio1 shared
Refinery Ventures1 shared
Lobby Capital1 shared
Corazon Capital1 shared
gener8tor1 shared
Greenlight1 shared
Last updated: 20 October 2026