E-commerce logistics corporate Stord has raised a $250 million spherical at a $3 billion valuation, it introduced Tuesday. This doubles its valuation from a year-ago spherical.
The brand new investment used to be led by means of Strike Capital with participation from Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, Franklin Templeton, Baillie Gifford, G Squared, and Bond.
Stord used to be based in 2015 by means of then-college scholars CEO Sean Henry and CTO Jacob Boudreau whilst they have been nonetheless at Georgia Tech. It used to be hovering alongside, run by means of the 2 younger founders, throughout the frothy pandemic-era of VC investment, hitting unicorn standing in 2021.
The startup survived the following VC investment wintry weather and in 2025, raised a $200 million mega spherical, additionally led by means of Strike Capital, that introduced it to a $1.5 billion valuation. It has now raised a complete of about $775 million up to now.
Stord provides a community of bodily warehouses and stock control device for e-commerce. It expenses itself as a type of anti-Amazon, giving manufacturers “the velocity to compete” whilst nonetheless proudly owning their buyer relationships. On this AI age, the Atlanta-based success startup is gaining consideration once more, particularly after it added an AI interface to its device. It used to be not too long ago highlighted by means of Google on the tech large’s Cloud Subsequent convention in April.
