# Cargo Chief funding: rounds and investors > Cargo Chief has raised $14M across 3 rounds since 2015. Investors include Sand Hill Angels, BootstrapLabs/ Herb Shear and David Brown. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/cargo-chief (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Cargo Chief* 3 rounds we have observed, with the 3 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it. Delivery Logistics Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$14M** raised across 3 rounds since 2015, from 3 sources **$10M** Series A **$2.5M** Round **$1.5M** Seed - **Latest round:** Seed, $1.5M Nov 2021 - **Biggest round:** $10M Series A · Sept 2015 - **Investors:** 3 See who backed them ## The funding story Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total. 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 **$10M** Series A **$2.5M** Round **$1.5M** Seed - **First round:** Series A, $10M - **Biggest round:** $10M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 3.4 years ## The rounds - **Nov 2021** Seed **$1.5M** *1 new* [Sand Hill Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sand-hill-angels) Source recorded - **Jan 2019** Round **$2.5M** *2 new* BootstrapLabs/ Herb Shear David Brown Reported by FinSMEs - **Sept 2015** Series A **$10M** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record SEC filing: $10M sold, first sale Aug 2015 ## Founders and team From Cargo Chief's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 1 founder, 3 on the team. **Kirk Franzen** Co-Founder, CEO - **David Brown** Board Member, VC - **Marisa Gonzalez** Customer Success Manager - **Russell Jones** Executive Officer, Director i On the board, as filed i *Abtin Hamidi* *Don Lee* *Joe Ruiz* *Matt Miller* *Ray Smith* *Tad Buchanan* ## Who was in which round The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led. **Series A** 2015 **Round** 2019 **Seed** 2021 [Sand Hill Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sand-hill-angels) BootstrapLabs/ Herb Shear David Brown ## Everyone who backed them [Sand Hill Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sand-hill-angels) Angel network **1** round BootstrapLabs/ Herb Shear no record of our own yet **1** round David Brown no record of our own yet **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=cargo-chief). ## Also claim to have backed them These 2 firms list Cargo Chief as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above. [The Angels' Forum](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-angels-forum) Angel network Per its own site [Catorce Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/catorce-ventures) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Cargo Chief ### Who invested in Cargo Chief? Cargo Chief's investors include Sand Hill Angels, BootstrapLabs/ Herb Shear and David Brown. ### How much has Cargo Chief raised? Cargo Chief has raised $14M across 3 rounds since 2015. ### When did Cargo Chief last raise? Cargo Chief's most recent round was a Seed of $1.5M in Nov 2021. ### What was Cargo Chief's biggest round? Cargo Chief's largest round on record is $10M (Series A), in Sept 2015. ### Who backed Cargo Chief first? Cargo Chief's first round on record, in Jan 2019, was backed by BootstrapLabs/ Herb Shear and David Brown. ### What stage is Cargo Chief at? Cargo Chief's latest named round is a Seed, in Nov 2021. ### Where is Cargo Chief based? Cargo Chief is based in the United States. ## Companies like Cargo Chief In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**Amogy** $125M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/amogy)[**Xona** $512M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/xona)[**DashFuel** Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/dashfuel)[**Truck Parking Club** Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/truck-parking-club)[**Applied Intuition** $640M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/applied-intuition)[**Stord** $782M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/stord) ## Find investors like these Search every investor by what they have actually funded, then narrow to your stage and market. Free. Open the investor searchOr these rounds in the app