XpressRun
Year founded: March 2022
Headquarters: Louisville/Indianapolis
Number of employees: 17
Founders: Sada Wane, CEO; Jordan Mariotti-Wood, chief revenue officer; Ahmadou Diop, COO
Amount of capital raised: About $500,000
Notable investors: Keyhorse Capital, Techstars JP Morgan, Render Capital, Garrett French.
Description: XpressRun is a same-day delivery orchestration platform offering nationwide coverage at the lowest possible rates, giving businesses access to over 4 million couriers through one API [application program interface] integration. With our powerful platform, brands get a fully white-labeled experience, allowing them to maintain full ownership of their brand identity and valuable data. We have over 70 clients and partners including Doordash, Roadie, consumer packaged goods brands, meal prep companies and more.
What are some major milestones in the company’s history?
In August 2022, accepted to the Google for Startups Accelerator (seed-plus – Series A program). In December, saw +260% growth in transactions.
What is your company working on right now?
We’re raising our seed round of funding to improve our product, develop our local delivery network, and expand our team to meet demand.
What’s on the horizon for your company in 2023?
Our focus remains on empowering local merchants, buyers and delivery companies in effort to keep commerce local and human.
Why grow your company in/from Kentucky?
It is a very supportive ecosystem to tightly knit community of people of want to see each other succeed. You get access to amazing people such as Kelby Price, Garrett French, Kela Ivonye and many others.
Give us one bold prediction in 2023 for startups, technology or venture capital/fundraising?
This is going to be an amazing year for underrepresented founders.
