Lee: Shipsi's $1.5M round is oversubscribed by $1M with three leads
Chelsea Lee · #41 Can This Startup Help Retailers Take on Amazon? · Mar 3, 2025 · at 19:28
Chelsea Lee is the founder of Shipsi. Speaking to host Josh Muccio months after pitching, she shares updates on her funding round.
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“So we set out to raise 1.5 million, and we're oversubscribed by a million with three leads, and everyone in is a strategic investor, even, even our angels, and we had to turn quite a few away.”
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