Perkins Coie’s ECVC Practice Advises GoodShip in $8M Series A Funding Round

PALO ALTO (May 16, 2024)—Perkins Coie is pleased to have advised GoodShip, the all-in-one platform for freight network orchestration and procurement, in an $8 million Series A funding round led by Bessemer Venture Partners, bringing its total funding to $15.4 million. The round included new participation from 53 Stations, Andrew Silver, and Nichole Wischoff with continued investment from Ironspring Ventures, Chicago Ventures, FUSE VC, and Cercano Management. For more information, please see GoodShip's press release here.

GoodShip aims to provide shippers with transparency into their freight data and insights into the operations of their procurement ecosystems. The Series A funding will allow GoodShip to support a growing roster of customers that includes many of the nation's largest shippers, as well as expand their team and accelerate feature development.

The Perkins Coie Emerging Companies & Venture Capital advisory team included partner and firmwide co-chair Matt Oshinsky, counsel Suzana Gadzo, and associates Elizabeth Plata Omidian, Rachel Wu, and Jesse-Issa Hawatmeh.

From incorporation to exit, Perkins Coie helps clients build great companies. Lawyers in our Emerging Companies & Venture Capital (ECVC) practice span the country, supporting the most innovative entrepreneurs and investors in all key technology-driven markets. Our ECVC lawyers have managed thousands of venture capital and private equity financings from pre-seed to growth equity, assisting clients in raising billions of dollars annually. They provide end-to-end legal and business counseling to the leading-edge companies of tomorrow in industries like artificial intelligence, clean technology, fintech and blockchain, digital media and gaming, deep tech, healthcare, biotech, consumer products, and everything in between.