Shipium
Facts
- HQ
- Seattle, Washington, USA
- Sectors
- Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
- Founded
- 2019
- Type
- Corporation Seattle business license
- Employees
- 103
- Registered name
- Shipium Corp Seattle business license
- Stage
- Startup
- Total raised
- $35.8M SEC Form D filings Total of this company's SEC Form D filings
- Last round
- $27.5M · Apr 2022 SEC Form D
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