uShip

uShip is online transport marketplace primarily serving the freight, household goods, and vehicle shipping markets.

People and businesses use uShip because it’s easy and affordable to price, book, and ship everything from cars to cranes, freight to furniture, and households to horses—whether it’s going local or long distance. Since 2004, uShip’s global platform has attracted over 800,000 feedback-rated service providers of all kinds—large companies, small fleets, single-truck owners, freight brokers and even roadtrippers—that compete for your business and offer extra cargo space at a discount. Along with its consumer-focused shipping marketplace, uShip also offers a less-than-truckload carrier-direct marketplace, as well as its enterprise software platform for larger shippers, brokers and 3PLs. In July 2016, it signed an agreement with DB Schenker, one of the world's largest logistics companies, to power Drive4Schenker, an online and mobile-based trucking marketplace. Based in Austin, Texas, and Amsterdam, the company operates globally with localized sites in 19 countries and regions on six continents. It is backed by Benchmark Capital, DAG Ventures and Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers, and was featured on “Shipping Wars,” A&E’s real-life series broadcast worldwide that ran 100 episodes over 7 seasons (2012-15). History of uShip: Many great companies started in a garage. uShip started in the back of a rent-a-truck. In 2001, Matt Chasen and his then fiancé, Heather, were moving from Seattle to Austin. The 9 ft. van Matt ordered was sold out, leaving them with an enormous 20 ft. truck. Along that 2,500-mile drive, Matt remembered the large family heirloom armoire he’d tried–and failed–to ship a year earlier due to the astronomic shipping cost. That’s when he had his light bulb moment that he’d become intent on solving: creating a way online to efficiently connect people’s large shipments with empty truck space so both parties win. Matt would go on to make this his focus at business school, where he met fellow students Jay Manickam and Mickey Millsap. The trio honed the idea, incorporated the business in 2003, and launch uShip.com in March 2004.