# Jett McCandless

> Jett McCandless is a seed investor at project44 (Chicago) backing Logistics and Transportation. See 15 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [project44](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/project44)
- Location: Chicago, United States
- Total investments: 15
- Last investment: Dec 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jett-mccandless-b16235119/
- Website: https://x.com/JettMcCandless

Jett McCandless is a seed investor at project44 in Chicago focused on Logistics and Transportation. Jett McCandless is based out of Chicago, Illinois, and is the Founder and CEO of project44. Jett previously worked at Metafora as a Founder and CEO. Jett McCandless has been awarded Built in Chicago's 50 Startups to Watch in 2019.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2M–$5M |
| Pre-Seed | $1.4M–$2.4M |
| Series A | $10M–$20M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Logistics | 8 | 53% |
| Transportation | 5 | 33% |
| Freight Service | 5 | 33% |
| FinTech | 3 | 20% |
| Software | 3 | 20% |

27 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 40% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 20% |
| Series A | 3 | 20% |
| Series B | 2 | 13% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 7% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Vooma | Vooma is a back-office automation platform that enables automated order entry for brokers and carriers. | $3.6M | Seed | Dec 01, 2023 |  |
| Hubble Network | a Satellite network connecting billions of bluetooth devices. GLOBALLY. | $20M | Series A | May 29, 2023 |  |
| Interstate Health Systems | Interstate Health Systems is a medical services company that uses cutting-edge technology. Interstate Health Systems offers urgent and primary care along the interstate highway system of the country. |  | Pre-Seed | Nov 16, 2022 |  |
| GoodShip | GoodShip is a freight orchestration and procurement platform that streamlines how shippers manage transportation data, bids, and carrier relationships. It integrates tender, contract, performance, and market rate data into a unified dashboard that enables more informed decision-making and efficient RFP processes. The platform supports AI-poweredbid recommendations, scenario modelling, carrier scorecards, and in-app messaging, making it easier to align stakeholders and manage corrective actions. GoodShip plugs seamlessly into existing TMS systems and is purpose-built to enhance collaboration between procurement and operations teams. | $2.4M | Pre-Seed | Oct 31, 2022 |  |
| TruckSmarter | TruckSmarter offers drivers a free electronic load board that displays loads from hundreds of brokers in a simple mobile interface, allowing drivers to quickly find the best load. TruckSmarter drivers book the vast majority of their loads through the platform, and brokers whose loads are displayed benefit from access to a larger pool of drivers.Access to more and better loads improves its drivers' quality of life by allowing them to manage their travel and maximize the amount they are paid. | $25M | Series B | Sep 14, 2022 |  |
| SmartHop | SmartHop is a business-in-a-box platform that empowers small trucking companies and owner-operators to earn more while doing less. By using artificial intelligence to deliver smart load recommendations, full-service back-office support, and low-cost operational services, SmartHop enables customers to operate with better capabilities than theleading carriers. It transforms the way drivers make a living through the nation’s largest network for truckers.Founded in 2018, SmartHop is backed by Equal Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Greycroft, RyderVentures, and Las Olas VC. It is headquartered in Miami, Florida. | $30M | Series B | Apr 06, 2022 |  |
| Fishtail | Fishtail is a provider of a solution that allows freight forwarders to offer financing to their customers within minutes. | $4.5M | Seed | Mar 22, 2022 |  |
| Freightpay | Freightpay’s mission is to enable the global supply chain to transact more efficiently. | $2M | Seed | Mar 10, 2022 |  |
| Leverage | Leverage enables automatic end-to-end supply chain insight across purchase orders, shipments, and inventory. Stop wasting time on manual calls and emails to suppliers and logistics partners, and instead respond to essential supply chain questions in real-time. Leverage tracks and manages supplier performance across your supply chain, driving costsavings through continuous improvement. | $5M |  | Feb 08, 2022 |  |
| Leverage | Leverage enables automatic end-to-end supply chain insight across purchase orders, shipments, and inventory. Stop wasting time on manual calls and emails to suppliers and logistics partners, and instead respond to essential supply chain questions in real-time. Leverage tracks and manages supplier performance across your supply chain, driving costsavings through continuous improvement. | $5M | Seed | Feb 08, 2022 |  |

10 of 15 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everywhere-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Great Oaks Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/great-oaks-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Flexport](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/flexport) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Las Olas Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/las-olas-vc-a-k-a-lovc) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [FJ Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fj-labs) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Gaingels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gaing) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About project44

VC Fund · Chicago, United States

project44 is on a mission to make supply chains work. As the supply chain connective tissue, project44 operates the world’s most trusted end-to-end visibility platform that manages more than 1 billion unique shipments annually for over 1,300 of the world’s leading brands, including top companies in manufacturing, automotive, retail, life sciences,food & beverage, CPG, and oil, chemical & gas. Using project44, shippers and carriers across the globe drive greater predictability, resiliency and sustainability. The undisputed leader in the market and innovator of Movement GPT, project44 was named the Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant, #1 in FreightWaves FreightTech 2023, a ten-time leader in customer satisfaction on G2’s Supply Chain Visibility Grid, one of SupplyChainBrain’s 100 Great Supply Chain Partners of 2022, and the Customer’s Choice in Gartner Peer Insights Voice of the Customer report. project44 is headquartered in Chicago with a diverse team spanning 15 global offices including Amsterdam, Kraków, Paris, São Paulo, Shanghai and Tokyo. Learn more at project44.com.

5 contacts available at project44.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Adrian Parkhideh | Vice President, Go To Market Strategy | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adrian-parkhideh |
| David Panitz | Vice President of Global Accounts | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-panitz |
| Jett McCandless | Founder and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jett-mccandless |
| Vivek Kundra | COO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vivek-kundra |
| Jonathan Scherr | Chief Strategy and Operations Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jonathan-sackler |

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## FAQ

### What does Jett McCandless invest in?

Jett McCandless invests primarily in Logistics, Transportation and Freight Service startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 15 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Jett McCandless's check size?

Jett McCandless typically joins rounds of $2M–$5M at Seed, $1.4M–$2.4M at Pre-Seed and $10M–$20M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Jett McCandless participates in.

### When did Jett McCandless last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jett McCandless closed in Dec 2023. Shizune tracks 15 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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