# project44

> project44 is a VC fund in Chicago backing Logistics. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Chicago, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Dec 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/project-44
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/freightpipes
- Website: http://www.project44.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/project44Visibility

project44 is a VC fund in Chicago focused on Logistics. 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.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for project44. Shizune tracks 8 team members at project44. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/project44?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3.6M–$13M |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Adrian Parkhideh | Vice President, Go To Market Strategy | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adrian-parkhideh |
| David Panitz | Vice President of Global Accounts | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-panitz |
| Jett McCandless | Founder and CEO | 15 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jett-mccandless |
| Vivek Kundra | COO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vivek-kundra |
| Jonathan Scherr | Chief Strategy and Operations Officer | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jonathan-sackler |

## 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 |  |
| Jetstream Africa | Jetstream is a supply chain platform that powers freight forwarding and global exports for African suppliers. With tracking and consolidated (LCL) shipping Jetstream levels the playing field for access to international trade for African SMEs with the click of a button. | $13M | Seed | Jan 10, 2023 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alitheia IDF](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alitheia-idf) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Archangel Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/archangel-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Golden Palm Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/golden-palm-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Octerra Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/octerra-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Proparco](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/proparco) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Seed9](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seed9) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does project44 invest in?

project44 invests primarily in Logistics startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Ghana. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is project44's check size?

project44 typically joins rounds of $3.6M–$13M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds project44 participates in.

### How do I contact project44?

Public channels for project44 include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at project44?

The team at project44 includes Adrian Parkhideh (Vice President, Go To Market Strategy), David Panitz (Vice President of Global Accounts) and Jett McCandless (Founder and CEO), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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