# Venture 53

> Venture 53 is a VC fund in Atlanta backing Logistics, Retail and Transportation. See 19 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Atlanta, United States
- Total investments: 19
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 37%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/venture53
- Website: https://www.venture53.com/

Venture 53 is a VC fund in Atlanta focused on Logistics and Retail. Venture 53 is the only pure-play seed/early-stage fund with a built-in accelerator specializing in transportation and logistics.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Logistics | 5 | 26% |
| Retail | 2 | 11% |
| Transportation | 2 | 11% |
| Freight Service | 2 | 11% |
| Delivery Service | 2 | 11% |

21 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 6 | 32% |
| Seed | 4 | 21% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 11% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 5% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 5% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Precursory Technologies Inc. | Supply Chain’s AI agents are booking loads, negotiating rates, and vetting carriers — and every buyer asks the same question before scaling past pilot: who pays when one gets it wrong?Today, nobody. When an agent underperforms while working exactly as designed, there’s no negligence, no liability, no covered loss. Existing policies were neverwritten for this. That’s why 40%+ of agentic AI projects are predicted to be cancelled by 2027 — and why so many pilots stay pilots.Precursory insures the performance warranty AI vendors make to their customers. We stress-test your agent against the failure modes that actually cost money, insure your obligation to pay when a warranted SLA is missed, and verify every claim against the customer’s own operational data — not self-reporting.The warranty moves off your balance sheet and into your pitch. Your customer buys nothing, files nothing — and stops hesitating.Built by operators who’ve run the systems we now insure. Starting with AI agents in US freight; built for everything autonomy does next. | $2.5M | Pre-Seed | Jul 10, 2026 |  |
| Precursory Technologies Inc. | Supply Chain’s AI agents are booking loads, negotiating rates, and vetting carriers — and every buyer asks the same question before scaling past pilot: who pays when one gets it wrong?Today, nobody. When an agent underperforms while working exactly as designed, there’s no negligence, no liability, no covered loss. Existing policies were neverwritten for this. That’s why 40%+ of agentic AI projects are predicted to be cancelled by 2027 — and why so many pilots stay pilots.Precursory insures the performance warranty AI vendors make to their customers. We stress-test your agent against the failure modes that actually cost money, insure your obligation to pay when a warranted SLA is missed, and verify every claim against the customer’s own operational data — not self-reporting.The warranty moves off your balance sheet and into your pitch. Your customer buys nothing, files nothing — and stops hesitating.Built by operators who’ve run the systems we now insure. Starting with AI agents in US freight; built for everything autonomy does next. | $2.5M | Pre-Seed | Jul 10, 2026 |  |
| DEXA | Drone Express is a full-service logistics company that uses airborne autonomous drones for local package delivery. It was founded in 2021 as a division of Telegrid Technologies. |  | Seed | Sep 25, 2025 |  |
| Aerolensec | Aerolensec provides an AI safety layer for airside operations, combining voice, radar, and video intelligence to detect anomalies and coordinate rapid response. The platform enables real-time radio transcription with intent recognition and conflict alerts, fuses aircraft, ground crew, and vehicle trajectories to identify restricted-zone incursions,and automates SOP-driven dispatch and incident handling. With post-event compliance modules aligned to FAA and ICAO standards, Aerolensec delivers a multimodal, low-latency edge computing solution that enhances operational safety, reduces runway incursion incidents, and shortens response times for airports, ground service providers, and airline operations control centers. | $900K | Pre-Seed | Feb 23, 2025 |  |
| GenLogs | GenLogs is a freight intelligence company that offers truck carrier mapping services via AI-driven roadside sensors. | $14.6M | Series A | Feb 03, 2025 |  |
| DEXA | Drone Express is a full-service logistics company that uses airborne autonomous drones for local package delivery. It was founded in 2021 as a division of Telegrid Technologies. |  |  | Dec 09, 2024 |  |
| DEXA | Drone Express is a full-service logistics company that uses airborne autonomous drones for local package delivery. It was founded in 2021 as a division of Telegrid Technologies. |  | Seed | Dec 09, 2024 |  |
| GenLogs | GenLogs is a freight intelligence company that offers truck carrier mapping services via AI-driven roadside sensors. | $6M | Seed | Sep 24, 2024 |  |
| Renaissant | IntelAegis combine sensors, analytic engines, web based and mobile platforms to create, distill and make information useable. | $5M | Series A | Jul 15, 2024 |  |
| PAXAFE | PAXAFE develops an AI-enabled, device-agnostic risk-management platform. It enables intelligent, dynamic shipping and cargo insurance by providing a supply chain of custody through its IoT shipping solutions. The platform reduces product loss, improves operational efficiency, and optimizes decision-making for cold chain shippers and carriers. | $9M | Series A | May 07, 2024 |  |

10 of 19 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [TitletownTech](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/titletowntech) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Autotech Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/autotech-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [G2A Investment Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/g2a-investment-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [NewBuild Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/newbuild-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [NFI Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nfi-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Steel Atlas](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/steel-atlas) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Venture 53 invest in?

Venture 53 invests primarily in Logistics, Retail and Transportation startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 19 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Venture 53 last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Venture 53 closed in Jul 2026. Shizune tracks 19 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?

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