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Cape Town-based logistics startup Shiprazor has secured $2.65 million in seed funding as it looks to address one of the biggest bottlenecks facing Africa’s fast-growing e-commerce sector: the high cost and complexity of deliveries.
The investment round was led by pan-African venture capital firm Norrsken22, with additional backing from AAIC, E4E and Tremis Capital.
The funding will support Shiprazor’s efforts to help online merchants streamline fulfilment, lower shipping expenses and improve customer experience across the continent.
Founded in 2023, the company operates a software platform that connects e-commerce businesses to a wide network of delivery providers through a single integration.
By plugging into platforms such as Shopify and WooCommerce, merchants can compare courier options and automatically select the most efficient delivery route based on price, speed and service performance.
The startup is entering a market where logistics remains a major constraint to growth.
Across Africa, transport costs are estimated to be significantly higher than the global average, while delivery networks are fragmented and inconsistent.
This often forces merchants to juggle multiple courier services manually, increasing operational costs and leading to delays or failed deliveries.
Shiprazor’s founder and chief executive, Sahil Affriya, said the company was built to remove these inefficiencies.
“South African merchants are resilient – they’ve navigated load shedding, currency volatility, and now rising logistics costs driven by global oil prices,” he said. “But they shouldn’t have to fight their own fulfilment infrastructure on top of all that.”
He added that fragmented courier networks make it difficult for businesses to scale.
“Our job is to be the single intelligent logistics layer that helps South African merchants ship more, for less, while giving their customers a better experience at every step. This funding lets us move faster on all of it.”
The platform already aggregates more than 20 domestic and cross-border couriers and has processed over 1.5 million deliveries since launch, indicating growing demand from merchants seeking more efficient logistics solutions.
Investors say the opportunity lies in fixing a structural gap in Africa’s digital economy.
Nivesh Pather, investment principal at Norrsken22, noted that while online commerce is expanding, the underlying logistics systems remain underdeveloped.
“Africa’s e-commerce market has enormous potential, but still remains fragmented and unoptimised resulting in significantly more expensive logistics cost for merchants,” he said.
He added that Shiprazor is building critical infrastructure for the sector.
“Shiprazor is building the intelligent infrastructure layer that African merchants have been missing — and they’re doing it with a deep understanding of how this market actually works.”
With the new funding, the company plans to expand its courier network, extend its reach across more regions and continue developing tools to improve delivery reliability and reduce costs.
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