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Website71lbs.com
Twitter@71lbs
CategoryEnterprise
Employees5
Founded3/11
DescriptionAnalyze and Save on Shipping Costs

Offices

Chicago, USA
222 Merchandise Mart Plaza
Suite 1212
Chicago, FL, 60654
USA
Fort Lauderdale
7900 Nova Drive
Fort Lauderdale, FL, 33324
USA

People

CEO

Former People

Funding

TOTAL $375k
FUNDING TOTAL $375k
Seed, 6/12
Excelerate Labs
New World Ventures
$75k
Seed, 8/12
$300k

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71lbs

71lbs helps small and medium businesses save money on shipping by providing analytics and reporting tools to help businesses understand their costs.

We have been in the parcel shipping business for decades. We have shipped thousands of packages, negotiated many shipping contracts, and also worked for the major parcel shipping carriers. After all of our time in the industry, we have become all too familiar with the differences of their shipping services, their strengths and also their weaknesses.

We bring all this experience to help you. We have used all that what we know to simplify shipping for you. We help you understand your shipping costs. We help you save money on shipping.

Recent Milestones

  • Dollar
    71lbs received $300k in Seed funding. (8/1/12)
    Posted 9/29/12 at 3:56pm
  • Dollar
    71lbs received $75k in Seed funding. (6/1/12)
    Posted 8/30/12 at 1:45pm via techcrunch.com
  • Check
    71lbs added Jose Li as CEO. (1/1/10)
    Posted 5/25/12 at 12:30pm
  • Check
    71lbs added Chris Terry as CTO.
    Posted 5/25/12 at 12:30pm

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Uploaded: 5/25/12

Sources

  1. Chicago’s Excelerate Labs Graduates Ten Startups (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  2. Angels [edit]
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