Completed
Closed. Onboarding a third freight forwarder next month.
PortsideThis project has been verified
Customs paperwork automation for freight forwarders, built by someone who filed it by hand for years.
$300,000 raised so far, confirmed by both parties (79%)
Details
- Category
- Enterprise Software
- IP type
- Software
- Stage
- Revenue
- Ask type
- Fixed amount
- Listed
- Sep 16, 2026
- Views
- 1
Description
Portside reads shipping manifests and generates customs declarations automatically, catching classification errors before they cause a hold at the border. Processing over 3,000 shipments a month across two regional freight forwarders.
Problem
Customs paperwork errors cause shipment holds that cost freight forwarders real money and real client trust, and most of it is still done by hand.
Solution
Automated manifest parsing and tariff classification, with a human-review step only for genuinely ambiguous cases instead of every shipment.
Target market
Regional freight forwarders and customs brokers.
Business model
Per-shipment processing fee.
Investments
Wei Zhang invested $200,000
6% equity
Giulia Ferrari invested $100,000
3% equity
Discussion (1)
Wei Zhang
Customs holds are one of the most expensive, most avoidable costs in freight. Good problem to go after.
Isabel Reyes
Innovator·🇵🇭 Philippines
Customs broker for 12 years before deciding to automate her own job.