South African e-commerce merchant technology and smart logistics platform Shiprazor has raised US$2.65 million in seed funding to help African online merchants reduce delivery costs, improve conversion, and simplify fulfilment.
Founded in 2023 and based in Cape Town, Shiprazor is an e-commerce logistics platform that helps merchants reduce delivery costs, improve fulfillment performance, and simplify shipping at scale. Through a single integration, merchants can access a network of more than 20 courier partners, optimise delivery decisions, and manage the full journey from checkout to final delivery.
With tools spanning courier selection, shipment tracking, post-purchase communication, and AI-powered workflow optimisation, Shiprazor says it is building the intelligent logistics layer for the next generation of African commerce. So far it has processed over 1.5 million deliveries across South Africa.
To further that goal, the startup has now raised US$2.65 million in a seed round of funding led by pan-African venture capital firm Norrsken22, with participation from AAIC, E4E, Tremis Capital, and angel investors that include senior leaders at Google.
The round, which brings Shiprazor’s total secured funding to date to US$3.3 million, will be deployed directly into three key areas – more couriers, better coverage, lower shipping costs. Shiprazor will expand its courier and logistics supplier network across South Africa, including areas where single-courier dependency has historically meant higher costs and unreliable delivery. More options mean better pricing and fewer failed deliveries for merchants.
Shiprazor is also building agentic AI solutions for merchants to identify problems, recommend actions and automate more of their work, and launching address verification, which will tackle the inaccurate address data that leads to failed deliveries. This is the first of multiple AI agents Shiprazor is building toward its vision of agentic commerce – where buyer and merchant agents coordinate orders and deliveries automatically, without manual intervention.
“South African merchants are resilient – they’ve navigated load shedding, currency volatility, and now rising logistics costs driven by global oil prices. But they shouldn’t have to fight their own fulfilment infrastructure on top of all that. In a fragmented local market, it’s hard to scale when you’re managing multiple courier platforms, inconsistent service levels, and failed deliveries,” Sahil Affriya, founder and CEO of Shiprazor, said.
“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.” Nivesh Pather, investment principal at Norrsken22, said Africa’s e-commerce market had enormous potential, but remained fragmented and unoptimised, resulting in significantly more expensive logistics cost for merchants.
“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. Sahil and his team have demonstrated real traction with real merchants, and they are thinking well beyond today’s problems toward the future of commerce in Africa to enable all merchants to meet consumers’ increasing demands. Norrsken22 is proud to partner with the team and back their mission,” he said.