Customs & Trade Compliance Startups

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Landscape of startups helping businesses and customs brokers automate customs, trade compliance, and duty recovery workflows.

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12 companies

Caspian

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meetcaspian.com

Caspian builds AI-powered global trade advisory and customs compliance software that automates duty drawback, trade audits, and related tariff-recovery workflows.

2024 United States Seed

Nabu

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nabu.io

Nabu provides an AI-powered customs clearance platform that automates the preparation, validation, and submission of customs declarations from A to Z.

2022 France Pre Seed

Digicust

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digicust.com

Digicust is an Austrian AI startup that automates customs workflows, including document processing, tariff classification, export control, customs declarations, and audits.

2020 Austria Seed

Customaite

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customaite.ai

Customaite is an AI-powered customs automation platform that helps customs brokers, freight forwarders, and logistics teams extract, validate, translate, and prepare customs declarations with human oversight.

2020 Belgium

Customs Window

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customswindow.com

Customs Window is an Irish regtech company that provides software and support for end-to-end customs declarations, compliance, VAT/duty handling, and trade documentation workflows.

2022 Ireland Seed

CustomsBridge

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customsbridge.ai

CustomsBridge is a SaaS platform that uses AI to help companies with EU customs classification, customs declarations, regulatory monitoring, and customs database audits.

2020 France Seed

DocUnlock

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docunlock.com

DocUnlock is an AI-powered customs brokerage and filing automation platform that turns trade documents like commercial invoices, packing lists, and bills of lading into filing-ready customs entries and supports workflows for brokers and freight forwarders.

2023 United States Pre Seed

traide AI GmbH

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traide.ai

traide AI builds an AI platform for trade compliance and customs classification, helping companies generate legally compliant HS code suggestions, justifications, and audit-ready documentation.

2021 Germany Seed

Ziflo

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ziflo.io

Ziflo is an AI-powered trade compliance platform that automates customs-related workflows like shipping documents, declarations, classification, error detection, archiving, and real-time status tracking.

2024 Italy Seed

Cervo AI

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usecervo.com

Cervo AI builds AI software for customs brokers and freight forwarders to automate customs entry summaries, HTS classification, ISF filing, tariff calculations, and related customs workflows.

2024 United States Seed

Phlo Systems Ltd.

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phlo.io

Phlo Systems builds tradePhlo, an AI-powered customs declaration and trade compliance platform that automates import/export declarations, classification, and shipment tracking for cross-border trade operations.

2016 United Kingdom Seed

TariffPilot GmbH

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tariffpilot.com

TariffPilot is an AI-powered platform for automated customs tariff classification and export-control classification, helping companies generate tariff codes and audit-ready justifications faster than manual research.

2024 Germany

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Trade Management Systems

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Established platforms

AEB SE

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aeb.com

AEB provides cloud software for global trade and logistics, including customs management, trade compliance, shipping, transportation, and warehouse processes.

Germany

WiseTech Global Limited (CargoWise)

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cargowise.com

CargoWise is a global logistics execution software platform that unifies freight forwarding, customs and compliance, warehousing, and trade documentation for logistics operators.

1994 Australia

The Descartes Systems Group Inc.

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descartes.com

A public SaaS provider of logistics and trade-compliance software that helps shippers, brokers, and logistics providers manage cross-border shipments, customs declarations, and regulatory filings. ([descartes.com](https://www.descartes.com/solutions/customs-and-regulatory-compliance?language=en&utm_source=openai))

1981 Canada Public

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Funding timeline

May 2026

Nabu

Seed

EUR 3M • Investors: Getlink, Maersk Growth

Tech.eu
Dec 2025

Digicust

Seed

EUR 2.3M • Investors: Jet Investment, Look.AI Fund

Digicust
Aug 2025

Cervo AI

Seed

$5M • Investors: Crossbeam Venture Partners, HOF Capital, Zetta Venture Partners

LinkedIn
Jul 2025

Caspian

Seed

$5.4M • Investors: Primary Venture Partners, Blank Ventures

Business Wire
Apr 2025
Feb 2025

DocUnlock

Pre-Seed

$3M • Investors: GTMFund, Barrel Ventures, Nicolas Dessaigne, Julien Lemoine, early Flexport employees

TechCrunch
Nov 2024

Customs Window

Seed

EUR 800K • Investors: Enterprise Ireland, Private investors, EIIS investors, Mike Stalley

Enterprise Ireland
Jun 2024
Dec 2023

Digicust

Seed

EUR 1.6M • Investors: Startup Wise Guys, Sofia Angels Ventures, Swiss private individual

Digicust
Aug 2023

traide AI GmbH

Seed

EUR 1M • Investors: HTGF (High-Tech Gründerfonds), Smart Infrastructure Ventures, Prequel Ventures, Thomas Bachem, Roland Fassauer, Bool Capital

traide.ai
Mar 2023

Digicust

Pre-Seed

EUR 100K • Investors: Sofia Angels Ventures

AIN
Jan 2023
Nov 2022

Digicust

Pre-Seed

EUR 100K • Investors: Startup Wise Guys

AIN
Oct 2022

Nabu

Pre-Seed

EUR 1M • Investors: Maersk Growth, Techstars, business angels

Societe.Tech
Jun 2019
Jan 2017
Apr 2015

WiseTech Global Limited (CargoWise)

Debt facility

AUD 45M • Investors: Westpac Institutional Bank

WiseTech Global

WiseTech Global Limited (CargoWise)

Equity financing

AUD 35M • Investors: Fidelity Worldwide Investment, Smallco

WiseTech Global
Jul 2014
Apr 2007
Mar 2006

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