San Francisco · Hybrid · $185-230k
Caspian
Backed byPrimary Venture PartnersTotal raised$5.4M
StageSeed
Founded2024
Team size1-10
IndustriesAI/ML
About Caspian
Caspian is an AI-powered trade advisor platform founded by customs and trade veterans from Flexport and headquartered in downtown San Francisco. As a licensed customs organization with direct integration to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the company helps businesses navigate complex trade regulations and recover duties through its initial focus on duty drawback recovery, targeting a $10B+ annual opportunity. With 80+ customers already in production and 4x+ revenue growth over the last six months, Caspian is rapidly establishing itself in the trade compliance space while expanding from duty drawback into a broader multi-product trade advisory platform. The lean team of approximately 10 people, including a specialized engineering group of 3, operates on a hybrid schedule from San Francisco and is preparing for a Series A funding round to accelerate growth.
Open positions · 1
Company at a glance
Location
San Francisco, United States
Investors
Blank Ventures ·Primary Venture Partners
Websitemeetcaspian.com
LinkedInLinkedIn
Top Benefits
- Equity compensation available for early-stage employees
Location
About the Team
Team Distribution
- Engineering50%
- Operations33%
- Leadership17%
Where the Team Studied
- 1.Harvard University
- 2.Columbia University
- 3.The Wharton School
- 4.University of Waterloo
- 5.Nanyang Technological University Singapore
Team Worked At
- Flexport
- Barclays
- Point72
Culture & values
Engineering culture values reliability, thoughtfulness, and ownership
Every engineer shapes the product, technical roadmap, and culture directly alongside the founders
Small engineering team of 3 people means engineers have outsized impact on product, architecture, and culture from day one
Engineers work directly with the founders
Engineers operate as product engineers deeply embedded in the domain, understanding customer use cases
Engineers own features end-to-end from ambiguous requirements to shipped product
Hybrid schedule balances collaboration with flexibility
Team is composed of startup and trade veterans
Funding History
SeedJul 2025
$5.4M
raised
AI-native trade advisory startup Caspian raised a $5.4M seed round led by Primary Venture Partners; Blank Ventures participated.
Primary Venture PartnersBlank Ventures
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