AI logistics startup Nauta raises $7M seed funding to streamline import logistics with AI

Global trade is a trillion-dollar engine, yet many importers still manage their shipments with spreadsheets, endless email threads, and legacy systems that don’t speak to each other. That gap has created costly blind spots across the supply chain—everything from detention fees stacking up at ports to delayed decision-making that eats into margins. Nauta, a young logistics startup building an AI-powered logistics orchestration platform, thinks it has the fix.

The company announced today it has raised $7 million in seed funding led by Construct Capital and Predictive, with participation from Rappi co-founder Simón Borrero, RemoteHQ founder Waikit Lau, Windmar Energy CEO Juan Jose Gonzales, and early customers including Soriana, one of the largest retailers across the Americas.

Co-founded by Valentina Jordan, who led product and engineering teams at Latin American logistics unicorn Rappi, and Rafael Santiago, a longtime operator of a major importing logistics company in the Caribbean, Nauta was built by people who’ve lived the headaches of cross-border trade.

“Nauta is built by and for operators,” Jordan said. “We truly understand the variability in their day-to-day work and are focused on helping them control the controllable. In logistics, every container tells its own story, but the systems involved rarely speak the same language. With AI, Nauta helps companies make faster, more proactive decisions about every shipment, reducing risk, improving cash flow, and growing margins.”

The startup’s platform consolidates fragmented data—emails, documents, and siloed systems—into a single control center. By applying business logic at the container level, it automates routine workflows and enables operators to act before problems spiral. Since launching in early 2025, Nauta says its customers have cut detention costs by up to 80 percent, boosted operator productivity by 30 percent, and sped up container processing by 75 percent.

“Importers don’t just need visibility, they need the power to act before problems occur,” Santiago said. “We built Nauta because we lived through the pain of fragmented information and manual workflows prone to costly mistakes. Operators deserve modern AI tools that anticipate issues and enable action at the speed of trade.”

The funding comes as global logistics grows more complex. Supply chains are shifting amid tariff swings, climate disruptions, and geopolitical uncertainty. According to McKinsey, over 70 percent of supply chain leaders say they’ve had to reconfigure their footprint in the past year, yet many are still stuck reacting to issues after they’ve already occurred. Construct Capital partner Camila Saruhashi believes Nauta’s approach is built for this moment: “Supply chains don’t just move goods, they also move data and money. That complexity increases significantly with cross-border shipments, where every touchpoint adds layers of documentation, compliance, and coordination. With so many stakeholders and systems involved, Nauta’s AI platform is well-positioned to bring structure and visibility to this vital process, connecting the dots between every node, from manufacturers to ports to warehouses.”

Nauta is already working with importers in seven countries and counts major distributors of brands like New Balance, Ashley Furniture HomeStore, L’Oréal, Modelo, and Moët & Chandon as customers. The fresh capital will fuel its global expansion and help grow its sales and partnerships team.

For a sector long weighed down by fragmented systems and delayed decision-making, Nauta wants to offer something importers have been missing: real-time control. Or as Jordan puts it, the ability for every container to finally tell a story that importers can act on.