an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . august 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message shyp type private founded 2013 headquarters san francisco california area served san francisco california new york city new york los angeles california chicago illinois founder s kevin gibbon joshua scott jack smith ceo kevin gibbon industry technology internet website www.shyp.com registration required to book pickups current status active native client s on ios android shyp is a courier service company . 1 2 the company picks up packages and ships items through usps and other major carriers . 3 the company was founded in san francisco in 2013 . the company also provides its courier services in new york 4 miami 5 los angeles 6 and chicago . 7 the company has raised a total of 62.1 million in venture capital funding with the latest series b investment being led by investor kleiner perkins where venture capitalist john doerr joined the company s board . 8 contents 1 product 2 employees status 3 references 4 external links product edit the company provides a mobile app by which users can enter a package s pick up and destination addresses and upload a photo of the package to be shipped . 9 10 in 2015 the company launched an android app to complement its ios app . 11 also in 2015 shyp added shyp returns functionality to its apps whereby shoppers can return items they purchased online from select merchants including amazon target and nordstrom . 12 employees status edit shyp is one of the few on demand companies among many made up entirely of employees not independent contractors . in july 2015 the company converted its couriers from independent contractors to full fledged employees . 13 references edit welcome to shyp . shyp . shyp makes shipping stuff simple . homebrew . 27 september 2013 . retrieved 7 november 2013 . fiegerman seph 30 september 2013 . shyp raises 2.1 million to take the pain out of shipping . mashable . retrieved 7 november 2013 . russell kyle 29 september 2014 . shyp launches in new york city and miami is next . techcrunch . retrieved 16 october 2014 . russell kyle 19 november 2014 . shyp launches in miami prepares for los angeles in early 2015 . techcrunch . retrieved 21 december 2014 . lien tracey 14 may 2015 . shyp launches in l.a. to solve painful postal problem . los angeles times . yeung ken 30 september 2015 . shyp launches in chicago . venturebeat . rao leena april 21 2015 . fortune shyp a mobile shipping app raises 50 million . retrieved april 5 2016 . shyp . crunchbase . retrieved 7 november 2013 . shyp raises 2.1 m to pick up and ship your stuff . techcrunch . retrieved 27 september 2013 . russell kyle 29 jan 2015 . shyp brings its on demand shipping app to android . techcrunchh . retrieved 15 march 2015 . russell kyle 4 mar 2015 . shyp returns makes it easy to send back stuff you buy online . techcrunch . retrieved 15 march 2015 . alba davey july 1 2015 shyp makes couriers employees before it s too big to change . wired.com . retrieved 1 7 2016 . external links edit official website shyp on itunes preview shyp on google play retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title shyp & oldid 736254556 categories companies established in 2013logistics companies of the united stateshidden categories articles with a promotional tone from august 2016all articles with a promotional tone navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 26 august 2016 at 06 42 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view