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PrettyDamnQuick funding, valuation and investors

NYC checkout and shipping optimization platform helping mid-market DTC brands compete with Amazon-level delivery promises.

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Funding, valuation & investors

Answer-first snapshot

Latest funding

Series A

$25M · January 2025

Latest known valuation

Not publicly disclosed

Total disclosed equity funding

$25M

Excludes debt, grants, acquisitions, secondaries, and IPO proceeds.

Current status

private

series a · New York, USA

Investors in latest funding

Lead: PeakSpan Capital

Other: TLV Partners , Moneta Ventures

Sources: latest funding Last verified: 2026-07-25

Overview

PrettyDamnQuick (PDQ), founded in 2021 and New York-based, provides an operational data platform for checkout, fulfillment, and shipping optimization for mid-sized direct-to-consumer e-commerce brands. The platform integrates with Shopify, Salesforce Commerce Cloud, Adobe Commerce, BigCommerce, and CommerceTools — gathering customer, carrier, and warehouse data to personalize checkout with accurate delivery promises, A/B test shipping options, and optimize fulfillment routes. PDQ orchestrates existing OMS, payment, and 3PL partners rather than replacing them, connecting merchants to carriers from USPS and UPS to regional 3PLs. The company reports processing over $4B in annualized gross merchandise volume and ~30M orders per month. On January 9, 2025, PDQ closed a $25M Series A led by PeakSpan Capital with TLV Partners and Moneta participating, bringing total funding to $38M.

Why PrettyDamnQuick is interesting

PDQ processes ~30M orders/month and projected 300M by end-2025 — it orchestrates checkout, fulfillment, and carrier routing behind the scenes so mid-sized merchants don't rebuild commerce infrastructure.

Product & use cases

PDQ is an all-in-one checkout, fulfillment, and shipping optimization layer — A/B testing, segmented shipping options, live rate shopping, and geofencing to personalize delivery promises without merchants overhauling backend infrastructure.

  • Mid-market DTC brands showing accurate delivery dates at product page and checkout stages
  • A/B testing checkout offers, shipping tiers, and protection options to reduce cart abandonment
  • Orchestrating multi-carrier rate shopping and 3PL routing for profitable fulfillment
  • Merchants on Shopify or Salesforce seeking Amazon-level checkout sophistication without marketplace dependency

Key facts

  • Series A (Jan 2025): $25M led by PeakSpan Capital — total funding $38M (TechCrunch, company blog)
  • Processes ~30M orders/month; projected 300M orders by end of 2025 (TechCrunch)
  • Over $4B annualized GMV processed per company blog
  • Integrates Shopify, Salesforce Commerce, Adobe Commerce, BigCommerce, CommerceTools
  • Founded 2021; co-founder Avi Moskowitz built platform after solving checkout for own e-commerce brand
  • Customers report higher AOV, checkout conversions, and profitable shipment routes (PeakSpan)

Funding history (newest first)

Series A

2025-01 $25M
  • PeakSpan Capital (lead)
  • TLV Partners (participant)
  • Moneta Ventures (participant)

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/09/prettydamnquick-snaps-up-25m-to-speed-up-online-checkout/

Seed

2022 Undisclosed
  • TLV Partners (lead)

Source: https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/bkzs6u68yg

Competitive landscape

Edge: Background integration that doesn't replace existing OMS or payment stack — PDQ adds personalization and optimization layer similar to how Dynamic Yield enhanced browsing, but applied to checkout and delivery.

Cart abandonment affects 70%+ of online transactions — checkout optimization was prohibitively expensive for mid-market merchants. PDQ's $25M Series A reflects NYC investor appetite for commerce infrastructure that scales across many brands, improving capital efficiency versus single-brand retail bets.

  • Shippo adjacent

    Shipping label and rate API platform; PDQ adds checkout personalization and A/B testing beyond label generation.

  • Route adjacent

    Package protection and tracking post-purchase; PDQ covers full checkout-to-delivery journey including pre-purchase delivery promises.

  • Narvar adjacent

    Post-purchase tracking and returns experience; PDQ focuses upstream on checkout conversion and shipping optimization.

  • Amazon Buy with Prime alternative

    Marketplace checkout with Prime delivery promises; PDQ helps independent brands offer competitive delivery without selling on Amazon.

Notable stories

  • Co-founder Avi Moskowitz built PDQ after solving checkout and shipping problems for his own e-commerce brand — realizing optimization required a platform, not a feature (TechCrunch, January 2025).
  • PDQ projected scaling from ~30M to 300M orders processed per month by end of 2025 — an order-of-magnitude ramp cited at Series A announcement (TechCrunch).

Industries

Enterprise SaaS Consumer Marketplaces

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FAQs about PrettyDamnQuick

Practical answers founders, operators, and investors typically search for.

PDQ is a checkout, fulfillment, and shipping optimization platform for mid-sized DTC e-commerce brands — personalizing delivery promises, A/B testing checkout flows, and orchestrating carriers without replacing existing backend systems.
PDQ raised $25M Series A on January 9, 2025, led by PeakSpan Capital — total funding $38M including a TLV Partners-led seed in 2022.
Shopify, Salesforce Commerce Cloud, Adobe Commerce, BigCommerce, CommerceTools, and WooCommerce among others.
PDQ said it processes about 30 million orders per month and projected 300 million by end of 2025 (TechCrunch, January 2025).
Shippo focuses on shipping labels and rate APIs; PDQ adds checkout personalization, A/B testing, delivery promise accuracy, and full customer-journey optimization from product page through delivery.
No — PDQ orchestrates existing OMS, payment, and 3PL partners in the background, similar to how Dynamic Yield enhanced browsing without replacing storefronts.
New York City — founded in 2021.
Avi Moskowitz co-founded PrettyDamnQuick in 2021 after encountering checkout optimization challenges running his own e-commerce brand.
Not publicly disclosed; company cites $4B+ annualized GMV processed and rapid order volume growth.
Cart abandonment affects 70%+ of online transactions; PDQ helps mid-market merchants increase AOV, conversion, and shipment profitability — costs that were previously prohibitive without enterprise budgets.
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