A Hot Opportunity in Cold Chain: Why A Logistics Startup Moved From Utah To Chattanooga
Meal delivery kits, specialty pharmacies dispensing insulin and GLP-1s, and farm-to-table operations. They all have unique business models and customer profiles. But they often struggle with their last-mile delivery options.
That’s because last-mile options aren’t built with cold storage needs in mind.
Temperature-sensitive products have specific, and often time-sensitive, needs. It was a problem Utah entrepreneur Claire Larsen saw first hand as she built out a B2C (business-to-consumer) errand running service while she was a student at Brigham Young University.
Now with a B2B focus, her startup Vamo Delivery is starting off 2026 with a move from Orem, Utah to scale inside the supply chain and logistics hub in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Cold Storage As A Hot Opportunity
Before using Vamo, most companies face a choice between three imperfect solutions. They can use legacy providers like FedEx and UPS, whose cold chain services command steep prices. They could turn to gig economy platforms like Roadie, only to find that standard delivery windows don’t accommodate products with strict temperature and timing requirements. Or they could build logistics operations in-house, meaning they hire drivers, purchase refrigerated vans, and manage routes.
But that means those businesses are “essentially building a business under their core business,” said Larsen.
A Data-Driven Approach
That’s where Vamo Delivery takes over.
Vamo’s solution centers on what Larsen calls “hyper-specific delivery windows” determined by the client, not the carrier. The company analyzes six months of a client’s historical delivery data to calculate pricing per delivery. If the client integrates via API, orders are routed automatically to Vamo’s network. Without integration, businesses simply upload their order spreadsheet.
The model addresses more than just delivery timing. Vamo has built sustainability into its operations, helping clients reuse expensive packaging components including ice packs, insulated bags, and shipping containers, that typically become single-use waste in traditional cold chain models.
A Delivery Startup Hits The Road
Earlier in January Larsen and her family packed up and moved from Utah to Tennessee to scale Vamo Delivery inside Brickyard, the “insulator” and founder residency program in Chattanooga.
Unlike other Brickyard founders, who move in the pre-product-market-fit stage, Vamo already has revenue and traction. They ended 2025 with just over $2.5 million in ARR (annual recurring revenue).
Larsen was drawn to the Brickyard because of its founders, Cam Doody and Matt Patterson, who built the venture-backed moving company Bellhops from Chattanooga.
“They’ve scaled nationwide while maintaining that quality,” Larsen said, something that the Vamo team is looking to replicate.
Quick Facts on Vamo Delivery
HQ: Orem, Utah and Chattanooga, TN
Founded: 2022
Co-Founders: Claire Larsen and Kason Larsen
Industries: Delivery, logistics, mobile
Funding status: seed
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