Founded in 2011 by five co -founders-Sahil Barua, Mohit Tandon, B havesh Manglani, Suraj Saharan and Kapil Bharati, Delhivery started as an express logistics service provider in Delhi NCR. By 2012 the team had already expanded from a meagre size of 150 personnel to a team comprising more than 1000 individuals working effectively to make the startup a success. After providing their services to Delhi, the company branched out to Chennai and by 2013 it reached about 130 cities in the country including Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Bangalor e and in a span of just two years, extended to having more than 2500 employees.
Today, with the traffic of handling 51000 products per day, the startup is gradually but steadily making a progress in the logistics sector.
The startup aims to use their expertise and operational experience in the field of business to aid the customers’ retail operations. They provide the customers with a unified platform and also equips them with the requisite knowledge through advice on substantial matters like global inventory, distributed order management, channel integration, customer engagement, campaign creation and management, fulfillment management and demand, channel analytics, etc. that help them to market their product in a better manner, manage various orders across diverse channels, manage payments and also provide value added services. Clients can also track their orders using the tracking service that the startup provides online without any additional cost attached.
In order to maximize their clients’ profitability, the company helps them to optimize inventory allocation across the country and lower total logistics costs while maintaining same-day/next-day service levels, thereby lowering the costs their clients incur. The dedicated team constantly strives to ensure consistent and seamless consumer experiences at the lowest cost.
Apart from providing their clients with a unified platform for outstanding buying experiences, their suite of omni-channel services helps retailers across the nation to integrate all channels – in-store, website, social media, mobile and voice – to create a seamless consumer experience. From channel creation to order management and customer engagement, they make it easier for their clients to manage their operations from a single location.
Delhivery Data Services even enables the clients to design marketing campaigns, recommendations and helps them to plan and manage merchandising, transportation and provides other customer services.
With an expanding network of over 10000 sellers present in around 150 cities across India, Delhivery is certainly of the most promising startups in the logistics sector and is one of India’s fastest-growing fulfillment and logistics network
The e-commerce enablement business raised $35 million in its series C funding in September.. The investment was led by Renuka Ramnath-led private equity firm Multiples Alternate Asset Management. Existing investors, Nexus Venture Partners and Times Internet Limited also participated in the round.
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