XAI is a technology company specializing in artificial intelligence. It creates and deploys AI solutions, primarily using machine learning, to enhance data analysis and decision-making processes. XAI caters to the finance, healthcare, and logistics sectors, aiming to improve accuracy and efficiency in these industries.
XAI is a technology company specializing in artificial intelligence. It creates and deploys AI solutions, primarily using machine learning, to enhance data analysis and decision-making processes. XAI caters to the finance, healthcare, and logistics sectors, aiming to improve accuracy and efficiency in these industries.
Elyn
Pre Seed Round in 2023
Elyn is a company that provides an automated and unified sales platform aimed at enhancing the online shopping experience for both merchants and customers. The platform allows e-commerce businesses to implement a try-before-you-buy model, enabling customers to test products before committing to a purchase. This approach is designed to increase average order values and conversion rates. In addition, Elyn offers a return management suite that helps merchants transform product returns into exchange opportunities, further driving revenue. By integrating seamlessly with online stores, Elyn streamlines the shopping experience, managing both payment processing and logistics for shipped and returned items, thus facilitating a more efficient sales process for e-commerce companies.
Solvo.ai
Seed Round in 2022
Solvo.ai offers a machine learning-driven platform that empowers carriers and freight forwarders to optimize pricing strategies. Its core product, the Price Optimisation Engine, enables trade management teams to adapt swiftly to market fluctuations and customer needs, facilitating real-time price adjustments aligned with business objectives.
Faire is a two-sided marketplace connecting local retail stores with unique wholesale merchandise from brands and makers. It offers retailers tools for data insights, financial terms, and logistics support to compete with larger competitors. Faire's platform simplifies wholesale buying and selling processes, offering net 60 payment terms and free returns.
The Boring Company
Series C in 2022
The Boring Company is an infrastructure and tunnel construction company focused on developing underground transportation networks. It designs and builds tunnel systems to alleviate urban traffic, offering safe, fast, and cost-efficient routes for transportation, utilities, and freight, with the aim of reducing surface congestion and expanding mobility options.
Bolt Technology OÜ is a transportation platform based in Tallinn, Estonia, that provides ride-hailing, micromobility, and food delivery services. Founded in 2013, Bolt operates a smartphone application that allows users to book taxis directly, selecting options based on price and quality ratings, while also tracking the driver's arrival in real time. The platform aims to enhance urban mobility by offering a reliable and accessible alternative to traditional transportation methods, contributing to reduced traffic congestion and pollution in cities. With over 50 million customers across more than 40 countries, Bolt is recognized as one of the fastest-growing startups globally, striving to create a future with less reliance on car ownership.
Faire is a two-sided marketplace connecting local retail stores with unique wholesale merchandise from brands and makers. It offers retailers tools for data insights, financial terms, and logistics support to compete with larger competitors. Faire's platform simplifies wholesale buying and selling processes, offering net 60 payment terms and free returns.
Embark Trucks
Post in 2021
Embark Trucks Inc. is a technology company based in San Francisco, California, specializing in the development of self-driving truck technology for the commercial trucking industry. Founded in 2015, the company focuses on creating artificial intelligence software that enhances long-haul transportation efficiency. Embark has achieved significant milestones in automation, including successful cross-country drives and the ability to operate in various weather conditions such as rain and fog. The company employs a skilled team of engineers with backgrounds from leading organizations like Tesla, Google, Audi, and NASA, and its operations team has an impressive track record, averaging over a million miles per driver. By collaborating with trucking carriers, manufacturers, and suppliers, Embark aims to deliver operational savings and improve logistics for freight and transportation services.
Aurora Innovation develops advanced software and hardware products for self-driving vehicles, aiming to transform the movement of people and goods. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, the company operates additional offices in the Bay Area, Bozeman, Pittsburgh, and Dallas. Its primary offering, the Aurora Driver, is a scalable self-driving system capable of operating various vehicle types, including freight-hauling trucks and ride-hailing passenger vehicles. This technology supports Aurora's driver-as-a-service products, Aurora Horizon and Aurora Connect, catering to trucking and ride-hailing sectors. By integrating rigorous engineering with applied machine learning, Aurora Innovation seeks to create a comprehensive transportation ecosystem that connects automakers, logistics services, and mobility providers.
uDroppy
Seed Round in 2021
uDroppy is a company that empowers creators to start, optimize, and scale their own e-commerce businesses. The platform connects creators with top-tier service providers such as suppliers, shipping couriers, and logistic centers. uDroppy's SaaS workflow tool automates the process from order placement on the creator's sales channel (such as Shopify) to fulfillment by the chosen service providers. This integration helps users establish new partnerships and streamline their e-commerce operations, enabling them to build and grow their businesses efficiently.
Bolt Technology OÜ is a transportation platform based in Tallinn, Estonia, that provides ride-hailing, micromobility, and food delivery services. Founded in 2013, Bolt operates a smartphone application that allows users to book taxis directly, selecting options based on price and quality ratings, while also tracking the driver's arrival in real time. The platform aims to enhance urban mobility by offering a reliable and accessible alternative to traditional transportation methods, contributing to reduced traffic congestion and pollution in cities. With over 50 million customers across more than 40 countries, Bolt is recognized as one of the fastest-growing startups globally, striving to create a future with less reliance on car ownership.
Rappi is a consumer technology company that operates an on-demand delivery platform in Latin America. The platform connects consumers with local merchants and independent couriers to order and deliver items ranging from prepared foods and groceries to clothing, pharmaceuticals, liquor, and other goods. Through its logistics capabilities, Rappi enables users to shop for a wide array of products and have them delivered to any location, often within hours, leveraging its network of independent contractors to fulfill orders across multiple categories.
Jetpack, Inc. is a company that specializes in the online retail and delivery of both food and non-food products, focusing on nighttime service. Established in 2017 and headquartered in Stanford, California, the company primarily serves college students by providing essential consumer products on-demand. Jetpack aims to streamline convenience for its customers by ensuring that necessary items are readily available in real-time, thereby enhancing the overall shopping experience.
Faire is a two-sided marketplace connecting local retail stores with unique wholesale merchandise from brands and makers. It offers retailers tools for data insights, financial terms, and logistics support to compete with larger competitors. Faire's platform simplifies wholesale buying and selling processes, offering net 60 payment terms and free returns.
Instacart
Venture Round in 2021
Instacart operates a grocery delivery platform in the United States and Canada, partnering with local and national grocers to offer a broad catalog of items for home delivery. Customers can mix items from multiple stores in a single order, and orders are picked and delivered by shoppers who are typically independent contractors. The platform supports fast delivery, including options in as little as an hour. Instacart earns revenue from service fees based on order value and by selling advertising to consumer-packaged goods brands. The service catalogs about 500,000 items and attracts about 8 million monthly active users, supported by roughly 600,000 shoppers.
Mech-Mind Robotics
Series B in 2020
Mech-Mind Robotics Technologies is a prominent manufacturer based in Beijing, China, specializing in hardware and software solutions for the logistics industry. Founded in 2016, the company produces advanced smart cameras, including the Mech-Eye series, which are designed for tasks such as object recognition, depalletizing, assembly, sorting, and locating. Mech-Mind also develops AI-powered software that enables robotic cameras to identify and process objects of various shapes and sizes. With over 10,000 cameras deployed across more than 50 countries, Mech-Mind Robotics supports partners and system integrators in tackling complex automation challenges, including bin picking and assembly tasks, thereby enhancing operational efficiency in the e-commerce and logistics sectors. The company further extends its reach with an office in Munich, Germany, and a sales office in Shanghai, China.
Faire is a two-sided marketplace connecting local retail stores with unique wholesale merchandise from brands and makers. It offers retailers tools for data insights, financial terms, and logistics support to compete with larger competitors. Faire's platform simplifies wholesale buying and selling processes, offering net 60 payment terms and free returns.
Rappi is a consumer technology company that operates an on-demand delivery platform in Latin America. The platform connects consumers with local merchants and independent couriers to order and deliver items ranging from prepared foods and groceries to clothing, pharmaceuticals, liquor, and other goods. Through its logistics capabilities, Rappi enables users to shop for a wide array of products and have them delivered to any location, often within hours, leveraging its network of independent contractors to fulfill orders across multiple categories.
Embark Trucks
Series C in 2019
Embark Trucks Inc. is a technology company based in San Francisco, California, specializing in the development of self-driving truck technology for the commercial trucking industry. Founded in 2015, the company focuses on creating artificial intelligence software that enhances long-haul transportation efficiency. Embark has achieved significant milestones in automation, including successful cross-country drives and the ability to operate in various weather conditions such as rain and fog. The company employs a skilled team of engineers with backgrounds from leading organizations like Tesla, Google, Audi, and NASA, and its operations team has an impressive track record, averaging over a million miles per driver. By collaborating with trucking carriers, manufacturers, and suppliers, Embark aims to deliver operational savings and improve logistics for freight and transportation services.
Aurora Innovation develops advanced software and hardware products for self-driving vehicles, aiming to transform the movement of people and goods. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, the company operates additional offices in the Bay Area, Bozeman, Pittsburgh, and Dallas. Its primary offering, the Aurora Driver, is a scalable self-driving system capable of operating various vehicle types, including freight-hauling trucks and ride-hailing passenger vehicles. This technology supports Aurora's driver-as-a-service products, Aurora Horizon and Aurora Connect, catering to trucking and ride-hailing sectors. By integrating rigorous engineering with applied machine learning, Aurora Innovation seeks to create a comprehensive transportation ecosystem that connects automakers, logistics services, and mobility providers.
DoorDash is an on-demand delivery platform that connects merchants, consumers, and delivery personnel through a marketplace app. The company enables merchants to reach customers, manage delivery, analytics, merchandising, payment processing, and customer support, and also offers a white-label logistics service called DoorDash Drive. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, DoorDash operates in the United States and internationally, and expanded into Europe and Asia through the acquisition of Wolt in 2022. While initially focused on restaurant delivery, the platform also serves grocery, retail, and pet-supply segments, creating a last-mile delivery infrastructure and ongoing experimentation with innovative delivery methods, including drone concepts. The service aims to help local businesses grow by facilitating online ordering, marketing, and delivery execution, connecting customers with both local and national brands.
LocoNav offers an online fleet management software platform that unifies fleet operations into a single system. The software provides GPS tracking, telematics, video safety, fuel monitoring, and analytics with alerts to monitor vehicle speed, direction, and events. By enhancing visibility and real-time decision making, it helps vehicle owners, businesses, and transporters improve security, optimize operations, and reduce costs. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, LocoNav focuses on delivering a cohesive platform to run and manage modern fleets.
Blinkit is a quick-commerce online grocery platform that connects customers to local stores and offers a broad range of items including groceries, fresh produce, dairy, snacks, beverages, cosmetics, electronics, bakery items, and flowers. It operates a dark-store network of micro-warehouses in high-demand urban areas to enable instant, minute-level delivery of groceries and daily essentials. Following its acquisition, Blinkit was integrated with Zomato's delivery platform to extend reach across more cities and streamline fulfillment.
Huolala offers logistics services, moving, less-than-truckload, car rental and sales, and after-car services.
Founded in 2013 and grown in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
DoorDash is an on-demand delivery platform that connects merchants, consumers, and delivery personnel through a marketplace app. The company enables merchants to reach customers, manage delivery, analytics, merchandising, payment processing, and customer support, and also offers a white-label logistics service called DoorDash Drive. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, DoorDash operates in the United States and internationally, and expanded into Europe and Asia through the acquisition of Wolt in 2022. While initially focused on restaurant delivery, the platform also serves grocery, retail, and pet-supply segments, creating a last-mile delivery infrastructure and ongoing experimentation with innovative delivery methods, including drone concepts. The service aims to help local businesses grow by facilitating online ordering, marketing, and delivery execution, connecting customers with both local and national brands.
Next Trucking
Series C in 2019
NEXT Trucking, Inc. is a logistics technology company that operates an online platform connecting shippers with carriers for freight and cargo transportation. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in El Segundo, California, the company provides a mobile application and web solution featuring a trucking marketplace where truckers can offer their services by posting preferred routes and pay rates. The platform facilitates direct connections between carriers and shippers, enabling efficient pick-up and delivery arrangements while reflecting real-time trucker availability. Additionally, NEXT Trucking offers digital paperwork, fleet management tools, online payment processing, and real-time tracking to enhance operational transparency and efficiency. The company serves a diverse range of clients across North America, including some of the world's leading businesses, and is recognized as a pioneer in the FreightTech sector.
Faire is a two-sided marketplace connecting local retail stores with unique wholesale merchandise from brands and makers. It offers retailers tools for data insights, financial terms, and logistics support to compete with larger competitors. Faire's platform simplifies wholesale buying and selling processes, offering net 60 payment terms and free returns.
Faire is a two-sided marketplace connecting local retail stores with unique wholesale merchandise from brands and makers. It offers retailers tools for data insights, financial terms, and logistics support to compete with larger competitors. Faire's platform simplifies wholesale buying and selling processes, offering net 60 payment terms and free returns.
Rappi is a consumer technology company that operates an on-demand delivery platform in Latin America. The platform connects consumers with local merchants and independent couriers to order and deliver items ranging from prepared foods and groceries to clothing, pharmaceuticals, liquor, and other goods. Through its logistics capabilities, Rappi enables users to shop for a wide array of products and have them delivered to any location, often within hours, leveraging its network of independent contractors to fulfill orders across multiple categories.
Embark Trucks
Series B in 2018
Embark Trucks Inc. is a technology company based in San Francisco, California, specializing in the development of self-driving truck technology for the commercial trucking industry. Founded in 2015, the company focuses on creating artificial intelligence software that enhances long-haul transportation efficiency. Embark has achieved significant milestones in automation, including successful cross-country drives and the ability to operate in various weather conditions such as rain and fog. The company employs a skilled team of engineers with backgrounds from leading organizations like Tesla, Google, Audi, and NASA, and its operations team has an impressive track record, averaging over a million miles per driver. By collaborating with trucking carriers, manufacturers, and suppliers, Embark aims to deliver operational savings and improve logistics for freight and transportation services.
Instacart
Series E in 2018
Instacart operates a grocery delivery platform in the United States and Canada, partnering with local and national grocers to offer a broad catalog of items for home delivery. Customers can mix items from multiple stores in a single order, and orders are picked and delivered by shoppers who are typically independent contractors. The platform supports fast delivery, including options in as little as an hour. Instacart earns revenue from service fees based on order value and by selling advertising to consumer-packaged goods brands. The service catalogs about 500,000 items and attracts about 8 million monthly active users, supported by roughly 600,000 shoppers.
DoorDash is an on-demand delivery platform that connects merchants, consumers, and delivery personnel through a marketplace app. The company enables merchants to reach customers, manage delivery, analytics, merchandising, payment processing, and customer support, and also offers a white-label logistics service called DoorDash Drive. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, DoorDash operates in the United States and internationally, and expanded into Europe and Asia through the acquisition of Wolt in 2022. While initially focused on restaurant delivery, the platform also serves grocery, retail, and pet-supply segments, creating a last-mile delivery infrastructure and ongoing experimentation with innovative delivery methods, including drone concepts. The service aims to help local businesses grow by facilitating online ordering, marketing, and delivery execution, connecting customers with both local and national brands.
Faire is a two-sided marketplace connecting local retail stores with unique wholesale merchandise from brands and makers. It offers retailers tools for data insights, financial terms, and logistics support to compete with larger competitors. Faire's platform simplifies wholesale buying and selling processes, offering net 60 payment terms and free returns.
Next Trucking
Series B in 2018
NEXT Trucking, Inc. is a logistics technology company that operates an online platform connecting shippers with carriers for freight and cargo transportation. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in El Segundo, California, the company provides a mobile application and web solution featuring a trucking marketplace where truckers can offer their services by posting preferred routes and pay rates. The platform facilitates direct connections between carriers and shippers, enabling efficient pick-up and delivery arrangements while reflecting real-time trucker availability. Additionally, NEXT Trucking offers digital paperwork, fleet management tools, online payment processing, and real-time tracking to enhance operational transparency and efficiency. The company serves a diverse range of clients across North America, including some of the world's leading businesses, and is recognized as a pioneer in the FreightTech sector.
Rappi is a consumer technology company that operates an on-demand delivery platform in Latin America. The platform connects consumers with local merchants and independent couriers to order and deliver items ranging from prepared foods and groceries to clothing, pharmaceuticals, liquor, and other goods. Through its logistics capabilities, Rappi enables users to shop for a wide array of products and have them delivered to any location, often within hours, leveraging its network of independent contractors to fulfill orders across multiple categories.
LocoNav offers an online fleet management software platform that unifies fleet operations into a single system. The software provides GPS tracking, telematics, video safety, fuel monitoring, and analytics with alerts to monitor vehicle speed, direction, and events. By enhancing visibility and real-time decision making, it helps vehicle owners, businesses, and transporters improve security, optimize operations, and reduce costs. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, LocoNav focuses on delivering a cohesive platform to run and manage modern fleets.
Faire is a two-sided marketplace connecting local retail stores with unique wholesale merchandise from brands and makers. It offers retailers tools for data insights, financial terms, and logistics support to compete with larger competitors. Faire's platform simplifies wholesale buying and selling processes, offering net 60 payment terms and free returns.
Zilingo is a technology-driven platform founded in 2015 by Ankiti Bose and Dhruv Kapoor, aimed at transforming the fashion supply chain through innovative trade solutions. By digitizing the fashion industry, Zilingo provides a marketplace that connects brands and merchants directly with factories, offering essential tools such as analytics, efficient logistics, and secure payment options. This approach enables entrepreneurs to thrive in a sector that has historically favored a select few, promoting accessibility, transparency, and connection within the fashion ecosystem. Zilingo's vision is to democratize fashion, making it possible for anyone with the right ideas to succeed in the industry.
Instacart
Series D in 2017
Instacart operates a grocery delivery platform in the United States and Canada, partnering with local and national grocers to offer a broad catalog of items for home delivery. Customers can mix items from multiple stores in a single order, and orders are picked and delivered by shoppers who are typically independent contractors. The platform supports fast delivery, including options in as little as an hour. Instacart earns revenue from service fees based on order value and by selling advertising to consumer-packaged goods brands. The service catalogs about 500,000 items and attracts about 8 million monthly active users, supported by roughly 600,000 shoppers.
Rappi is a consumer technology company that operates an on-demand delivery platform in Latin America. The platform connects consumers with local merchants and independent couriers to order and deliver items ranging from prepared foods and groceries to clothing, pharmaceuticals, liquor, and other goods. Through its logistics capabilities, Rappi enables users to shop for a wide array of products and have them delivered to any location, often within hours, leveraging its network of independent contractors to fulfill orders across multiple categories.
Rappi is a consumer technology company that operates an on-demand delivery platform in Latin America. The platform connects consumers with local merchants and independent couriers to order and deliver items ranging from prepared foods and groceries to clothing, pharmaceuticals, liquor, and other goods. Through its logistics capabilities, Rappi enables users to shop for a wide array of products and have them delivered to any location, often within hours, leveraging its network of independent contractors to fulfill orders across multiple categories.
Zilingo is a technology-driven platform founded in 2015 by Ankiti Bose and Dhruv Kapoor, aimed at transforming the fashion supply chain through innovative trade solutions. By digitizing the fashion industry, Zilingo provides a marketplace that connects brands and merchants directly with factories, offering essential tools such as analytics, efficient logistics, and secure payment options. This approach enables entrepreneurs to thrive in a sector that has historically favored a select few, promoting accessibility, transparency, and connection within the fashion ecosystem. Zilingo's vision is to democratize fashion, making it possible for anyone with the right ideas to succeed in the industry.
LawnGuru
Seed Round in 2016
LawnGuru is a mobile platform that connects consumers with local outdoor service providers to handle lawn care and snow removal. The service lets users view and track the provider’s location and estimated arrival time, book recurring mowing and related tasks such as yard cleanups, seeding, mulching, and weeding, or request competitive quotes from nearby crews using an AI-powered satellite mapping tool. Upon completion, customers receive a receipt and a photo of the freshly mowed lawn. Founded in 2014, LawnGuru is headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
DoorDash is an on-demand delivery platform that connects merchants, consumers, and delivery personnel through a marketplace app. The company enables merchants to reach customers, manage delivery, analytics, merchandising, payment processing, and customer support, and also offers a white-label logistics service called DoorDash Drive. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, DoorDash operates in the United States and internationally, and expanded into Europe and Asia through the acquisition of Wolt in 2022. While initially focused on restaurant delivery, the platform also serves grocery, retail, and pet-supply segments, creating a last-mile delivery infrastructure and ongoing experimentation with innovative delivery methods, including drone concepts. The service aims to help local businesses grow by facilitating online ordering, marketing, and delivery execution, connecting customers with both local and national brands.
Dada Group
Series D in 2016
Dada Group is a leading platform of local on-demand retail and delivery in China. It operates JDDJ, one of China's largest local on-demand retail platforms for retailers and brand owners, and Dada Now, a leading local on-demand delivery platform open to merchants and individual senders across various industries and product categories. The Company's two platforms are inter-connected and mutually beneficial. The Dada Now platform enables improved delivery experience for participants on the JDDJ platform through its readily accessible fulfillment solutions and strong on-demand delivery infrastructure. Meanwhile, the vast volume of on-demand delivery orders from the JDDJ platform increases order volume and density for the Dada Now platform. In June 2020, Dada Group began trading on the Nasdaq Global Market, under the ticker symbol "DADA".
Zilingo
Seed Round in 2015
Zilingo is a technology-driven platform founded in 2015 by Ankiti Bose and Dhruv Kapoor, aimed at transforming the fashion supply chain through innovative trade solutions. By digitizing the fashion industry, Zilingo provides a marketplace that connects brands and merchants directly with factories, offering essential tools such as analytics, efficient logistics, and secure payment options. This approach enables entrepreneurs to thrive in a sector that has historically favored a select few, promoting accessibility, transparency, and connection within the fashion ecosystem. Zilingo's vision is to democratize fashion, making it possible for anyone with the right ideas to succeed in the industry.
PepperTap
Series B in 2015
PepperTap is a mobile application that provides grocery delivery service. It enables users to buy fruits, vegetables, and groceries that will be delivered in 2 hours with just a few taps.
The company aims to be the fastest on-demand grocery delivery service in India that provides convenience, on-time and on-demand delivery to its patrons, along with superlative services and hand-picked products.
PepperTap was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Gurgaon, Haryana.
NuvoEx is a logistics services provider that focuses on addressing reverse logistics challenges in the e-commerce sector. Established in 2013 by Navneet Singh and Milind Sharma, the company offers a variety of tailored reverse logistics solutions designed to meet the unique needs of its clients. NuvoEx's online platform facilitates comprehensive reverse logistics services, ensuring timely delivery and effective management of returns. The company emphasizes efficient reverse management, customized solutions, responsive client service, and shipment reconciliation, aiming to enhance the overall logistics experience for its customers.
Beequick is a company that specializes in providing one-hour delivery services for fresh produce and other products from community convenience stores. Operating primarily in Beijing, Beequick has served over 250,000 customers through its online-to-offline platform, which allows consumers to place orders via a mobile application. The company aims to expand its services to other major cities in China.
Lugg, Inc. is a logistics company based in San Francisco, California, specializing in store-to-home delivery services for purchased goods. Founded in 2014, Lugg provides a range of on-demand services, including relocation assistance for homes, donations, storage solutions, junk removal, and the pickup and delivery of used goods. The company aims to simplify the moving process by connecting users with local movers and trucks through its platform, allowing for easy transportation of large items such as furniture and other purchases. Lugg’s focus is on delivering efficient, convenient solutions for consumers looking to manage their moving and delivery needs.
Dada Group
Series C in 2015
Dada Group is a leading platform of local on-demand retail and delivery in China. It operates JDDJ, one of China's largest local on-demand retail platforms for retailers and brand owners, and Dada Now, a leading local on-demand delivery platform open to merchants and individual senders across various industries and product categories. The Company's two platforms are inter-connected and mutually beneficial. The Dada Now platform enables improved delivery experience for participants on the JDDJ platform through its readily accessible fulfillment solutions and strong on-demand delivery infrastructure. Meanwhile, the vast volume of on-demand delivery orders from the JDDJ platform increases order volume and density for the Dada Now platform. In June 2020, Dada Group began trading on the Nasdaq Global Market, under the ticker symbol "DADA".
PepperTap
Series A in 2015
PepperTap is a mobile application that provides grocery delivery service. It enables users to buy fruits, vegetables, and groceries that will be delivered in 2 hours with just a few taps.
The company aims to be the fastest on-demand grocery delivery service in India that provides convenience, on-time and on-demand delivery to its patrons, along with superlative services and hand-picked products.
PepperTap was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Gurgaon, Haryana.
NuvoEx is a logistics services provider that focuses on addressing reverse logistics challenges in the e-commerce sector. Established in 2013 by Navneet Singh and Milind Sharma, the company offers a variety of tailored reverse logistics solutions designed to meet the unique needs of its clients. NuvoEx's online platform facilitates comprehensive reverse logistics services, ensuring timely delivery and effective management of returns. The company emphasizes efficient reverse management, customized solutions, responsive client service, and shipment reconciliation, aiming to enhance the overall logistics experience for its customers.
Beequick is a company that specializes in providing one-hour delivery services for fresh produce and other products from community convenience stores. Operating primarily in Beijing, Beequick has served over 250,000 customers through its online-to-offline platform, which allows consumers to place orders via a mobile application. The company aims to expand its services to other major cities in China.
DoorDash is an on-demand delivery platform that connects merchants, consumers, and delivery personnel through a marketplace app. The company enables merchants to reach customers, manage delivery, analytics, merchandising, payment processing, and customer support, and also offers a white-label logistics service called DoorDash Drive. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, DoorDash operates in the United States and internationally, and expanded into Europe and Asia through the acquisition of Wolt in 2022. While initially focused on restaurant delivery, the platform also serves grocery, retail, and pet-supply segments, creating a last-mile delivery infrastructure and ongoing experimentation with innovative delivery methods, including drone concepts. The service aims to help local businesses grow by facilitating online ordering, marketing, and delivery execution, connecting customers with both local and national brands.
PepperTap
Seed Round in 2015
PepperTap is a mobile application that provides grocery delivery service. It enables users to buy fruits, vegetables, and groceries that will be delivered in 2 hours with just a few taps.
The company aims to be the fastest on-demand grocery delivery service in India that provides convenience, on-time and on-demand delivery to its patrons, along with superlative services and hand-picked products.
PepperTap was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Gurgaon, Haryana.
NuvoEx is a logistics services provider that focuses on addressing reverse logistics challenges in the e-commerce sector. Established in 2013 by Navneet Singh and Milind Sharma, the company offers a variety of tailored reverse logistics solutions designed to meet the unique needs of its clients. NuvoEx's online platform facilitates comprehensive reverse logistics services, ensuring timely delivery and effective management of returns. The company emphasizes efficient reverse management, customized solutions, responsive client service, and shipment reconciliation, aiming to enhance the overall logistics experience for its customers.
Instacart
Series C in 2015
Instacart operates a grocery delivery platform in the United States and Canada, partnering with local and national grocers to offer a broad catalog of items for home delivery. Customers can mix items from multiple stores in a single order, and orders are picked and delivered by shoppers who are typically independent contractors. The platform supports fast delivery, including options in as little as an hour. Instacart earns revenue from service fees based on order value and by selling advertising to consumer-packaged goods brands. The service catalogs about 500,000 items and attracts about 8 million monthly active users, supported by roughly 600,000 shoppers.
Line0 is a Nanjing-based food delivery company specializing in on-demand services for affordable franchise restaurants. The company operates a delivery platform that connects consumers with local food providers, ensuring quick delivery of meals, such as noodles or Burger King Whoppers, within an hour. Line0 manages its own fleet of delivery drivers to facilitate these services. Currently, the company serves five cities in China: Nanjing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Suzhou, and Wuhan.
Instacart
Series B in 2014
Instacart operates a grocery delivery platform in the United States and Canada, partnering with local and national grocers to offer a broad catalog of items for home delivery. Customers can mix items from multiple stores in a single order, and orders are picked and delivered by shoppers who are typically independent contractors. The platform supports fast delivery, including options in as little as an hour. Instacart earns revenue from service fees based on order value and by selling advertising to consumer-packaged goods brands. The service catalogs about 500,000 items and attracts about 8 million monthly active users, supported by roughly 600,000 shoppers.
DoorDash is an on-demand delivery platform that connects merchants, consumers, and delivery personnel through a marketplace app. The company enables merchants to reach customers, manage delivery, analytics, merchandising, payment processing, and customer support, and also offers a white-label logistics service called DoorDash Drive. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, DoorDash operates in the United States and internationally, and expanded into Europe and Asia through the acquisition of Wolt in 2022. While initially focused on restaurant delivery, the platform also serves grocery, retail, and pet-supply segments, creating a last-mile delivery infrastructure and ongoing experimentation with innovative delivery methods, including drone concepts. The service aims to help local businesses grow by facilitating online ordering, marketing, and delivery execution, connecting customers with both local and national brands.
Weibu is a Chinese terminal sales management platform providing LBS-based POS sales management, visualized operation analysis, and intelligent logistics services that enable large-scale manufacturers and dealers in the FMCG industry to decrease their operating cost.
Weibu is dedicated to the provision of terminal sales management mobile solutions that support real-time store management operations that include sales volume and orders processing by sales representatives; visualized logistics in time processing; product exposure rate; activeness and other management indicators using visualized map modes.
Instacart
Series A in 2013
Instacart operates a grocery delivery platform in the United States and Canada, partnering with local and national grocers to offer a broad catalog of items for home delivery. Customers can mix items from multiple stores in a single order, and orders are picked and delivered by shoppers who are typically independent contractors. The platform supports fast delivery, including options in as little as an hour. Instacart earns revenue from service fees based on order value and by selling advertising to consumer-packaged goods brands. The service catalogs about 500,000 items and attracts about 8 million monthly active users, supported by roughly 600,000 shoppers.
Despegar
Venture Round in 2012
Despegar is an online travel agency that specializes in the Portuguese and Spanish-speaking markets, providing services for both leisure and corporate travelers. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Miami, Florida, the company enables users to research travel options, check flight availability, and make reservations for flights, hotels, and car rentals through its platform. Despegar also offers various travel-related services, including vacation packages and access to airlines and accommodation options. The company operates in several countries, including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay, Venezuela, Spain, and the United States, aiming to facilitate unique travel experiences for its customers.
Suppliermarket.com
Series B in 1999
SupplierMarket.com is an online marketplace that facilitates the buying and selling of manufactured direct materials, such as nuts, bolts, rubber, glass, and corrugated packaging products. The platform connects buyers with pre-qualified suppliers, allowing them to source authentic products at competitive prices. By leveraging advanced technology, SupplierMarket.com addresses issues such as market fragmentation and inefficient information flow, creating a more balanced supply and demand environment. Buyers can easily find new suppliers, while suppliers gain access to potential customers. The process culminates in a live online bidding event where suppliers compete for the buyer's business, streamlining procurement and fostering efficiency in the materials supply chain.
Suppliermarket.com
Series A in 1999
SupplierMarket.com is an online marketplace that facilitates the buying and selling of manufactured direct materials, such as nuts, bolts, rubber, glass, and corrugated packaging products. The platform connects buyers with pre-qualified suppliers, allowing them to source authentic products at competitive prices. By leveraging advanced technology, SupplierMarket.com addresses issues such as market fragmentation and inefficient information flow, creating a more balanced supply and demand environment. Buyers can easily find new suppliers, while suppliers gain access to potential customers. The process culminates in a live online bidding event where suppliers compete for the buyer's business, streamlining procurement and fostering efficiency in the materials supply chain.