Shiprocket
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| Industry | Logistics E-commerce |
| Founded 📆 | 2017 |
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| Headquarters 🏙️ | New Delhi, India |
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| 🌐 Website | www |
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Shiprocket is a tech-enabled logistics aggregator based out of Delhi that provides data-driven shipping solutions to over 40,000 Direct to Consumers active sellers across 26,000+ pin codes PAN India and 220 countries and territories internationally.[1][2][3]
History[edit]
Shiprocket was founded in 2017 by Saahil Goel, along with the co-founders, Gautam Kapoor, Vishesh Khurana and Akshay Ghulati.[4][5]
Shiprocket has raised over $14 million in funding from Bertelsmann India, Nirvana Ventures India, Beenext and 500 Startups.[4][6] In March 2016, the company raised $2 million in Series B round of funding from its existing investors and Japan’s Recruit Holdings.[7] In 2018 it raised a funding of $4.1 million.[7][4] In May 2020 Shiprocket raised $13 million in a Series C round led by Silicon Valley-based Tribe Capital, Innoven Capital and existing investor Bertelsmann India Investments.[2][8]
In 2019, Shiprocket appointed Sunil Kumar, who had previously worked with Rediff, Reliance Entertainment and ApnaPaisa, as its CTO,[9] and Indranil Nath who had worked with Club Factory, Flipkart, Ola Cabs,as its Head of Supply Chain Management.[10] The same year it launched ‘Early COD’ feature in India enabling its sellers to receive COD remittance on a daily basis.[11]
In 2020, during COVID-19 and national lockdown, Shiprocket launched its hyperlocal delivery services to deliver food, groceries, pharmaceuticals, masks, and sanitizers.[12][13]
Awards[edit]
- In January 2020, Shiprocket was awarded as ‘BW Businessworld & BW Disrupt Techtors 2020’ for its tech-enabled logistics aggregator product, Shiprocket.[14]
References[edit]
- ↑ "India's logistics aggregator Shiprocket raises $13M to expand overseas". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Roy, Debroop (2020-05-11). "[Funding Alert] Logistics Aggregator Shiprocket Raises $13 Mln In Series C Round". Entrepreneur. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
- ↑ "Platforms providing last-mile delivery companies to customers". The Asian Age. 2019-08-13. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Gooptu, Biswarup (2019-06-05). "Shiprocket integrates all business units under a single platform". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
- ↑ "Logistics platform Shiprocket turns profitable, wants to become Amazon Prime for non-prime members". Business Insider. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
- ↑ Sahay, Priyanka (2016-01-18). "KartRocket raises $6 million from Bertelsmann India, others". Livemint. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "E-commerce enabler Kartrocket raises flat funding round". VCCircle. 2018-01-17. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
- ↑ www.ETtech.com. "Shiprocket raises $13 million led by Tribe Capital - ETtech". ETtech.com. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
- ↑ "Shiprocket appoints industry veteran Sunil Kumar as its CTO". The Economic Times. 2019-04-17. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
- ↑ "Logistics aggregation platform Shiprocket names Indranil Nath as Head, Supply Chain - Exchange4media". Indian Advertising Media & Marketing News – exchange4media. Retrieved 2020-05-13.
- ↑ "Shiprocket launches 'Early COD' feature for Small Businesses in India". Deccan Chronicle. 2019-07-15. Retrieved 2020-05-13.
- ↑ "Logistics platform Shiprocket to provide hyperlocal delivery of essentials". Techcircle. 2020-04-16. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
- ↑ "Shiprocket gears up to assist delivery of essential goods amid COVID 19 lockdown". Retail4Growth. Retrieved 2020-05-15. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Bureau, BW Online. "Over 15 Tech Disrupters Awarded At BW TechTors 2020". BW Businessworld. Retrieved 2020-05-13.
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