Dara Khosrowshahi on Uber’s India bets, AI & jobs; Nvidia’s Simplismart betHappy Monday! Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi sat down with ET to discuss the company’s ambitions in (and for) India, among other things. This a...
18 May, 2026, 07.49 AM IST
Fuel volatility accelerates EV leap in last mile delivery for ecommerce, logistics firmsEcommerce and logistics companies are accelerating the shift to electric vehicles (EVs) for last-mile deliveries, driven not just by sustai...
29 Mar, 2026, 06.04 PM IST
ONDC’s first buyer side logistics app to fix a big gripeMP2 Innovations, led by Mahesh Herle, enhances ONDC by providing a seamless logistics solution for ecommerce players, aiming to address ope...
02 May, 2024, 11.36 AM IST
Kiko hits 99% fulfillment rates and doubles Kirana orders"ONDC is constantly working with us to improve processes further and keep improving this metric, and also bring multiple hyperlocal logisti...
29 Mar, 2024, 11.36 AM IST
Magicpin scales up to 10,000 orders per day on ONDC networkMagicpin had in early April announced that it had on-boarded over 25,000 food merchants from its network of local restaurants while making ...
03 May, 2023, 10.52 PM IST
Hyperlocal delivery revolution: How shopping trends are changing the logistics industry?For hyperlocal deliveries, speed is the core essence, where customers expect their deliveries within a few hours, if not minutes.
29 Apr, 2023, 11.17 AM IST
Shadowfax in talks to raise $100 million, valuation likely to touch $350-400 millionMumbai-based investment fund A91 Partners is in discussions to finance the primary part, three people said. The deal is currently in the du...
05 Sep, 2022, 06.00 AM IST
Flipkart preparing to start hyperlocal delivery services: SourcesThe service will be available via the Flipkart app, and initially, deliveries will be done from local warehouses and select shops.
16 Jun, 2020, 09.31 PM IST
Roadrunnr may sprint home with Rs 300 crore in DST Global-led fundraiseRoadrunnr which started as a hyperlocal logistics company aims to expand to delivering packages both within large cities and local neighbou...
16 Dec, 2015, 05.03 AM IST
Shadowfax to open R&D centre for data analyticsThe centre, to be set up in Bengaluru, will house more than 60 employees, making it the largest operations setup for the startup.
17 Nov, 2015, 03.22 PM IST
Shadowfax, Parcelled to raise $6-8 million & $7 million, respectivelyThere is little question as to why logistics, a low-margin business that merits little media glamour, is receiving all this attention.
17 Aug, 2015, 05.10 PM IST
Pickingo raises Rs 8.3 crore in first round of fundingOn-demand, hyper-local logistics startup Pickingo has raised Rs 8.3 crore in its first round of institutional funding.
05 Aug, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Spirit of co-operation exists between the smaller & big ecommerce playersAmazon India launched its 'Kirana Now' programme in April, and even taxi aggregator Ola is entering grocery delivery, following its meals o...
03 Aug, 2015, 11.12 AM IST
Hyperlocal logistics startup Opinio raises $1.3 million from AccelAccel had first put in seed funding along with incubator TracxnLabs in April, and then followed on with the recent bridge round, cofounder ...
28 Jul, 2015, 05.46 PM IST
Flipkart’s f Qck to take on Amazon’s Kirana now; testing a programme to deliver orders within hoursFor its new hyper-local business called ‘f Qck’, Flipkart has partnered with logistics and delivery startup Roadrunnr.
28 Jul, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
On-demand logistics startup Townrush raises seed funding from LightspeedThe undisclosed amount is being invested into the company's physical infrastructure, technological development, and scaling up its core tea...
27 Jul, 2015, 04.22 PM IST
After Amazon, Flipkart to join express delivery race; co's logistics unit eKart to compete with on-demand startupseKart to take on competition from on-demand startups that promise to deliver products within an hour, typically by tying up with local stor...
18 Jun, 2015, 06.16 AM IST