.Rep imageRide-hailing startup Rapido, which transformed unicorn just recently, is in talks with easy commerce start-up Zepto as well as grocers Pincode and also KPN to venture right into the easy commerce delivery business, sources said to TOI.Aadit Palicha, the owner as well as chief executive officer of Zepto, said to TOI that the firm maintains command over more than 90% of its delivery fleet internally. However, he declined to talk about any prospective discussions in between Zepto as well as Rapido.Similarly, Rapido declined to comment on its proposed relationship with Zepto. "The talks are actually initial in attributes but create excellent feeling given that Nexus Project Partners is actually an usual capitalist in the two business and also the synergies merely make good sense along with enough supply at Rapido's end," a person knowledgeable about the talks informed TOI. Currently, Bengaluru-based Rapido partners with simply two players on its own business-to-business (B2B) strategies upper arm, however only in food items distribution-- Swiggy as well as Open System for Digital Business. Swiggy is a real estate investor in Rapido." Bike taxi solutions optimal in the early morning hours throughout universities, offices and also colleges commute time. These relationships help utilise the motor vehicles properly throughout the day. For drivers as well as bicycle riders, their earnings boost through 25% for the same time they invest in the system," Rapido founder and also CEO Aravind Sanka told TOI.Rapido, which protected USD 200 million in a funding round led through existing investor WestBridge Funds at a USD 1.1 billion assessment last week, currently handles 2.5 million orders every day, he pointed out. These purchases are actually dispersed around bike taxis, auto and also taxicab trips." Our B2B service is less than 7% of the general organization. This edge performs shipments making use of two-wheelers," Sanka added. The provider exists across one hundred metropolitan areas in the nation presently. Sanka stated that the company operates a fleet of 700,000 cyclists. "This is actually a fleet that is larger than leading gamers in the food items or grocery shipping types," he added.Apart from Rapido, various other two-wheeler fleet drivers such as Tiger Global-backed Loadshare as well as Flipkart-backed Shadowfax are taken part in food items and also simple business deliveries.
Released On Sep 14, 2024 at 03:57 PM IST.
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