Delhivery

Delhivery is an Indian logistics and e-commerce supply chain company.[2] It was founded in 2011 by Sahil Barua, Mohit Tandon, Bhavesh Manglani, Suraj Saharan, and Kapil Bharati. The Gurgaon-based company has approximately 85 packing warehouses,[3] 24 automated sort centres, 75 hubs[4], 7,500+ partner centers,[5] and 50,000 employees. At present, Delhivery has the capacity to process more than 15 lakh (1.5 million) parcels per day.[6]

Delhivery
TypePrivate
IndustryCourier
FoundedMay 2011 (May 2011) in Delhi
Founders
  • Sahil Barua
  • Mohit Tandon
  • Bhavesh Manglani
  • Suraj Saharan
  • Kapil Bharati
Headquarters
Gurgaon
,
India
Area served
India
Key people
  • Sahil Barua (CEO)
  • Ajith Pai (COO)
  • Kapil Bharati (CTO)
  • Sandeep Barasia (CBO)
ServicesDelivery, express mail, third-party logistics
Number of employees
70,000+[1] (2021)
Websitedelhivery.com

History

Delhivery was established in May 2011 under SSN Logistics Ltd. It was initially conceptualised as a hyperlocal express delivery service provider for offline stores, delivering flowers and food locally in the city of Gurgaon.[7][8] During that time, the online retailing and e-commerce segment was expanding rapidly in India, with global investors showing significant interest in the industry.[9]

Founders Barua and Tandon, who were at the time working as consultants with the management consulting firm, Bain & Company, were intrigued by the size and potential of the industry, and decided to focus on the segment.[10] In June 2011, Delhivery signed its first e-commerce client, Urban Touch, which is an online fashion and beauty retailer. By August 2011, Delhivery had switched completely to offering logistics services to a number of e-commerce companies.[11]

In August 2021, Delhivery acquired Spoton Logistics.[12]

Organization

Founder Sahil Barua is the CEO of Delhivery and Co-Founder Kapil Bharati is the CTO of Delhivery. Sandeep Barasia, Managing Director was appointed as the Chief Business Officer in December 2018. He is in charge of the P&L across the parcel, warehousing, and freight divisions. At the same time, Ajith Pai, who was the CFO, took over the role of COO where he is in charge of the operations, engineering, HR, and finance of the company. Meanwhile, IIT-Kanpur alumnus Amit Agarwal, who was earlier the vice president-finance at Delhivery, took over the role of CFO. The company witnessed the exit of two founders on 30 March 2021.[13]

Funding

The company is backed by The Carlyle Group, Tiger Global, Fosun International, SoftBank Vision Fund,[14] Nexus Venture Partners,[15] Multiples,[16] and CPP Investment Board.

In March 2019, Delhivery raised its biggest round of funding with a $413 million investment from SoftBank.[17] In May 2021, Delhivery revealed it has further raised $277 million in a funding round led by Fidelity, taking its market valuation to nearly $3 billion.[18]

Awards
  • ET Startup of the Year Award 2019[19]
  • Mahindra Transport Excellence Award 2018[20]
  • Young Turk Start-up of the Year 2016[21]

See also

References
  1. "About Delhivery". www.delhivery.com. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  2. Aug 2019, ET Online | 24; Ist, 06:25 Pm, Delhivery named 'Startup of the Year' at ET Startup Awards 2019, retrieved 16 February 2020
  3. "Delhivery's two co-founders edit logistics unicorn ahead of IPO". www.businesstoday.in. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  4. "About Us | Delhivery". www.delhivery.com. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  5. "Two of the five co-founders of Delhivery exit ahead of IPO plans: Report". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  6. www.ETtech.com. "ET Startup Awards 2019: Delhivery has upended the highly-fragmented logistics industry - ETtech". The Economic Times. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  7. Bhattacharyya, Anushree (14 July 2015). "How logistics start-ups are delivering success for the e-commerce boom". The Financial Express. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  8. "Sahil Barua: Leading E-commerce Logistics With Delhivery". Forbes India. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  9. Kharpal, Arjun (8 June 2016). "Amazon plans $3 billion investment in India to challenge Flipkart, Snapdeal". CNBC. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  10. Thomas, Anu (23 August 2017). "Missing package? Delhivery's new software to automatically correct inaccurate addresses". The Economic Times. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  11. "Delhivery Becomes First Unicorn Of 2019: Read Its Outstanding Journey Over The Years!". Marketing Mind. 9 March 2019. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  12. "IPO-bound Indian startup Delhivery acquires local logistics peer". www.techinasia.com. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  13. Gooptu, Biswarup; Sharma, Samidha (21 December 2018). "Delhivery appoints COO & CBO amid top-level organizational changes". The Economic Times. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  14. "Shared Vision, Amplified Ambition". SoftBank Vision Fund. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  15. "Nexus Venture Partners". Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  16. "Private Equity firm - Multiples". /www.multiplesequity.com. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  17. "$413 million funding helps delhivery enter coveted unicorn club". www.delhivery.com. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  18. "Logistics firm Delhivery raises $277 million, now valued at $3 billion". Business Standard India. 31 May 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  19. www.ETtech.com. "ET Startup Awards 2019: Delhivery has upended the highly-fragmented logistics industry - ETtech". The Economic Times. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  20. "Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. Transport Excellence Awards". www.mahindratransportawards.com. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  21. Writer, A. Staff (1 September 2016). "Network18 honours leaders at CNBC-TV18 India Business Leader Awards". Livemint. Retrieved 17 February 2020.


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