Shiprocket is an eCommerce shipping platform based in New Delhi, India, founded in 2017. It provides direct-to-consumer retailers with a cost-effective solution for shipping by utilizing a machine-learning-based data engine. This technology helps businesses select the most suitable courier service, generate shipping labels, and track orders from a centralized dashboard. In addition to its shipping services, Shiprocket also offers high-quality packaging materials through Shiprocket Packaging, ensuring brands and businesses of all sizes have access to necessary resources for their operations. With a focus on efficient and reliable service, Shiprocket aims to simplify the shipping and returns management process for its users across India.
ShareChat is an Indian social media startup founded in 2015 and headquartered in Bangalore, Karnataka. The platform is designed to cater to India's diverse vernacular audience, offering content consumption and sharing services exclusively in 15 Indian languages. With a focus on understanding the needs of its users, ShareChat enables individuals to connect through private messaging, tagging, and personal messaging features. Users can share a variety of content, including videos, jokes, and songs, fostering a vibrant community that reflects the rich linguistic diversity of India. The platform serves over 1.17 billion wireless network users in the country, positioning itself as a significant player in the social media landscape.
ShareChat is an Indian social media startup founded in 2015 and headquartered in Bangalore, Karnataka. The platform is designed to cater to India's diverse vernacular audience, offering content consumption and sharing services exclusively in 15 Indian languages. With a focus on understanding the needs of its users, ShareChat enables individuals to connect through private messaging, tagging, and personal messaging features. Users can share a variety of content, including videos, jokes, and songs, fostering a vibrant community that reflects the rich linguistic diversity of India. The platform serves over 1.17 billion wireless network users in the country, positioning itself as a significant player in the social media landscape.
Shiprocket is an eCommerce shipping platform based in New Delhi, India, founded in 2017. It provides direct-to-consumer retailers with a cost-effective solution for shipping by utilizing a machine-learning-based data engine. This technology helps businesses select the most suitable courier service, generate shipping labels, and track orders from a centralized dashboard. In addition to its shipping services, Shiprocket also offers high-quality packaging materials through Shiprocket Packaging, ensuring brands and businesses of all sizes have access to necessary resources for their operations. With a focus on efficient and reliable service, Shiprocket aims to simplify the shipping and returns management process for its users across India.
Ola Electric Mobility, founded in May 2017 by Ankit Jain and Anand Shah, is headquartered in Bengaluru, India. The company specializes in electric vehicles (EVs) and is focused on creating a vertically integrated ecosystem for manufacturing EVs and core components like battery packs, motors, and vehicle frames at its Ola Futurefactory. Ola Electric aims to enhance the adoption of electric mobility in India by providing reliable and affordable transportation solutions, including shared daily mobility through leasing electric cars. In addition to its domestic focus, the company is exploring opportunities to export its EVs to select international markets, aiming to capitalize on the growing demand for electrification in the mobility sector.
Grab Holdings Inc., based in Singapore, is a prominent mobile technology platform operating in Southeast Asia. Founded in 2012, the company offers a wide range of services, including ride-sharing through GrabTaxi and GrabCar, and food and grocery delivery. Grab also provides financial services, such as payments, consumer loans, and insurance, catering to both merchants and consumers. Its platform connects drivers and customers, generating revenue primarily through commissions from ride-sharing and food delivery services. Grab operates in eight countries, including Singapore, Indonesia, and Malaysia, where it holds a significant market share. The company has expanded its offerings to include various options for transportation and delivery, as well as a mobile wallet for seamless transactions. Grab continues to face competition from other regional players, such as Foodpanda and Gojek.
Carro is an automotive marketplace that offers a full-stack service for all aspects of car ownership. It challenges the traditional way of buying and selling of cars through a proprietary pricing algorithm. Carro also provides a range of services that offer everything a car owner needs throughout their car ownership journeys such as an in-house financing solution warranty options and Singapore’s first on-demand roadside recovery platform. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Singapore.
Xiaohongshu, founded in 2013 and based in Shanghai, is a lifestyle sharing platform that facilitates the exchange of experiences through text, images, and videos. Initially created to assist overseas travelers with shopping, it has transformed into a vibrant community focused on various lifestyle topics, including cosmetics, fashion, food, travel, entertainment, reading, fitness, and childcare. The platform allows users to post their favorite products, share shopping experiences, and discover global merchandise, particularly in the luxury and fashion sectors. It serves as both a social network and a social e-commerce platform, enabling users to review and purchase products from abroad.
GoTo Group is an Indonesian technology company formed by the merger of Gojek and Tokopedia in May 2021. It integrates e-commerce, ride-hailing, delivery, and financial services into a single platform, primarily serving the Indonesian market. In 2024, GoTo divested its e-commerce business, partnering with TikTok Indonesia to create a new entity. Following this change, the company is expected to see its on-demand services generate the majority of its revenue, while its financial services begin to grow. Before the divestment, a significant portion of its non-financial services revenue was derived from e-commerce activities, and the company plans to expand its offerings to include loans and buy now, pay later options, enhancing its overall service ecosystem.
Momenta is an autonomous driving startup based in Beijing that specializes in developing advanced software solutions for full autonomy in vehicles. The company leverages deep learning technologies for perception, high-definition semantic mapping, and data-driven path planning, providing multi-level autonomous driving solutions alongside big data products and services. Momenta's team includes leading experts in computer vision and deep learning, contributing to the company's innovative approach to autonomous driving. Their technology is designed to enhance driving efficiency and safety, aiming to improve the overall experience for users through artificial intelligence.
ShareChat is an Indian social media startup founded in 2015 and headquartered in Bangalore, Karnataka. The platform is designed to cater to India's diverse vernacular audience, offering content consumption and sharing services exclusively in 15 Indian languages. With a focus on understanding the needs of its users, ShareChat enables individuals to connect through private messaging, tagging, and personal messaging features. Users can share a variety of content, including videos, jokes, and songs, fostering a vibrant community that reflects the rich linguistic diversity of India. The platform serves over 1.17 billion wireless network users in the country, positioning itself as a significant player in the social media landscape.
Private Equity Round in 2021
Ola operates a mobile technology platform that integrates city transportation for customers and driver partners in India. Its mobile application allows its customers to book a range of cabs, auto-rickshaws, bikes, and shuttle buses. Ola's mobile application allows customers to book city taxi, outstation travel, car rental, and corporate travel services. Its mobile application is available on Windows, Android, and iOS platforms. Ankit Bhati and Bhavish Aggarwal founded Ola on December 1, 2010. It has its headquarters with additional offices in Bengaluru in India.
Private Equity Round in 2021
Waymo stands for a new way forward in mobility. it is a self-driving technology company with a mission to make it safe and easy for people and things to move around. Waymo improves transportation by building software and sensor technology developed in Google’s labs since 2009. In October 2015, they achieved the world’s first fully self-driving trip on public roads, in a car without a steering wheel or pedals. They refine Waymo technology through one billion miles of simulation testing each year, and the cars have self-driven over two million miles on public roads across four U.S. cities.
Einride is a freight technology company providing digital, electric, and autonomous shipping. It was founded in 2016 and became the world’s first company to operate an autonomous, electric freight vehicle on a public road in 2019. Einride´s award-winning technology and products enable users to execute on electrification and automation, order and track shipments, oversee routes and assignments, visualize data and gain insights.
Private Equity Round in 2021
Arrive Logistics is a carrier and customer-centric logistics company that focuses on defining a new standard for service in freight and delivers unparalleled service, seamless tech capabilities, and custom strategic solutions. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.
Duckbill provides container trucking transportation services, international freight forwarding, and warehousing services by using big data and AI.
DiDi Freight is a freight service platform that focuses on intra-city shipping and moving solutions. The company offers a variety of vehicles to meet diverse transportation needs, ensuring each delivery is fully insured and drivers are rigorously screened. DiDi Freight aims to provide transparent pricing and reliable services to enhance the shipping experience for customers.
Omio offers a multi-mode search tool that compares and combines rail, air, bus, and car for destinations. The tool is designed to suggest nearby airports and train routes connect up where they would like to go and also estimating the entire length of travel time. After pulling in diverse data sources to offer various route options, Omio also makes it easier to visualize which routes are better and compare the cost of different travel options, displaying a comparative chart based on what is the cheapest or fastest. The platform does not include urban public transport options in any market such as buses but rather is designed for helping travelers make long-distance travel plans. The company was founded in 2012 and headquartered in Berlin, Germany.
CarTrade.com is India’s leading online automotive market for buyers and sellers of new and used vehicles. Our car auctions take place across more than 80 cities with over 1200 dealers participating in these auctions. This enables us to empower the buyers and the seller to choose the most suitable vehicles at the most affordable prices.
Doordash provides restaurant food delivery services connecting customers with local businesses. The company is passionate about transforming local businesses and is dedicated to enabling new ways of working, earning, and living. By building the last-mile delivery infrastructure for local cities Doordash is bringing communities closer. It connects customers with their favorite local and national restaurants and Fang, Evan Moore, Stanley Tang, and Tony Xu launched the company as PaloAltoDelivery.com in 2013, which became DoorDash, Inc. in October 2014.
DoorDash, Inc. is a logistics platform that connects merchants, consumers, and delivery personnel in the United States and internationally. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company facilitates restaurant food delivery services, allowing customers to order from local and national eateries through its app. DoorDash operates a marketplace that helps merchants enhance their online presence, manage customer acquisition, and streamline delivery processes. In addition to food delivery, the platform serves various businesses, including grocery, retail, and pet supply stores. The company has expanded its services into Europe through the acquisition of Wolt in 2022, reinforcing its commitment to building last-mile delivery infrastructure and transforming local commerce.
Omio is a travel platform founded in 2012 and headquartered in Berlin, Germany. It allows users to compare, plan, and book various modes of travel, including trains, buses, flights, and hotels. The platform features a multi-mode search tool that helps travelers explore different route options by integrating diverse data sources, making it easier to visualize and compare costs and travel times. Omio does not include urban public transport options but focuses on long-distance travel planning. The service aims to provide a simple, flexible, and personalized experience for travel enthusiasts, facilitating real-time price comparisons and bookings based on users' preferred dates and locations.
Ola operates a mobile technology platform that integrates city transportation for customers and driver partners in India. Its mobile application allows its customers to book a range of cabs, auto-rickshaws, bikes, and shuttle buses. Ola's mobile application allows customers to book city taxi, outstation travel, car rental, and corporate travel services. Its mobile application is available on Windows, Android, and iOS platforms. Ankit Bhati and Bhavish Aggarwal founded Ola on December 1, 2010. It has its headquarters with additional offices in Bengaluru in India.
Rent the Runway is an e-commerce platform that enables women to rent designer apparel and accessories, transforming the traditional fashion model by promoting renting over purchasing. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in New York, the company offers a diverse selection of items, including party dresses, gowns, outerwear, workwear, and accessories like jewelry and handbags. Customers can choose from various offerings, including a subscription service for an unlimited closet experience or a pay-per-rental option. Rent the Runway collaborates with over 550 designer partners, boasting hundreds of thousands of available pieces. The company also emphasizes technological innovation and a unique logistics operation to enhance customer service. With retail locations in cities like New York, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C., Rent the Runway has garnered over eight million users and employs a diverse workforce, with a commitment to supporting female entrepreneurship through its foundation.
Gojek is an app that providing a variety of services from payments, food delivery, transportation, and logistics. The app is used for food ordering, commuting, digital payments, shopping, hyper-local delivery, getting a massage, and other services. It aims to create a positive socio-economic impact on customers, driver-partners, business, and MSMEs. Gojek is backed by investors including Google, Facebook, PayPal, Sequoia Capital, and Tencent Holdings. The company was founded in 2009 in Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia by Kevin Aluwi, Nadiem Makarim, and Michaelangelo Moran.
Private Equity Round in 2017
Meituan Bike, previously known as Mobike, is a Chinese bicycle-sharing service that operates a fully station-less model. Founded in January 2015 by Davis Wang Xiao Feng, Hu Wei Wei, and Xia Yi Ping, the company is headquartered in Beijing. Meituan Bike allows users to easily locate and rent bicycles through a mobile application, facilitating convenient transportation for short urban trips. The bicycles are equipped with smart locks and can be reserved via the app, offering a seamless user experience. In April 2018, the company was acquired by Meituan-Dianping for $2.7 billion and was rebranded as Meituan Bike in January 2019 as part of the integration process. The service has grown significantly since its inception, contributing to the development of urban mobility solutions in China.
CarTrade.com is India’s leading online automotive market for buyers and sellers of new and used vehicles. Our car auctions take place across more than 80 cities with over 1200 dealers participating in these auctions. This enables us to empower the buyers and the seller to choose the most suitable vehicles at the most affordable prices.
NIO Inc. is a pioneer in China’s premium smart electric vehicle market. NIO’s mission is to shape a joyful lifestyle by offering premium smart electric vehicles and being the best user enterprise. NIO designs, jointly manufactures, and sells smart and connected premium electric vehicles, driving innovations in next generation technologies in connectivity, autonomous driving and artificial intelligence. Redefining the user experience, NIO provides users with comprehensive, convenient and innovative charging solutions and other user-centric services. NIO began deliveries of the ES8, a 7-seater high-performance premium electric SUV in China in June 2018, and its variant, the six-seater ES8, in March 2019. NIO officially launched the ES6, a 5-seater high-performance premium electric SUV, in December 2018 and began deliveries in June 2019. NIO officially launched the EC6, a 5-seater smart premium electric Coupe SUV, in December 2019 and plans to commence deliveries in 2020.
CarTrade.com is India’s leading online automotive market for buyers and sellers of new and used vehicles. Our car auctions take place across more than 80 cities with over 1200 dealers participating in these auctions. This enables us to empower the buyers and the seller to choose the most suitable vehicles at the most affordable prices.
Private Equity Round in 2015
Didi Chuxing is a mobile transportation platform that offers app-based transportation services. The company offers a mobile tech-based mobility option for users across, including taxi-hailing, private car-hailing, Hitch (social ride-sharing), DiDi Chauffeur, DiDi Bus, DiDi Test Drive, DiDi Car Rental, and DiDi Enterprise Solutions. As a practitioner in the sharing economy initiative, DiDi is committed to working with communities and partners to solve transportation, environmental challenges, and employment problems using big data-driven deep-learning algorithms that optimize resource allocation.
Airbnb operates an online platform that connects hosts with guests seeking short-term accommodations. The company facilitates bookings and provides tools for both parties to manage their transactions. Airbnb focuses on various types of lodging, including homes and unique stays.
Didi Chuxing is a mobile transportation platform that offers app-based transportation services. The company offers a mobile tech-based mobility option for users across, including taxi-hailing, private car-hailing, Hitch (social ride-sharing), DiDi Chauffeur, DiDi Bus, DiDi Test Drive, DiDi Car Rental, and DiDi Enterprise Solutions. As a practitioner in the sharing economy initiative, DiDi is committed to working with communities and partners to solve transportation, environmental challenges, and employment problems using big data-driven deep-learning algorithms that optimize resource allocation.