Aids expansion of India-based delivery and order management specialist in Saudi Arabia
Agility recently announced that its venture capital arm, Agility Ventures, has invested in Shiprocket, India’s leading tech-enabled last-mile delivery aggregator and order management platform, based in New Delhi.
Shiprocket has attracted investment from multiple global and Indian venture capital firms and e-commerce service providers since it was established in 2017. The company simplifies last-mile delivery by consolidating invoices, offering more affordable prices, and locating the fastest, most reliable couriers.
Henadi Al-Saleh, Agility Chairperson and head of Agility Ventures, announced the investment, saying it was part of Agility’s strategy to expand its leadership in digital logistics and e-commerce in high-growth markets through in-house development, acquisitions, and investment in innovative startups.
Al-Saleh indicated Shiprocket has the ‘first-mover advantage’ in India’s potentially massive e-commerce market and has built successful products for which there is a growing appetite in the Middle East/North Africa, including post-checkout services for smaller digital sellers.
“Shiprocket has excelled by building cutting-edge products that solve major logistics problems for business customers as they scale, much like PayPal supported merchants with payments solutions. It has also managed to plug a big hole in the B2C e-commerce space by offering customers of direct-to-consumer brands a seamless post-checkout experience that includes delivery,” Al-Saleh remarked.
“The Middle East is a key market for Shiprocket and we are working towards providing the best technology solutions for e-commerce sellers, D2C brands and SMEs in the region via our Shiprocket Direct and Wigzo platforms,” commented Akshay Ghulati, Co-Founder, Shiprocket.
