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Logistics Company Ecom Express expands to Bangladesh
BUSINESS

Logistics Company Ecom Express expands to Bangladesh

Dhaka, 15th Jan 2021: Logistics solutions provider Ecom Express is foraying into the Bangladesh market, marking its maiden venture outside India, a statement said. Ecom Express invested USD 11 million (about Rs 80.6 crore) in Bangladesh's largest third-party e-commerce logistics firm, Paperfly. "With more than 167 million inhabitants and over 90 million internet users, the e-commerce industry in Bangladesh is emerging and has become one of the fastest growing markets in the region. The increasing per-capita disposable income has fueled higher consumption from expanding middle classes," it added. Founded in 2016 by Shahriar Hasan, Md Razibul Islam, Rahath Ahmed and Shamsuddin Ahmed, Paperfly is the first homegrown technology-enabled logistics company in Bangladesh. "The investm...
Logistics Management Software Provider FarEye Raises $3.5 Million
FUNDING

Logistics Management Software Provider FarEye Raises $3.5 Million

FarEye, a logistics management software provider, today said it has raised USD 3.5 million (Rs 20 crore) from SAIF Partners. The series A funding will be used for business expansion to other territories, FarEye said in a statement. There is a strong road-map of product enhancement for next 12 months and new features will be added regularly, it added. The company plans to integrate with IoT platforms and drones to enable automated delivery. "We are profitable B2B startup and believe in organic growth. Plagued by operational inefficiencies and high costs, the USD 60,000 billion logistics industry provides a huge opportunity to FarEye. We are here to streamline logistics in all industry verticals," FarEye co-founder Kushal Nahata said. Established in 2013 by Kushal Naha...