December 26th, 2018
The grocery delivery platform Grofers aims to garner $2.5 billion (around Rs 17,500 crore) in revenue by 2020 as it scales up its private label offerings in the country and focusses on expanding repeat purchases in its platform.
The company, which has recently completed five years of its operations, has a revenue run rate...
May 30th, 2018While yesterday we reported Flipkart foraying into grocery market to rival BigBasket and Grofers, another news today has surfaced that E-commerce giant Amazon is aggressively ramping up selection for grocery on its platform and focussing on speedier delivery to capture its hold in the grocery venture.
The grocery wing of the online...
May 29th, 2018After witnessing a behemoth $16 billion acquisition by US giant Walmart, Flipkart is set to take over welltrenched rivals in the grocery marketplace bringing head-on competition for mammoth players Amazon India, Grofers and BigBasket.
According to the sources, the Indian retailer is planning to launch grocery services in 5 cities by...
March 16th, 2018Gurgaon based online hyperlocal market startup Grofers raises 400 crore funding from Japanese conglomerate SoftBank Group, Tiger Global, and Apoletto Asia. The Grofers has raised so far $226.5 million funding.
However the early investor in Grofers, Sequoia Capital will not participate in this round.
Pixr8 news was the first...
February 23rd, 2018Bengaluru- Guragon based online grocery start-up Grofers is looking to raise $65 Million fresh funding from leading investors like Softbank & Tiger global. But the funding round will devalued 40% of Grofers valuation as per the report published by LiveMint.
However the early investor in Grofers, Sequoia Capital will not...
April 19th, 2017India's online grocery delivery service BigBasket and smaller rival Grofers India Pvt. Ltd. have begun talks on a possible merger, Indian newspaper Mint reported on Wednesday, citing sources.
If the merger goes through, SoftBank Group (9984.T), which is an existing investor in Grofers', will participate in a $60 million to $100...
March 26th, 2017The government has received investment proposals from three companies, including Amazon and Grofers, worth USD 695 million for retail of food products in India under the new FDI policy.
"Three companies Super Market Groceries Supplies (Big Basket), Grofers India and Amazon Corporate Holdings have submitted their proposals for seeking...
March 15th, 2017Grofers, the on-demand e-commerce mobile and web application, is now enabling payment via meal vouchers by partnering with Sodexo. Grofers customers will now be able to pay for their groceries, fruits, vegetables and bakery items through Sodexo meal vouchers, in addition to the multiple payment options that presently exist on the app and...
May 11th, 2016Japanese telecom giant SoftBank today said its investee companies in India - Snapdeal, Oyo Rooms, Ola and Hike - saw good traction even though its own profits dropped 27 percent for the fiscal ended March.
SoftBank's sales for 2015-16 totalled 9.15 trillion yen ($84 billion), up nearly 8 percent from the previous financial...
April 23rd, 2016PepperTap, a Hyperlocal delivery startup founded in 2013 by Navneet Singh and Milind Sharma shuts down its grocery delivery operations. Peppertap will focus on building a logistics company to compete with startups including Delhivery, Flipkart's ekart division and go Javas head on, multiple sources told Pixr8.
In March,...
