B2B Logistics Tech Platform Oorjaa Raises Rs 9 Cr In Pre-Series A Round

B2B logistics tech platform Oorjaa has raised around Rs 9 crore in a Pre-Series A round led by Inflection Point Ventures. The round also saw participation from a clutch of HNIs who have invested in personal capacity and through Vinners angel investing platform.

The funds will be used to focus on the product and tech development, expanding into new geographies and on working capital requirements.

Oorjaa was founded by Sandeep Patil, Prashant Mohite and Yogesh Parab, each with uniquely diverse and complementary skill sets in late 2019. Oorjaa offers technology driven logistics solutions aided with transformative technology solutions on auto-routing, network optimization, data analytics, trip management and highly efficient operating processes run by the most skilled and trained manpower.

The company so far has bootstrapped to a two-digit ARR with founders’ capital and investment of around Rs. 40lLakh.

Since its launch in November 2019, Oorjaa has expanded to 15+ cities, 30+ Hub locations, conducting 4000+ orders per day with 200+ Vehicles (inclusive of EV Cargo Vehicles, promoting sustainability). Their B2B clientele include some of the most well-known large e-commerce, food-tech & e-groceries companies.

Mitesh Shah, Co-Founder, Inflection Point Ventures says, “Timely movement of goods without any damage to the product has always been the companies’ primary need. As many companies move high value products or look for tracking of shipment, tech solutions are the go-to solutions. Understanding this gap, Oorjaa successfully designed a technology enabled logistics solution which provides end to end automation for varied delivery requirements.”

As part of its clientele Oorjaa works with companies like Flipkart Wholesale, Jio Mart, Udaan, Zomato Hyperpure, Big Basket amongst others.

In the intra-city logistics segment, the problem exists in streamlining supply chain processes supported by real time solutions to improve the delivery time. Oorjaa has built a smart tracker which tracks all the data from the order placed to POD (Proof of Delivery). They have also built a 5 step Intelligent Routing solution to get order inputs, identify optimal solutions, factor available vehicles, modify routes and formulate the final best optimized route plan.

Sandeep Patil, CEO & Co-Founder, Oorjaa says, “In last 2 years, we have achieved product market fit with bootstrapped capital. With this fund raise, we target to grow multi-fold across geographies and offer digitalized and intelligent logistics solutions to our clients with a sole focus to optimize their intra-city logistics requirements.”

The Intra City Logistics market is $3.5 billion market & expected to grow by 2X by 2025. It is presently served by the unorganised and fragmented transporters with rudimentary working styles.

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