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Dunzo's Challenges Dunzo, a hyperlocal delivery startup, has faced financial difficulties and competition, leading to downsizing and eventual shutdown of its app and website in January 2025. Reliance Retail, the largest shareholder, reportedly wrote

An idea - Karobuddy App. Startup Name: KaroBuddy Tagline: One App. Every Kaam. Intro: KaroBuddy is a hyperlocal service app that connects people with nearby helpers (“Buddies”) who can complete any real-world task — from picking up street food or l

Reliance Retail is re-entering quick commerce, backing Dunzo and Grab through JioMart. With Flipkart and Amazon also eyeing this space, competition in India's instant delivery market is intensifying. Success in quick commerce isn't just about speed

Pieter Abbeel, Peter Chen, and Rocky Duan, the founders of the AI robots business Covariant, as well as about 25% of the startup's staff, have been hired by Amazon. A non-exclusive license has also been granted to Amazon for the use of Covariant's ro

Why is Dunzo Failing? So Dunzo started with hyperlocal deliveries. And later expanded to multiple services. By 2021, it was almost a unicorn but there was a issue! It was loosing about *10 every 1 earned. In 2021, looking at trends, it also entere

KiranaPro Becomes India’s First ONDC-Powered Quick Commerce Platform KiranaPro, India’s leading AI-driven quick commerce platform, has become the first and only ONDC-integrated company in this space. This move enables KiranaPro to connect millions o

Magicpin Launches 15-Minute Food Delivery Service New Service of Magicpin: Magicnow Hyperlocal delivery startup magicpin has announced the launch of magicNOW, a revolutionary 15-minute food delivery service. Following a successful pilot phase, magicN

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📉 The Rise and Fall of ZEPTO ! 🚀 Zepto was the first to scale 10 minute delivery to the space and it was poster child of Indian startup speed. From college dorm to $1.4B valuation in under 2 years. 10-minute deliveries. Blitzscaling. Heavy VC ba

To all new startup founders, here's how 7 different startups hustled for their first customers. If you're feeling disheartened, I hope their stories will inspire you to keep on going! 1 & 2: Tinder & Alibaba - Physically travelled to their first use