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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

Dunzo, a Bengaluru-based hyperlocal delivery startup founded in 2014, has been pivotal in India's quick commerce sector, offering on-demand delivery services for groceries, medicines, and other essentials. The company secured significant investments

Cash-strapped Dunzo cuts workforce to 50 as it searches frantically for capital . . . BENGALURU :Reliance Retail-backed Dunzo has laid off 150 employees in a fresh round of layoffs, leaving the e-commerce delivery firm with just 50 employees in its c

From a $750M valuation to unpaid salaries and bankruptcy—what went wrong with #Dunzo? Dunzo’s story is a cautionary tale for startups chasing growth at all costs. Once a pioneer in hyperlocal delivery, it lost its way due to aggressive expansion,

#10 Dunzo When launching their hyperlocal delivery startup in 2015, Dunzo's founders did all the deliveries themselves from a small warehouse initially. From delivering groceries to picking up laundry, they hustled to understand user needs. Even af

How Mota Bhai Killed Dunzo In 2016, Dunzo had a wild idea: “Why wait when we can deliver anything in 24 minutes?” It was genius BACK THEN. They didn’t rush into every city like headless chickens; instead, they went city by city, perfecting their ga

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Has anyone here tried products or services from Reliance Industries and Adani Group? I’ve personally had disappointing experiences with Reliance—be it their FMCG products, buggy apps, or even the subpar quality of their TV channels. It feels like the

As I mentioned earlier, we have decided to shift our focus from the online category to the offline category. We are now building a hyperlocal quick-service app that offers cab and bike taxi services, food and local delivery, home gig professionals, a

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