Russian-same day delivery service raises $15 million in funding
Dostavista, a Russian same-day delivery service operating globally, has raised $15 million in a Series B funding round led by Vostok New Ventures to focus on product, marketing, and sales.
Dostavista claims it enables delivery in 90 minutes or precisely on time, via any route, any transport, any weight or size, for a competitive price. Its algorithms optimise numerous parallel deliveries taking into account the geographical routes, packages’ contents, couriers and many others to ensure the feasibility of the same-day delivery.
All customers need to do is request a delivery on the Dostavista website or via its mobile app and a courier will pick up and deliver the requested item in less than 90 minutes. Dostavista aims at offering convenience to the customers, while giving sellers the advantage of shipping products in extremely short time, regardless of the size of their company.
“These days it’s possible to order food to your house in a half-hour, taxi in minutes, but unless you’re an Amazon Prime member, your options for affordable, same-day delivery of goods are very limited,” says Mike Alexandrovski, founder of Dostavista. “That’s a problem and one we intend to solve.”
“Over the years we observed how our on-demand delivery changes people’s habits and frees up time for better things in life, creates new business opportunities and provides employment to hundreds of thousands of people. We are already the market leader by number of countries of operation and we are preparing our technology, operations, and sales for exponential growth ahead,” continues Alexandrovski.
Founded in 2012, Dostavista now employs almost 400 people with offices and operations in 11 countries including Brazil, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, the Philippines, Russia, Thailand, Turkey and Vietnam.
