Chaldal.com (Bengali: চালডাল.কম), founded in 2013, is a grocery e-commerce platform in Bangladesh. The company offers its services via a website and mobile apps for Android and iOS. “Chaldal” is a Bengali word colloquially used to refer to "groceries" (Chal means Rice, and Dal means Pulses). Chaldal started as an online grocery service provider and has since gone on to redefine supply chains, ease commodity trade, support refugee camps, and reduce food wastage by building technology into the supply chain, all the way back to the farms.[1]
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Native name | চালডাল |
|---|---|
| Company type | Private |
| Industry | Food and grocery |
| Founded | September 2013 |
| Headquarters | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Area served | Dhaka, Chattogram, Narayanganj, Jashore, Khulna, Sylhet, Rajshahi, Gazipur |
Key people | Waseem Alim, CEO; Zia Ashraf, COO; Tejas Viswanath, CTO |
| Services | Grocery Delivery |
Number of employees | 2300+ (2023) |
| Website | chaldal |
Chaldal operates in Dhaka, Narayanganj, Chittagong, Jashore, Khulna, Sylhet, and Rajshahi. As of February 2022, it has a total of 28 active warehouses.[2]
Description
editChaldal was founded by Waseem Alim (Founder and CEO), Zia Ashraf (Founder and COO), and Tejas Viswanath (Founder and CTO).[3] The company initially started with one warehouse/ office in Gulshan, Dhaka while offering next day delivery.[4]
In 2017, Chaldal received financing from IFC (International Finance Corporation), World Bank. The company has also received funding from other private, national and international venture capitalists through different series of investments.[5][6][7]
Chaldal has a website and Android and iOS app for smartphone users where users can order products.[8] Orders can also be phoned in. Customers can choose their preferred time slots for delivery.
Achievement
editIn 2020 Chaldal was announced as the best e-commerce company of the year at Digital World 2020 for serving its customers loyally during the COVID-19 crisis. It was ranked ninth in the world's best 500 startups in 2015. The ranking was produced by Forbes Magazine's startup assister ‘Y Combinator’.[9][10][11] It has also received The Daily Star E-Business Of The Year 2017.[12] Its name comes up in FT/IFC Transformation Business Award 2018.[13]
References
edit- ^ Hasan, Mahmudul (2022-01-31). "Chaldal on expansion spree". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
- ^ Hasan, Mahmudul (2022-01-31). "Chaldal on expansion spree". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
- ^ "The Chaldal story: They dreamt of serving 30 orders a day. Now they are eyeing one lakh daily orders". The Business Standard. 2022-03-03. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
- ^ "The Chaldal story: They dreamt of serving 30 orders a day. Now they are eyeing one lakh daily orders". The Business Standard. 2022-03-03. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
- ^ "IFC To Invest Up To $3m In Chaldal: Deal Street Asia". Future Startup. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
- ^ "IFC may invest up to $3m in Bangladeshi online grocery firm Chaldal". DEALSTREETASIA. Bhawna Gupta. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
- ^ Bansal, Varsha (2017-11-17). "Global investors heading to India are beginning to make a stopover at Bangladesh". Varsha Bansal. India times. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
- ^ "Android Apps of Chaladal.com". banglanews24. 2015-08-25. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
- ^ "Online grocery shop Chaldal among world's top ten startup 2015". The Daily Ittefaq. 2015-12-31. Archived from the original on 9 July 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
- ^ "Chaldal.com makes Y Combinator's Top Ten List". The Daily Star. 2016-01-18. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
- ^ "Chaldal ranks 9th on Y Combinator survey". Dhaka Tribune. 2016-01-03. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
- ^ "Seven individuals and organizations received ICT Awards Daily Star". The Daily Ittefaq. 2017-12-29. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
- ^ "In the International Awards list, Bangladesh's Chaldal.com". The Daily Jugantor. 2018-05-07. Retrieved 8 July 2018.