Company type | Private company |
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Industry | Technology, delivery, transportation |
Founded | September 2016 |
Founder | Mehdi Nayebi and Mehrshad Pezeshk |
Headquarters | , |
Website | alopeyk |
AloPeyk is an on-demand delivery company based in Iran. It was founded in 2016.
History
AloPeyk was founded in September 2016 by Mehdi Nayebi and Mehrshad Pezeshk who moved from Europe to Tehran to start the company.[1] By 2017, the company was reported to deliver 10,000 packages per day.[2] The app was removed from the App Store by Apple that year in compliance with U.S. sanctions against Iran.[3]
In 2018, the Financial Times reported that AloPeyk had hired 50,000 motorcycle couriers and 10,000 van drivers since its founding.[4] To fund its expansion, the company received investments in 2019 from Turquoise Partners and others.[5] In 2021, the company claimed to have shipped 75 million packages since its founding, and to have 15,000 active daily drivers on its platform.[6]
Operations
The company was reported to have gained initial market share by offering lower prices than its competitors enabled by utilizing algorithms and computer software to reduce the idle time of its delivery drivers to lower costs.[7][8]
See also
References
- ^ "Successful Ideators: A conversation with AloPeyk". ایده پردازان. 2018-02-14. Retrieved 2021-04-08.
- ^ "Motorbike Delivery: A Business Redefined". Financial Tribune. 2017-04-28. Archived from the original on 2019-01-03. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
- ^ "Apple cuts Iran-made apps from store over sanctions". NZ Herald. 25 August 2017. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
- ^ "Start-up republic: can Iran's booming tech sector thrive?". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 2018-04-17. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
- ^ "AloPeyk on Expansion Spree". Financial Tribune. 2019-05-05. Archived from the original on 2019-05-06. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
- ^ "AloPeyk now has 15,000 couriers operating each day". زومیت (in Persian). 2021-05-01. Archived from the original on 2021-05-02. Retrieved 2021-05-02.
- ^ "A conversation with the chief of AloPeyk". ASR Iran. Archived from the original on 2018-11-29.
- ^ "AloPeyk is the first online on-delivery service in Tehran". FarsNews.