Pickupp, a Hong Kong-based customer-centric on-demand delivery company that claims to be redefining logistics with its transparent customer-centric service and technology.
The startup, which was founded in 2016, has operations in Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, and Taiwan, and provides logistical support to over 20,000 enterprises, including MNCs, logistics giants, retail, and e-commerce.
Customers may arrange a delivery at any time economically and feasibly thanks to highly optimised batching and chaining technologies, while real-time GPS tracking ensures end-to-end transparency with Pickupp’s flexible delivery windows and convenient scheduling tool.
Pickupp, co-founder and chief executive officer Crystal Pang says there is tremendous growth opportunities in the region, and through their tech-driven solutions and services, Pickupp can enhance the support they provide to companies with customise logistics and last-minute delivery solutions.
Crystal also shares insights on:
- the story behind Pickupp and her journey so far since she co-founded the company
- the key pain points they are addressing
- Pickupp’s business model. What makes them different from other logistic delivery models?
- how the pandemic has impacted the business
- the size of the market and the growth opportunities and challenges
- the growing use of online-to-offline (O2O) services in multiple markets that they are present in
- the fundraising journey and what investors see in them, and the company’s current valuation
- how the recent funds raised from Reefknot will be deployed; points out that it will be used to strengthen its dispatch network with the expansion of new satellite warehouses across different markets and to further support innovation and developments in Pickupp’s technology to better meet the evolving demand for last-mile deliveries
- plans for the business and the exit strategy
Guest: Crystal Pang, Co-founder and CEO of Pickupp
Host: Brian Fernandez
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