Chaldal.com
{{short description|Bangladeshi grocery and food website}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Chaldal.com
| logo = Chaldal.com logo.png
| native_name = চালডাল
| type = Private
| industry = Food and Grocery
| founded = September 2013
| hq_location_city = Dhaka, Bangladesh
| area_served = {{hlist|Dhaka|Chattogram|Narayanganj|Jashore|Khulna|Sylhet|Rajshahi|Gazipur}}
| key_people = {{Unbulleted list|Waseem Alim (CEO)| Zia Ashraf (COO)| Tejas Viswanath (CTO)}}
| products =
| brands = {{Unbulleted list|BanglaMeds|Cookups|Chalao|GoGo Bangla|Protocol}}
| services = {{Unbulleted list|Online grocer}}
| num_employees = 2300+ (2023)
| parent =
| website = {{url|https://chaldal.com/}}
}}
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.{{Cite web |last=Hasan |first=Mahmudul |date=2022-01-31 |title=Chaldal on expansion spree |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/business/economy/news/chaldal-expansion-spree-2950981 |access-date=2022-03-10 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}
Chaldal operates in Dhaka, Narayanganj, Chittagong, Jashore, Khulna, Sylhet, and Rajshahi. As of February 2022, it has a total of 28 active warehouses.{{Cite web |last=Hasan |first=Mahmudul |date=2022-01-31 |title=Chaldal on expansion spree |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/business/economy/news/chaldal-expansion-spree-2950981 |access-date=2022-03-10 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}
Description
Chaldal was founded by Waseem Alim (Founder and CEO), Zia Ashraf (Founder and COO), and Tejas Viswanath (Founder and CTO).{{Cite web |date=2022-03-03 |title=The Chaldal story: They dreamt of serving 30 orders a day. Now they are eyeing one lakh daily orders |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/features/panorama/chaldal-story-they-dreamt-serving-30-orders-day-now-they-are-eyeing-one-lakh-daily |access-date=2022-03-10 |website=The Business Standard |language=en}} The company initially started with one warehouse/ office in Gulshan, Dhaka while offering next day delivery.{{Cite web |date=2022-03-03 |title=The Chaldal story: They dreamt of serving 30 orders a day. Now they are eyeing one lakh daily orders |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/features/panorama/chaldal-story-they-dreamt-serving-30-orders-day-now-they-are-eyeing-one-lakh-daily |access-date=2022-03-10 |website=The Business Standard |language=en}}
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.{{cite web |title=IFC To Invest Up To $3m In Chaldal: Deal Street Asia |url=https://futurestartup.com/2017/09/06/ifc-invest-3m-chaldal-deal-street-asia/ |website=Future Startup |accessdate=8 July 2018}}{{cite web |title=IFC may invest up to $3m in Bangladeshi online grocery firm Chaldal |url=https://www.dealstreetasia.com/stories/81333-81333/ |website=DEALSTREETASIA |publisher=Bhawna Gupta |accessdate=8 July 2018}}{{cite news |last1=Bansal |first1=Varsha |title=Global investors heading to India are beginning to make a stopover at Bangladesh |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/startups/features/global-investors-heading-to-india-are-beginning-to-make-a-stopover-at-bangladesh/articleshow/61678920.cms |accessdate=8 July 2018 |agency=India times |publisher=Varsha Bansal |date=2017-11-17}}
Chaldal has a website and Android and iOS app for smartphone users where users can order products.{{cite news |title=Android Apps of Chaladal.com |url=http://www.banglanews24.com/information-technology/news/bd/420101.details |accessdate=8 July 2018 |agency=banglanews24 |date=2015-08-25}} Orders can also be phoned in. Customers can choose their preferred time slots for delivery.
Achievement
In 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’.{{cite news |title=Online grocery shop Chaldal among world’s top ten startup 2015 |url=https://www.clickittefaq.com/online-grocery-shop-chaldal-in-worlds-top-ten-startup-2015/ |accessdate=8 July 2018 |agency=The Daily Ittefaq |date=2015-12-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709010121/https://www.clickittefaq.com/online-grocery-shop-chaldal-in-worlds-top-ten-startup-2015/ |archive-date=9 July 2018 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |title=Chaldal.com makes Y Combinator's Top Ten List |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bytes/tech-happening/chaldalcom-makes-y-combinators-top-ten-list-203230 |accessdate=8 July 2018 |agency=The Daily Star |date=2016-01-18}}{{cite news |title=Chaldal ranks 9th on Y Combinator survey |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/uncategorized/2016/01/03/chaldal-ranks-9th-on-y-combinator-survey |accessdate=8 July 2018 |agency=Dhaka Tribune |date=2016-01-03}} It has also received The Daily Star E-Business Of The Year 2017.{{cite news |title=Seven individuals and organizations received ICT Awards Daily Star |url=http://www.ittefaq.com.bd/print-edition/city/2017/12/29/246246.html |accessdate=8 July 2018 |agency=The Daily Ittefaq |date=2017-12-29}} Its name comes up in FT/IFC Transformation Business Award 2018.{{cite news |title=In the International Awards list, Bangladesh's Chaldal.com |url=https://www.jugantor.com/economics/46220/%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95-%E0%A6%85%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%93%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A1%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%9F-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%AE |accessdate=8 July 2018 |agency=The Daily Jugantor |date=2018-05-07}}
Funding
| class="wikitable"
!Date of funding !Transaction Name !Number of Investors !Fund Raised |
| Jun 26, 2024
|Series C |Bangladesh Venture Capital |
| Aug 23, 2022
|Series C |Startup Bangladesh |
| Sep 15, 2021
|Series C |Taavet Hinrikus, Xploration Capital, and 2 more |
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.chaldal.com}}
- {{Facebook|Chaldal}}
- [https://foxparcel.com/best-online-grocery-shops-in-bangladesh/ The 10 Best Online Grocery Shops In Bangladesh]
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Category:Bangladeshi companies established in 2013
Category:Retail companies established in 2013
Category:Internet properties established in 2013
Category:Online retailers of Bangladesh
Category:Y Combinator companies
Category:E-commerce in Bangladesh