Chaldal.com

Chaldal.com (Bengali: চালডাল.কম); is a Bangladeshi online grocery and food products provider, founded in 2013. It sells fresh fruits and vegetables, meat and dairy, groceries, and personal care and household items via its website and mobile apps. It is currently serving all of Dhaka City, except certain parts of Old Town.[2][3]

Chaldal.com
Native name
চালডাল
TypePrivate
IndustryFood and grocery
FoundedSeptember 2013
Headquarters
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Number of locations
50 (2018)
Area served
Dhaka
Key people
Waseem Alim
Zia Ashraf
Tejas Viswanath[1]
Websitechaldal.com

Chaldal is a Bengali word meaning (Chal means Rice, and Dal means Pulses).

History

Chaldal was founded by Waseem Alim (Founder and CEO), Zia Ashraf (Founder and COO), and Tejas Viswanath (Founder and CTO).[4][5] Now they deliver 5000+ orders per day and serve almost 20000+ household across Dhaka city.

Chaldal received financing from IFC (International Finance Corporation), World Bank. The company received financing from other private, national and international venture capitalists.[6][7][8]

Operations and service

Chaldal has a website and an Android and iOS app where users can order products.[9]

Warehouses

To ensure one-hour delivery, Chaldal maintains 14 different micro warehouses across Dhaka city. They have warehouses in Hajaribag, Banani, Rajarbag, Mirpur, Uttara, Dhalibari and Kallyanpur, Rampura, Jatrabari, Fakirbari, Panthapath, Mohammadpur and Badda. All the products are stocked in those warehouses. The representatives prepare and maintain the stocks for delivery.

Achievement

Chaldal has ranked ninth in world's best 500 startups 2015. The ranking was produced by Forbes Magazine's startup assister ‘Y Combinator’.[10][11][12] It has also received The Daily Star E-Business Of The Year 2017.[13] Its name comes up in FT/IFC Transformation Business Award 2018.[14]

References
  1. "ChalDal". Crunchbase. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  2. Hossain, Samina (2017-12-05). "Grocery at your fingertips!". The Daily Star. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  3. "Startups trying to change our food habits". The Asian Age. 2017-06-03. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  4. Bhuiyan, Monir. "Local online grocery Startup 'Chaldal' Making Its Way To Big Market". futurestartup.com. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  5. "City Bank signs e-commerce agreement with Chaldal". The Daily Prothom Alo. 2017-04-19. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  6. "IFC To Invest Up To $3m In Chaldal: Deal Street Asia". Future Startup. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  7. "IFC may invest up to $3m in Bangladeshi online grocery firm Chaldal". DEALSTREETASIA. Bhawna Gupta. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  8. 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.
  9. "Android Apps of Chaladal.com". banglanews24. 2015-08-25. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  10. "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.
  11. "Chaldal.com makes Y Combinator's Top Ten List". The Daily Star. 2016-01-18. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  12. "Chaldal ranks 9th on Y Combinator survey". Dhaka Tribune. 2016-01-03. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  13. "Seven individuals and organizations received ICT Awards Daily Star". The Daily Ittefaq. 2017-12-29. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  14. "In the International Awards list, Bangladesh's Chaldal.com". The Daily Jugantor. 2018-05-07. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
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