WhistleDrive forays into urban logistics
The WhistleTruck business is part of WhistleDrive's new growth strategy, tapping into the rising e-commerce and delivery service businesses
Hyderabad: Employee mobility provider WhistleDrive has forayed into urban mobility market backed by 5,000-truck fleet and a portfolio of 20 medium and large clients.
Rakesh Munnanooru, founder of WhistleDrive said, “For enterprises, the distribution of products has become a complex, competitive logistics process. Especially with e-commerce, there is an increased necessity in the market for a reliable tech-driven logistics partner to beat inconsistent and unorganised fleets. We are in a unique position to fill this gap, as a full stack logistics solutions company that provides platform-driven fleet services.”
“It has been just six months since we started logistics services, we have already onboarded some of the top brands in the country like Amazon, Flipkart, Big Basket, Myntra, JSW, Grofers, Delhivery, and other leading enterprises, serving 11 cities in India. We are currently, focusing on mid mile, last mile deliveries in intracity and intrastate space, and adding on line haul operations that can be operated within a day,” Rakesh added.
The WhistleTruck business is part of WhistleDrive’s new growth strategy, tapping into the rising e-commerce and delivery service businesses, this new move will also help offset the severe pandemic impact in the employee transportation business.
Before Covid, WhistleDrive was a technology-enabled employee transportation company, providing fleet and employee transportation management software to the corporates covering four cities, 75 clients and 1.5 lakh trips per month. The company had raised Series B funding of Rs 72 crore in September 2019 and series A funding of Rs 5 crore in the pre-pandemic time.
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