2023年2月17日,

公司已扩大其类别提供包括乳制品、烘焙等干农业大宗商品的豆类,谷物和香料等。启动销售超过130 - 140吨的新鲜农产品(水果和蔬菜)每天给消费者。(图片来源:https://www.otipy.com/home)艾瑞泰克启动Otipy,销售水果、蔬菜和在线杂货,计划筹集7500万美元(约620卢比)扩大它的业务,可能会增长逾两倍170卢比这个财政,其创始人Varun Khurana说。Otipy,由Crofarm Agriproducts Pvt有限公司于2020年推出。它卖新鲜水果和蔬菜以及日常必需品在德里首都区和孟买。“我们的收入预计将达到160 - 170卢比2022 - 23在当前财政年度从上一年的70卢比。我们取得了每年运行200卢比,”库拉纳告诉PTI说。他说80%的收入来自水果和蔬菜。问及计划筹集资金,库拉纳说:“我们正在与潜在投资者筹集7500万美元串联C。”He hoped to close the round by June this year. The company has raised USD 45 million across its Series A and B rounds. Khurana said the startup will use the fund for future growth. "We are looking to expand our business in Bengaluru and other major southern cities," he added. Otipy works closely with over 1,000 partners/resellers across Delhi-NCR and Maharashtra who serve over 12 lakh end consumers with fresh produce at their doorstep. The startup has onboarded more than 20,000 farmers and sources fresh fruits and vegetables from farmers across Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Rajasthan, and Maharashtra. The farm-to-home platform connects consumers to farmers through a community of resellers, who earn a healthy commission while handling the last-mile delivery of fresh produce. Khurana highlighted that the company is getting 25,000 orders daily from consumers on its mobile app. Otipy has also achieved operational break-even in Delhi-NCR this financial year, he said. "Fruits and vegetables is a 38-40 per cent margin category, but it is the wastage that kills those margins. We have been able to reduce wastages to 3-4 per cent by leveraging our AI (artificial intelligence) based demand prediction technology, this has helped us achieve operational break-even quickly," Khurana said. The company has expanded its category offering to include dairy, bakery as well as dry agri commodities like pulses, grains and spices, among others. The startup sells more than 130-140 tonne of fresh produce (fruits and vegetables) to consumers every day.