2022年12月6日

共同领导了一轮融资巨头企业和Firstminute资本,参与,从创始人集体资本基础,Norrsken (Klarna的共同创始人Niklas Adalberth的基金)和乌鸦一个包括印度Meesho和巴西的Facily创始人。Twitter的Biz Stone,超晶胞的Ilkka Paananen,汤姆Blomfield Monzo和非洲企业家亚历山大Rittweger加上一些家族理财室是圆的一部分。Sam Endacott Firstminute资本的合伙人在一份声明中说:“山姆深深经历在电子商务和物流的类别和我们都是兴奋与他和整个Kapu团队合作来帮助缓解生活成本危机在非洲大陆对于消费者来说,释放社会流动性和驱动该地区中小企业的发展。“Kapu已经签署了1500个代理收集中心在内罗毕居民区将客户的订单,第二天发货。平台将运行离线渠道(通过代理)和在线直接向消费者(通过WhatsApp)达到其客户。从肯尼亚农场Kapu将包括新鲜农产品,在批发价格和商品直接从制造商免费提供第二天,Kapu代理收集中心附近的家园。由采购直接从农场和制造商,创建低成本物流模型和最小的食物浪费,Kapu可以持续储蓄传递给他们的客户。这些客户获得更低的价格,如果他们作为一个群体订货(“pamoja”)。2022年在肯尼亚发起,Kapu的使命是减少生活成本和节省消费者在非洲10亿美元。为了实现这一目标,Kapu正在建设最相关的B2C电子商务模式对于大多数城市消费者。该公司由一位经验丰富的团队,在肯尼亚发起,是由全球投资者。 Speaking during the launch, Kapu CEO Sam Chappatte said, “We think it’s unfair that consumers in Kenya spend 40% of their income on food, when Americans spend 6%. This is a huge blocker to social mobility. Our goal at Kapu is to build the most relevant model of e-commerce for the majority of urban consumers in Africa. By working with existing community groups & local entrepreneurs, we believe we can play a part in reducing the costs of goods, and unlocking opportunities for millions of people”. Kapu has started operations in Eastlands, Kasarani, Kawangware, South B, Kibra, Embakasi, Githurai and Kiambu. Kapu plans to open up access to its services across Nairobi by March 2023. Kapu agents include mama mbogas, salons, and individuals such as stay-at-home-mums and students, who are able to earn an extra income – whilst helping their communities save more. “Once a customer tries Kapu, our data shows that they quickly adopt Kapu for their weekly grocery shopping needs. It works because our model is relevant – we sell the products people want, affordably, and work with trusted community partners. In our first year of operations we will have saved consumers 40M KES, be on track to deliver 1 million orders annually & working towards profitability.” added Chappatte. Customers who want to try the service can dial *789*8# to register & get 50 KES cash back on their first order. Once registered, they can place an order with a KAPU branded agent in their neighborhoods. You Might Be Interested In