Type Private Founded 2011 Headquarters Mumbai | Industry Online Food Ordering CEO Jaydeep Barman (2011–) Motto Aaj Khane Mein Kya Hai | |
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Key people Jaydeep Burman, Kallol Banerjee, Revant Bhate, Soumyadeep Burman Founders Jaydeep Barman, Kallol Banerjee Profiles | ||
Meet jaydeep barman co founder ceo faasos on super
Faasos is an Indian "food on demand" company that was incorporated in 2011.
Contents
- Meet jaydeep barman co founder ceo faasos on super
- Raghav joshi of faasos on the biggest challenges for startups in india
- History
- Operations
- Funding
- Products and services
- Faasos Elite
- References
Faasos operates in the 16 of the largest cities in India and takes customer orders via its mobile app. It is the only vertically integrated food business in India and operates all three stages of a "food on demand" business: ordering, distribution and order fulfillment.
Faasos receives 10,000 orders a day across India and has recorded a growth rate of 20-25 per cent month-on-month.
Raghav joshi of faasos on the biggest challenges for startups in india
History
Faasos was founded by Jaydeep Barman and Kallol Banerjee and incorporated in 2011. Barman, an MBA from INSEAD was previously an associate principal at McKinsey & Company in London and Banerjee, an MBA from INSEAD, previously worked for Bosche in Singapore.
Operations
The company operates in 15 cities: Nagpur, New Delhi, Mumbai, Gurgaon, Pune, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Baroda, Chennai, Indore, Hyderabad, Noida, Jaipur and Bhopal. The company has scaled up operations to 9 cities, with over 125 fulfillment centers in three years.
Funding
Faasos raised its first round of funding of US$5 million (Rs. 30 Cr.) from Sequoia capital in November 2011, a second round of funding of US$20 million in February 2015 from Lightbox Ventures and Sequoia Capital, and a third round of funding of US$30 million in December 2015 from Russian Internet-focused Investment firm ru-Net, Sequoia Capital and Lightbox Ventures.
Products and services
Faasos launched its mobile app in 2014. It has been downloaded 800,000 times and processes 200,000 orders through its mobile app (as of September 2015). Users can look at the daily changing menu presented by the application and the ordering portal present on the web and then can place an order within the app itself. Live Order tracking provides for a competitive edge, refining the experience further.
Faasos is also active on social media. It is one of the world's very few restaurants to introduce tweet-2-order with #faasosnow in 2011.
Faasos Elite
Faasos launched a loyalty program, Faasos Elite, a one of its kind initiative to rewards it loyal customers. Customers part of this club receive various benefits, ranging from prioritised delivery, free desserts with their order, an option to place an order now and Pay Later- within 15 days, a birthday gift, a cashback with their every order, a chance to be part of Faasos FoodDiaries, an event where it launches its upcoming products and more.
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