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Mahindra Logistics Ltd (MLL) will acquire the express business through a business transfer agreement (BTA), including the customers, team and assets of Rivigo's B2B express business and its technology platform.
Gurugram-based Rivigo operates a pan-India B2B express network, covering over 19,000 pin-codes across the country
Due to investors' increased caution as a result of the prolonged economic slowdown, the unicorn logistics tech company has had difficulty raising new capital.
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The company plans to utilise the funds to further strengthen its technology and network coverage.
The NFI is the barometer of the road freight market in India and is based on Rivigo rate exchange, which gives a live spot rate on over 7 million lane and vehicle type combinations in the country.
The logistics startup plans to use the funding to improve and refine its technology stack, which is still in early stages of development.
Rivigo, which earlier this year closed a $50 million funding round from two of its existing investors, runs a relay model of trucking with the help of technology.
This is the fourth and largest round of capital raised by the company, with previous capital coming from a number of investors including SAIF Partners and Singapore Post, Rivigo said in a statement.
Recently, the company ordered 1,200 medium and heavy commercial vehicles from Ashok Leyland to expand its pan India fleet.
"Rivigo today announced a significant expansion of its part-truck load capability - Rivigo Zoom by adding more than 100 cities to its pan India coverage. With the expansion, Rivigo services can now be availed of in most state capitals, major cities and industrial centres," the company said in a statement.
The company, which had raised USD 40 million in largely equity financing till date from SAIF Partners with a small component of venture debt funding from speciality debt financing firm Trifecta Capital, said its fleet size will increase by 80 percent with the latest order to 2,700 vehicles in the next 6-7 months.
Eyeing a larger market share, logistics solutions provider Rivigo is banking on 'drivers relay system' for faster delivery of goods and is looking to take its trucking fleet to 3,000 this fiscal