Logistics Tech - Avendus
Logistics Tech - Avendus
Logistics Tech - Avendus
$700mn
$156mn $324mn $940mn
338 6,820
330 350
6,000 6,190
300
5,000
USD 2.7 bn+
in 5 months 250
4,000
176 200
166
3,000 3,250
120 2,900 150
2,760
2,000
75 100
1,850
1,000 1,240 50
518 519
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CY2012 CY2013 CY2014 CY2015 CY2016 CY2017 CY2018 CY2019 CY2020 YTD
Funding Amount (in $M) No. of Deals
6 unicorns
3 unicorns
17 17
9
5 3
4
1
1 3
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CY2015 CY2016 CY2017 CY2018 CY2019 CY2020
Houchebang Samsara
Guiyang Trucks
Yunmanman
3PL
(Houchebang)
(Yunmanman)
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Key Drivers Global Landscape
˄ Increased e-commerce activity along with rapid uptick in time
bound deliveries
˄ Increasing trend towards outsourcing with enterprises preferring
to focus on core operations
˄ Growing gig economy allows 3PLs to have staff on a variable
basis – allowing them to maintain lean operations while also
retaining the ability to upsize/ downsize basis differential
demand unlike traditional asset heavy transporters
1. Marketplaces
˄ Companies in this segment are aggregators
of various smaller fleet owners
˄ This model allows flexibility in fleet size, thus
avoiding excessive costs in periods of limited
demand
˄ Allows maintaining leaner operations with
higher efficiency
2. Asset Operators
1. Optimization
˄ Offer services like route optimization, driver
allocation, cargo matching to avoid dry runs
etc to remove inefficiencies in the process
and improve margins
2. Visibility
˄ Companies solve the increasingly critical
issue of real time cargo visibility so that
shipper & receiver have clarity on status of
delivery 2019 2025
1. Marketplaces
˄ Companies in this segment are aggregators
of warehouse owners
˄ Typically cater to the smaller <1 Mn sq.ft
segment
StoreSpace
2. SaaS
3. Asset Operators
India – Market Size $17 13% $35
˄ These companies operate the assets and
have significant capital invested into the
bn CAGR
bn
warehouses
1. Asset Operator
˄ Companies in this sub-segment have the
trucks on their books and source drivers for the
long-haul transportation
2. Marketplace
2019 2025
˄ Companies in this segment are a
marketplace which provide truck discovery
for brands as well as price transparency
˄ Earn a commission of 12 – 20% for providing India – Market Size $95 10% $168
business to trucks they hires bn CAGR
bn
Source: Avendus estimates, Market Intelligence 9
Key Drivers Global Landscape
˄ Shakeout in last mile trucking firms as businesses go online
during the pandemic
˄ Increasing footprint of organized players improving quality of
service, offered at competitive prices
˄ Average driver ETA and fulfilment rate consistent on the
decline
˄ Network effects kicking in for the industry as cost of acquiring
both drivers and customers dipping gradually
1. Enterprise focused
˄ Companies in this segment cater to the large
E-commerce, FMCG and Pharma companies
˄ Nature of the order is generally scheduled
deliveries with small component of on-
demand in certain months
2. SME focused
3. Hyperlocal
India – Market Size $31 10% $57
˄ These companies deliver concierge
services to individual customers
bn CAGR
bn
Source: Avendus estimates, Market Intelligence 10
Key Drivers Global Landscape
˄ Rapid uptick in international trade volumes driven by increasing
number of trade agreements
˄ Booming e-commerce market to drive growth especially around
restocking cycle periods
˄ Growth of SMEs driving increased EXIM trade
˄ Increasing shift towards tech enabled platforms and end-to-end
service providers for EXIM trade
1. Marketplaces
˄ Companies in this segment are aggregators
of various smaller fleet owners and service
providers
˄ Models are of varying kinds like platforms that
allow quote checking and booking while
others provide end-to-end platforms offering
booking, first mile, last mile, customs etc
˄ Typically tech enabled players that offer
efficiency building services like LTL
consolidation
2019 2025
2. Asset Operators
Kalyx
Infraprime
1 Asset Heavy 13
Total Funding
$6 Mn $100 Mn $ 1,345 Mn
Maturity of Business model /
$1,153 Mn
600
USD 120 mn
471 in 5 mths
400
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372 18
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200 254
7 222
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43 94
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CY2012 CY2013 CY2014 CY2015 CY2016 CY2017 CY2018 CY2019 CY2020 YTD
Funding Amount (in $M) No. of Deals
Sector Tailwinds
▪ Green shoots in logistics; Directional uptick but
▪ Pandemic has put big impetus on e-commerce selling as all
May still shortage of trucks and drivers vis-à-vis
businesses had to go digital and online overnight
demand
▪ Lockdown continues - Essential services
▪ Multi channel distribution holds the key for consumer driven businesses
continue; non-essentials continue to remain
subdued
▪ All stakeholders are expected to increase investments across
warehousing, digitization of supply chain, last mile capabilities
▪ Partial lifting of lockdown across the
Jun country ▪ Need to work with organized players has increased substantially
▪ June data showing massive recovery; e-
way bill 65%+ of pre-Covid average ▪ As consumption comes back to normalcy, Logistics is seen as the
leading indicator
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Founders: Purnendu Shekhar, Nishant Dalmia Last funding
Established: 2016 $15 mn (Jun’19)
HQ: Mumbai
Current Investors
Affiliate Fund
• $105 Mn annual Sailed GMV run rate; $4.8 Bn - Run rate of goods carried
25k+ exporter base
Leadership position in • Pre-marketing contribution of 4%; 12.5% MoM sailed GMV growth rate
ocean freight in India • Total containers booked till date: 220k+; 2k+ transacting users till date; 90% organic sales
30+ routes covered
• Building a strong supply with 100+ suppliers onboard including ~50 shipping lines
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Founders: Pushkar Singh, Sudarshan Jha Current Transaction
Established: 2015 $40 Mn+
HQ: Bangalore
Total Funding till date
$20 Mn
Current Investors
Operating Metrics
Benefits to both DCOs and • DCOs benefit from higher asset utilization, stable and consolidated demand and up to 130% higher earnings
clients • Clients benefit from a high reliability, ~20% cost-savings and seamless and technology-driven delivery-experience 70k+ monthly bookings
Tech-led model driving • Operating through full-stack technology including a trucker and client app and dashboard and routing system
huge efficiencies • Vision to transform the entire logistics ecosystem through use of AI and ML on driver and customer data 60k+ registered trucks
• Dynamic young founders from storied educational institutions with experience in firms like ITC, JP Morgan and Accenture 200+ enterprise
Management expertise customers
• Backed by a panel of marquee investors including those possessing deep expertise in the logistics sector
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Founders: Chetan Singhal, Subodh Yadav, Siddhartha Das
Established: 2016 Total Funding till date
HQ: Gurgaon $9.5 Mn
Current Investors
Investment Thesis
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Founders: Vidit Jain, Shridhar Gupta
Established: 2015 Total Funding till date
HQ: Gurgaon $9.5 Mn
Current Investors
Investment Thesis
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Founders: Dhruvil Sanghvi, Manisha Raisinghani
Established: 2013 Total Funding till date
HQ: Fremont, California $50 Mn
Current Investors
Investment Thesis
• Strong educational background (Carnegie Mellon) and previous experience at places like IBM, AT Kearney, EY & Mastek
Management Expertise
• Backed by marqee investors like Steadview, Tiger, Alibaba and Paytm
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Founder: Sandeep Deshmukh
Established: 2016 Total Funding till date
HQ: Pune $55mn
Stage: Series D
Current Investors
• Variable cost delivery network with ability to vary the supply upto 4.5x Operationally profitable
Unique proposition
• 45% reduction in last mile delivery for e-commerce partners
driving strong clientele
• Distribution services for FMCG Companies – P&G, Britannia, ITC and Coca-Cola
Key Metrics
• $40mn annualized revenue with low cumulative capital infusion (majority of $40 mn previous
Highly capital fund raise still on balance sheet) 600k peak daily
efficient operations • 25%+ contribution margin post direct costs for mature store network shipments
• Operationally profitable in e-commerce operations
250+ cities coverage
• Sandeep Deshmukh, CEO
• 4 years with Amazon Logistics in India; helped set up delivery network
10,000+ Delivery
Experienced Founding • MBA from IIM Ahmedabad Partners
Team • Shitiz Bansal, CTO
• 10 years experience with DHL in India, Malaysia, Belgium & Germany 25,000+ FMCG
• B.Tech from IT-BHU, Varanasi distribution network
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Founder: Saahil Goel, Gautam Kapoor, Vishesh Khurana
Established: 2012 Total Funding till date
HQ: Delhi $28mn
Stage: Series C
Current Investors
• Over 1m+ online sellers are shipping 30m+ shipments every month and is growing at a fast clip Key Metrics
Large, rapidly growing • Logistics spend on direct to consumer shipping expected to breach $2bn by 2022
• COVID-19 has accelerated online commerce across tier 2 and 3 cities and is likely to continue $300mn monthly
global market
• Growth is Fueled across social sellers, online only stores, retail brands and cross-border sellers GMV processed
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Founder: Abhishek Bansal (CEO), Vaibhav Khandelwal (CTO)
Established: 2015 Total Funding till date
HQ: Bengaluru $120mn
Stage: Series D
Current Investors
• Last mile delivery contributes ~30% of the overall road transport cost and is considered to be Key Metrics
Large, rapidly growing most expensive leg
global market • There are ~5mn registered mini trucks and ~5mn bikes in India addressing the last mile shipment 300+ cities
putting the total market size >$37bn most of which is largely fragmented and unorganized
10Mn+ monthly
• Shadowfax handles goods in a range of categories including hot food, restaurants, grocery, shipments
FMCG and e-commerce
Seamless end to end • Each grocery store serves to users in a kilometer radius. The staff also participates in delivery for 100K+ delivery partners
global trade experience a few hours a day
• Major clients include Amazon, Flipkart, CureFit, Swiggy, Myntra, MedLife, Nykaa, HUL, 4,000+ aggregated
McDonald’s vehicles
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Private & Confidential Matrix Partners
Total Funding till date
Team: Gang Wang (CEO), Richard Zhang (CFO) $1.90 bn
Established: Nov 2017
HQ: Guiyang
Full Truck Alliance
Manbang Group
Current Investors
• China has the largest logistics market in the world with annual logistics cost reaching USD 1.6 tn,
World’s largest Logistics
almost double the American market.
market • Manbang accounts for 70% of China’s market share 7 Mn Truck Drivers
• Manbang Group charges annual membership fee for coming onto its platform
Revenue model • The Company has ~200K shippers paying around $250 per year 5.2 Mn Freight Trucks
• The alliance is touted to have broken-even in 2019
• With the ever-expanding international trade, increased foreign investment and ever-increasing
Massive opportunity in road infrastructure, the logistics sector has been a major beneficiary
2.25 Mn Goods Shippers
Logistics • With trucks carrying 80% of goods and individual truckers owning 90% of country’s truck fleet,
which stands empty 40% of time, trucking-tech companies are poised for huge benefits
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Founding team: Jeffrey Shen (Co-Founder, Co-CEO), Stuart Gibson (Co-Founder, Co-CEO) Total Funding till date
Established: 2016 $2.7bn
HQ: Hong Kong
Stage: Listed
Current Investors
• ESR’s Fund management platform has 32 private and listed investment vehicles and spanning Operating Metrics
various stages of the property cycle
Fund-raising via vehicles • In FY2019, ESR raised a total of US$1.3 bn across seven vehicles 17.2 Mn+
• The total AUM as of Dec 2019 stands at $22.1 bn, a growth of ~40% over 2018 Sqm Gross Floor Area
307 properties across 6
• The company’s prime facilities located strategically across Asia Pacific gained a host of blue-chip countries in APAC
Long term client
international and domestic tenants, majorly E-commerce and 3PL companies.
relationships • ESR maintained an occupancy of 93% throughout the year for their Balance Sheet assets #1 landlord for E-
commerce cos in China
• Globally, the logistics RE industry has suffered due to the outbreak of the pandemic
• However, in many cases, change in consumer behavior towards ordering online and supply 60% tenant base made
Steady Industry Growth
chains trying to get deliveries on time will lead to long term disruptions in favour of this industry up by e-comm and 3PL
Current Investors
• SF Express has expressed plans to expand globally by partnering wth DHL and UPS. SF also Operating Metrics
Aspirations to expand
acquired DHL’s China supply chain unit.
globally • In Europe, SF Express has tied up with delivery companies such as Lithuania Post and Chronopost
7.7% Express Del
Mkt Share
• In order to continuously innovate and be on par with the other delivery cos, SF Express is working
16,000+ service points
Consistent Innovation on industrial-strength unmanned drones, with a goal of delivering shipments anywhere in 36 hours
or less
66 Cargo Aircrafts
• For express delivery cos, market share is an important business development indicators
• While SF Express used to do mid-to-high end commercial deliveries, the competition from ecomm
Intense competition in delivery companies collectively known as Tongda (ZTO,Yunda, YTO, STO, Best) has forced it to 64 e-comm warehouses
the segment change gears
• As of 2019 end, SF had a market share of 7.7% in the express delivery industry
Current Investors
Expansion beyond • Moving into offline segments while traditional players aim to compete by going digital Operating Metrics
digital roots • Gradually moved into physical warehousing, trade financing & airplane freight charting
~120k TEUs moved – CY19
• Strategic operating model combining tech, analytics, logistics infra & supply chain expertise
Strong tech play
• Ocean Match - LCL consolidation for exports has the potential to generate significant savings Presence in 200+
countries
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Team: Shao-Ning Johnny Chou (CEO) Total Funding till date
Established: 2007 $1.38bn
HQ: Huangzhou Zheijang Province, China Market Cap
Stage: Listed $2.1bn
Current Investors
• Combines integrated logistics, value-added services & proprietary technology infrastructure to ~$5 Bn Revenue
create one stop shop for all needs
Multi-sided platform
• Offers multiples services – Express, B2B freight (LTL and FTL), Global freight movement, 3PL, trucking
marketplace, trade finance as well as SaaS based solutions ~5.6% Gross Margin
• Ensures right balance of scalability and control; allows network expansion in a cost-effective ~7 Bn tons moved in CY19
Asset Light business
manner
model • Established a flat franchisee network minimizing the numbers of tiers in order to maintain control 5.4 Mn sq mts industrial &
warehousing space
• Offers BEST Cloud – a proprietary tech platform enabling customers to operate their businesses
more effectively with a range of SaaS based applications 100% geographical
Strong tech stack
• Multi-purpose use of tech - network & route optimization, sorting line automation, smart coverage of China
warehouses & store management to enhance operational efficiency & service quality
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Key Person: Jack Ma Total Funding till date
Established: 2013 $2.3bn
HQ: Huangzhou, China Last round valuation
Stage: Corporate backed $20.2bn
Current Investors
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