Celcius Logistics, India’s fastest-growing cold chain marketplace startup, has announced its plans to launch its hyperlocal temperature-controlled delivery services for food and pharma orders, in Kolkata. This is in line with the company’s ambitious expansion plan, after successfully completing its Series A funding by raising the total amount of INR 100 Cr, led by IvyCap Ventures. Currently, Celcius, operates Cold storage warehouses, and transportation for primary, secondary and last mile logistic services in and around Kolkata.
Now with the funding, Celcius will expand its footprints and service offerings to increase client base and collaborate with local B2B and B2C players in the cold supply chain ecosystem, to integrate and build a truly unbroken, tech enabled, cold supply chain network.
Over the past 2.5 years, Celcius has recorded enviable growth. Being an asset-light platform, it boasts of a network fleet of over 4500+ reefer vehicles, 107 cold storage facilities, 7 distribution centers, 100+ hyperlocal riders, and a team of 125 dedicated employees, and is operational in 350+ cities across the country. This marks Celcius Logistics as the first start-up in the cold supply chain sector to achieve such rapid growth and establish a niche in the cold chain industry within a short period of time.
Celcius offers an integrated online smart platform that provides end-to-end supply chain solutions. Celcius also offers a last-mile delivery service that focuses on the aggregation of existing small reefer vehicles and uses its unique Vahaan Vikas Yojana to introduce new assets in the sector, creating opportunities for smaller transporters across India. The first-of-its-kind temperature-controlled hyper-local service allows for the transportation of perishables ranging from 500gms to 500 kgs, across the nation within 18 hours, through its fleet of bike riders, and leveraging air, rail, and road network.