Darkstore outside the house

Darkstor at Home is a Russian express delivery service. It allows you to rent storage space from one shelf for 3000 rubles and directly integrate your own warehouse management system with the site or B2B client application by. API The solution allows customers of the service to manage orders, see the remaining goods on the shelves and choose the cheapest delivery method. The logistics partners of the startup by August 2022, among other things, are Delivery Club Dostavista. The main customers of the service are retailers, Internet stores and private sellers of marketplaces interested in the supply of goods in 30-60 minutes.

The startup was founded in 2021 by entrepreneurs Kirill Chekanov and Grigory Tareev.

History

2024: Malina VC bought a stake in the Darkstore at Home service

Venture fund Malina VC bought a stake in the Darxtor express delivery service at home. This deal became known in October 2024.

According to RB.ru Malina VC increased its share in the Russian legal entity Darkstor at Home - Ekom Global LLC - from 7.35% to 9.78% in connection with plans to implement the project with By mail Russia"."

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We regularly "strategy" with the company and are aware of its plans. Under these plans, we give funding and/or increase our share, - the founder of the Malina VC Foundation Anton Pronin specified to the publication.[1]

2022: Attracting investments from "Airplane"

At the end of August 2022, it became known about investing in the startup Darkstor at Home, which was valued at $1.2 million as a result of the deal. At the same time, the volume of investments in the express delivery service was not disclosed.

Darkstor at Home attracted funds from the construction company Plane"" and a group of private investors, which included the co-founder Master Delivery Igor Shiyanov and development director of Master Delivery, Timur Myaldzin as well as a manager The Boston Consulting Group in Dubai To Moscow and Aleksei Dmitriyev. The amount of the transaction was not disclosed, the project estimate exceeded $1.2 million. The company will use the attracted financing to scale the warehouse infrastructure and develop the partner network in. Russia

"Airplane" invested in "Darkstore at home"

The company intends to spend the investments on scaling the warehouse infrastructure and developing a partner network in Russia.

By the end of August 2022, Darkstor at Home offers accommodation in 4 warehouses within the Moscow Ring Road with a total capacity of 1,400 shelves. In the next six months, the company plans to increase the number of warehouses to 8.

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