Qvalon

Qvalon is an American startup founded by Russian entrepreneurs Andrei Podgornov and Boris Shkolnikov. The company is developing a cloud-based (SaaS) service for network retail to manage standards, quality, processes and employees in retail networks. The solution, according to the developers, includes a number of innovative developments unique to both the Russian and international markets, including the ability to redistribute free personnel in real time to points and an automated checklist filling module by store managers.

The creators of the project claim that Qvalon saves more than 15% of the wage fund and reduces labor costs by 10-20%. By June 2021, the company's customers include, Burger King,, FixPrice,, Billa "O'Key""." El Dorado "Scooter" In total - 75 customers in 7 countries of the world.

History

2021: Attracting $700,000 investment

In June 2021, Qvalon attracted $700 thousand in investments. The NRG Ventures fund of ex-top manager of Fort Ross Ventures Roman Tyan and former top manager of the Mail.ru Group Andrei Taburinsky, as well as a group of angels of the United Investors platform led by lead investor Fedor Chenkov, invested in the startup.

The financial terms of the transaction are not disclosed. The startup intends to spend the funds received on the development of global business and attract about 10 new customers in the United States.

The developer of SaaS for retail with Russian roots raised $700 thousand.

Our target customers are grocery retail chains from 50 stores, as well as darkstores. According to our estimate, in the United States alone there are more than 2.5 million outlets, thus, our target market volume exceeds $5 billion, "said Qvalon CEO Andrei Podgornov.

Fedor Chenkov says that satisfied customers bribed him to invest in Qvalon. One of them spoke for more than an hour and a half about the problems that were solved at the expense of the service, the investor noted.

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