Logistics firm Shadowfax has joined government-supported ONDC for e-commerce to provide last-mile delivery service in over 700 Indian cities, the company said on Tuesday. Shadowfax is planning to scale its services to over 1,200 cities. "Shadowfax joins ONDC to offer end-to-end logistics services in over 700 Indian cities," the statement said. ONDC enables players in the e-commerce ecosystem to connect with each other and share their resources for providing services in an open manner. "Providing the best logistics experience to our customers has always been our goal, and joining ONDC is a major step towards achieving it. "This is a significant milestone in the development of technology-enabled logistics services in India, and we believe it is a crucial component of the e-commerce growth journey," Shadowfax, Co-Founder and CBO, Praharsh Chandra said. Shadowfax claims to have a base of over 1.3 lakh monthly transacting delivery partners that deliver over 15 lakh orders daily in mor
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A logistics firm, Shadowfax will use the funding to increase the number of shipments to 100 million a month and expand its geographical presence to 1,000 Indian cities
Shadowfax will use the funds to scale up operations by connecting to 400,000 new businesses and delivery partners to its platform by 2021