Chaldal was founded by Waseem Alim, Zia Ashraf, Tejas Viswanath.

Who are Chaldal's investors?

Chaldal's investors include 500 Global, Beresford Ventures, Metaplanet, Razor Capital, Startup Bangladesh, Xploration Capital, Y Combinator, ACE & Company and 18 more.

How much funding has Chaldal raised?

Chaldal has disclosed $10M raised across 1 of its 2 known rounds.

Where is Chaldal headquartered?

Chaldal is headquartered in Dhaka, BD.

Chaldal

YC S15

Dhaka, BD · 2,886 employees · 30 known investors

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Chaldal.com is an online grocery and necessities delivery service available in Dhaka, Jashore, and Chattogram. It delivers everyday essentials directly to customers' homes in urban Bangladesh.

B2B Marketplaces Consumer E-commerce FoodTech Logistics & Supply ChainBangladeshSouth Asia

Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (S15)

Waseem Alim CEOFounder and CEO of Chaldal, an online grocery delivery service operating in urban Bangladesh.

Zia AshrafFounder

Tejas Viswanath CTO2012–2025He has a background in software architecture and scalable computing systems.

Investors · 30

500 Globallisted by 500 GlobalPalo Alto · $150K

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Beresford Ventureslisted by Beresford VenturesOrlando

Metaplanetlisted by MetaplanetTallinn · $500K – $10M

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Razor Capitallisted by Razor Capitalvia Oussama Glilah · inferred

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Startup Bangladeshlisted by Startup BangladeshDhaka

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Xploration Capitallisted by Xploration CapitalLondon

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Y Combinatorlisted by Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K

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ACE & CompanyreportedGenevavia Sherif El Halwagy · inferred

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Battery VenturesreportedBoston · $500K – $100M

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BEENEXTreportedSingapore

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Chasm CapitalreportedNew York

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Cherubic VenturesreportedGrand Cayman

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Coent Venture Partnersreported

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FlexportreportedSan Francisco

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Foundation CapitalreportedPalo Alto · $250K – $15M

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Inflection VenturesreportedNew York

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International Finance CorporationreportedWashington D.C.

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ITERATIVEreported$150K – $500K

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Kingsway CapitalreportedLondon

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Liquid VenturesreportedSan Francisco · $250K – $5M

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Serendipity CapitalreportedSingapore

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Tiny Supercomputer Investment CompanyreportedBerlin · $200K – $250K

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TransAsiareportedHong Kong

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Venture Investment AssociatesreportedPeapack

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Also in the syndicate · 4

IDLCInternational Finance Corporation (IFC)Mir GroupTaavet+Stenlead

Funding

SEC filings, press & company announcements

$10M disclosed across 1 of 2 rounds · 2021–2022

Undisclosed amountSeries C Plus funding roundAug 2022
Startup Bangladesh Limited (lead), Taavet+Sten (lead)
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$10MSeries CSep 2021 · 2 sources
Xploration Capital (lead), 500 Startups, IDLC, International Finance Corporation (IFC), Mir Group, Startup Bangladesh Ltd, Y Combinator
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In the news

Chaldal, Bangladesh’s largest grocery delivery platform, raises $10M Series C – TechCrunchtechcrunch.com · Sep 2021

Frequently asked questions

What does Chaldal do?: Chaldal.com is an online grocery and necessities delivery service available in Dhaka, Jashore, and Chattogram. It delivers everyday essentials directly to customers' homes in urban Bangladesh.
Who founded Chaldal?: Chaldal was founded by Waseem Alim, Zia Ashraf, Tejas Viswanath.
Who are Chaldal's investors?: Chaldal's investors include 500 Global, Beresford Ventures, Metaplanet, Razor Capital, Startup Bangladesh, Xploration Capital, Y Combinator, ACE & Company and 18 more.
How much funding has Chaldal raised?: Chaldal has disclosed $10M raised across 1 of its 2 known rounds.
Where is Chaldal headquartered?: Chaldal is headquartered in Dhaka, BD.