Zulzi, a South African on-demand grocery delivery startup has raised US$1.6 million in funding to grow its team and expand operations.
Zulzi, which was launched in 2016 as an e-commerce business targeted at students is looking to widen its offering in the near future. The funds will enable the startup to grow its technology, marketing, and operations teams. Already processing over 2,000 orders a day,
Today, the startup has included grocery delivery into its business. So, when customers place their orders, it can be delivered at record time.
Donald Valoyi said the CEO of Zulzi said: “2020 has been a really big year for us.
“The reason why we are so excited is because the opportunity ahead of us is enormous. South Africa is a huge grocery market and less than one per cent of that is bought online.
“It’s an enormous category that’s highly under-penetrated online. The reason why e-commerce is very small in South Africa is primarily that groceries were not online and Zulzi wants to fast track the growth of online grocery delivery.”
Zulzi is now also active in Pretoria, Durban and Cape Town. Shoppers are able to order from retailers such Woolworths, Pick n Pay and Spar using its mobile app.
