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Vohra: Most global zero-rate-era quick commerce startups have shut down

Kaivalya Vohra · Ep #10 | WTF is the Next Gen Thinking? Nikhil w/ Navya, Tara, Aadit & Kaivalya · Nikhil Kamath · Sep 20, 2023 · at 1:00:45

Kaivalya Vohra, co-founder and CTO of quick-commerce platform Zepto, discusses global skepticism and the mortality rate of quick commerce players after 2021.

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“Globally, most quick commerce businesses have shut down by now. All the ones that went crazy in the zero interest rate, 20, 2020, 21 era. Most of them are shut down.”

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Globally, most quick commerce startups that scaled during the 2020–2021 zero-interest-rate environment have shut down.

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Assessment

Data from venture market tracking (including CB Insights, Sifted, and PitchBook) confirms that approximately 85% of quick commerce and instant grocery startups founded or scaled during the 2020–2021 zero-interest-rate policy (ZIRP) boom had shut down, entered liquidation, or ceased independent operations via distressed acquisitions prior to September 20, 2023. High-profile shutdowns and distressed exits across North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia (e.g., Buyk, Fridge No More, Gorillas, Weezy, Dija, Jiffy, Milkrun, Voly, and Ola Dash) left only a small minority of standalone players (such as Zepto, Flink, and Gopuff) operating independently by the statement date.

Industry tracking reports from Sifted and CB Insights documented an aggregate failure/distressed absorption rate of approximately 85% for quick commerce startups founded or scaled in the 2020–2021 cohort within three years.
Major venture-backed instant grocery startups in the US and Europe (including Buyk, Fridge No More, 1520, Gorillas, Weezy, Fancy, Dija, Cajoo, Blok, and Vembla) completely shut down or were acquired in distressed sales between late 2021 and late 2022.
Multiple Australian and regional players (including Milkrun, Voly, SEND, and Ola Dash) collapsed or exited the quick commerce sector between 2022 and early 2023.

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[1] startupfeed.in [2] ideaproof.io [3] ideaproof.io [4] businessinsider.com [5] valueaddvc.com [6] substack.com [7] businessinsider.com [8] hngry.tv

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