About Locus
Nishith Rastogi and Geet Garg launched Locus in 2015 as a geo tracking app. During that time the founders wanted it to be an app that would focus on women's safety. The idea was to monitor deviations from predetermined routes. Instead, this innovative idea got popular in the food industry.
The app found popularity among restaurant owners and delivery partners as it helped them track their delivery personnel. This made the founders realise that an efficient logistics system is the need of the hour, specially in the food industry. In order to fill this gap, Locus was developed as a comprehensive platform for planning and optimising delivery routes.
It mainly focuses on the problems related to last mile logistics, improving workflow and streamlining business operations. The app relies heavily on machine learning and proprietary algorithms to automate supply chain decisions. The aim is to optimise logistic solutions across the board. Locus intends to serve businesses that send out deliveries on a regular basis by handling their dispatch management.
Locus provides various services while handling the logistics part of your business. End-to-end visibility during transit, boosting operational efficiency, controlling cost and improving customer experience are some of the benefits of using Locus. The company is also environmentally oriented hence it also focuses on reducing the stress on the environment.
GIC, Qualcomm Ventures LLC, Tiger Global, Falcon Edge, Blume Ventures are some of the big time investors that power Locus. Because of this Locus was able to raise approximately $80 million in funding through multiple funding rounds.
Such a powerful network has enabled Locus to make 650 million deliveries across the world. Its services spread across Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Europe, North America, Australia, and New Zealand, and the Indian subcontinent. To understand Locus’ capabilities better let us look at some figures. It has helped save $200 million in transit while simultaneously offsetting 70 million Kg of C02 emissions. In total, the platform has saved $150 million in logistics costs and reduced travel almost by 70 million kilometres.
Locus serves some really big companies like Nestle, BigBasket, and the Tata Group with basic as well as advanced logistics solutions. All these companies rely on Locus for route optimization, analytics, territory planning and other similar services. The platform has also helped big companies like these to decrease their greenhouse gas emissions by 17 million kilograms.
Businesses can easily integrate with Locus through ClickPost using various APIs like the Courier API integration. Since 2015, Locus has been consistently pushing boundaries by innovating advanced logistics solutions. Businesses can scale up quickly and more efficiently by leveraging these services.
