Rivigo
- 🦄Became a unicorn2019
- 📈Peak valuation$1.05 Billion ’19
- 💔Became a Unitard2022
- 💸Last valuation~$31.5M
How it happened
Rivigo was India's first trucking and B2B-logistics unicorn, known for a 'relay' model that swapped drivers at pit stops so trucks kept moving and drivers got home nightly. Backed by Warburg Pincus and SAIF Partners, it reached a valuation of about $1.05B (₹8,200 crore) around 2019. But the capital-intensive model bled cash; Rivigo sold off roughly 80% of its fleet, and a pivot to an asset-light model failed. In September 2022 it fire-sold its core B2B express business to Mahindra Logistics for about ₹225 crore (~$28M) — a fraction of what it had raised. Glassdoor reviews from the cash-crunch years echo the strain: insiders described pay cuts, appraisals and hikes frozen for years, and a business that several increasingly called unstable.
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Source: Entrackr / Business Today / YourStory (India's first trucking/B2B-logistics unicorn, founded 2014, raised ~$300M; valued ~$1.05B (₹8,200 crore); cash-strapped, sold 80% of its fleet; Mahindra Logistics acquired its B2B express business in a Sept 2022 'slump sale' for ~₹225 crore)
