Pathao

Overview

Pathao Ltd

native name	পাঠাও
type	Digital Platform
industry	Transportation food delivery delivery (commerce)‡R2R‡
founded	March 2015 in Dhaka, Bangladesh‡R3R‡
founders	Hussain Elius Shifat Adnan Fahim Saleh
hq location	Gulshan 2
hq location city	Dhaka
hq location country	Bangladesh
area served	Bangladesh, Nepal‡R4R‡
key people	Fahim Ahmed (CEO) Shifat Adnan (CTO)
services	On-Demand Transportation Food Delivery Delivery Logistics
revenue	US$14 million
num employees	1200‡R5R‡
num employees year	2019
divisions	Pathao Bike Pathao Car Pathao Food Pathao Parcel Pathao Courier (B2B) Pathao Shop Pathao Tong Pathao Pharma Pathao Health Pathao Top Up Pathao Pay Pathao Pay Later Pathao Nepal Private Limited‡R4R‡
website	pathao.com

Pathao is a Bangladeshi on-demand digital platform company headquartered in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The company operates in four cities in Bangladesh: Dhaka, Chittagong, Khulna, Sylhet, and in three cities in Nepal: Kathmandu, Pokhara and Chitwan. Pathao has ride-sharing services, food delivery, courier[6] and E-commerce services.[7][8][9] Pathao is the first major ride-sharing company in Bangladesh to get enlistment certificate from the authorities.

Pathao is a Bengali word meaning "send". The company was founded by Fahim Saleh,[10] Hussain Elius, and Shifat Adnan.[11]

Services

Pathao currently provides on-demand ride-sharing, on-demand parcel, courier, food delivery services in major cities like Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet and in Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Chitwan and many more cities of Nepal and Bangladesh. Its food delivery services are currently available in Dhaka, Chittagong, Sylhet and Nepal.

Pathao provides on-demand ride-sharing services through motorcycles, cars and tuktuks. Both the driver and the passenger is required to have an Android or iOS-based, internet and GPS-enabled, smartphone to avail Pathao's service. Pathao uses a location based system to match the passenger with a driver nearby heading towards the destination. It has more than 100,000 registered vehicles across the country.[20] Ride-sharing service is available in the following cities and suburbs:

Kathmandu, Nepal
Chitwan, Nepal
Pokhara, Nepal
Biratnagar, Nepal
Butwal, Nepal
Bhairahawa, Nepal
Nepalgunj, Nepal
Birgunj, Nepal
Janakpur, Nepal
Dhangadhi, Nepal
Tikapur, Nepal
Hetauda, Nepal
Dhangadi, Nepal
Bhadrapur, Nepal
Birtamod, Nepal
Damak, Nepal
Dharan, Nepal
Inaruwa, Nepal
Itahari, Nepal
Urlabari, Nepal
Biratchowk, Nepal
Rajapur, Nepal
Birendranagar, Nepal
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Gazipur, Bangladesh
Chittagong, Bangladesh
Sylhet, Bangladesh

Parcel

Pathao Parcel is an on-demand service to send small to medium-sized packages inside Dhaka city with a minimal cost using the Pathao app. The parcel delivery is usually done through bicycles for nearby locations and motorcycles for longer distances. This service also requires the delivery person and sender to both have GPS enabled smartphones to match with a delivery person nearby.[21]

E-Commerce delivery

Merchant Delivery was the basis of the foundation of Pathao back in 2015. Pathao delivers in 50+ cities in Bangladesh using their fleet of bicycle, motorcycle and pickup vans. Pathao accepts cash-on-delivery and returns of products on behalf of its merchants as well.

Food delivery

Pathao launched on-demand food delivery in Dhaka and Chittagong city in January 2018[22] and used bicycle deliveries to avoid the traffic. It directly competes with local and international delivery companies. A report by the Daily Star claimed that Pathao Food has 80% market share in the country.[23]

Pathao

History

Operations

Services

Parcel

E-Commerce delivery

Food delivery

Pathao Nepal

Issues

Pathao Pay

Regulations

References