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Pathao
Pathao (Bengali: পাঠাও, Nepali: पठाओ) 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 and E-commerce services. 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, Hussain Elius, and Shifat Adnan.
On 1 November 2021, Pathao appointed its chief financial officer, Fahim Ahmed, as Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of the ride-sharing platform.
Pathao started as a delivery service back in 2015 with its fleet of motorcycles and bicycles. They acted as a delivery service for several E-Commerce Companies of Bangladesh. Later in 2016, Pathao started bike-sharing services in mid-2016 and successfully signed up more than 100,000 drivers and around 1 million users in March 2018 across the country. In an interview with TechCrunch, Pathao Co-founder, Hussain M Elius confirmed that Pathao currently has over 50,000 bikes registered on its platform and the company is valued at over $100 million as of April 2018. In September 2018, Pathao launched its services in Nepal. Pathao is the first Bangladeshi company to offer On-demand Transport Sharing services abroad. On 3 December 2019, Pathao became the first major ride-sharing service providing company in Bangladesh to get enlistment certificate from the authorities in Bangladesh.
Pathao follows a SuperApp model, providing all of its services through one app.
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.[citation needed]
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. Ride-sharing service is available in the following cities and suburbs:
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.
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Pathao
Pathao (Bengali: পাঠাও, Nepali: पठाओ) 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 and E-commerce services. 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, Hussain Elius, and Shifat Adnan.
On 1 November 2021, Pathao appointed its chief financial officer, Fahim Ahmed, as Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of the ride-sharing platform.
Pathao started as a delivery service back in 2015 with its fleet of motorcycles and bicycles. They acted as a delivery service for several E-Commerce Companies of Bangladesh. Later in 2016, Pathao started bike-sharing services in mid-2016 and successfully signed up more than 100,000 drivers and around 1 million users in March 2018 across the country. In an interview with TechCrunch, Pathao Co-founder, Hussain M Elius confirmed that Pathao currently has over 50,000 bikes registered on its platform and the company is valued at over $100 million as of April 2018. In September 2018, Pathao launched its services in Nepal. Pathao is the first Bangladeshi company to offer On-demand Transport Sharing services abroad. On 3 December 2019, Pathao became the first major ride-sharing service providing company in Bangladesh to get enlistment certificate from the authorities in Bangladesh.
Pathao follows a SuperApp model, providing all of its services through one app.
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.[citation needed]
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. Ride-sharing service is available in the following cities and suburbs:
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.