Malina VC received a stake as co-owner of the Pryamikom project in the express delivery service Darkstore at Home

• Shiyanov is co-owner and former CEO of the smart routing delivery service Pryamikom (Master Delivery LLC), where the co-investor is Unirest, which develops the Rostix chain in Russia (former KFC restaurants).

As Anton Pronin, founder of the Malina VC fund, explained to RB.RU, participation increased in connection with plans to implement a project with Russian Post.

“We periodically “strategize” with the company and are aware of their plans. We finance these plans and/or increase our participation,” Antón Pronin told RB.RU.

Russian Post has launched an express storage and delivery service from branches for sellers in markets together with the company Darkstore at Home. The launch of the project was officially announced on October 28. Operational processes (storage, processing and transportation) will be handled by Russian Post, and warehouse and transportation management will be handled by Darkstore at Home software. The income from the project will be divided between the partners, but the conditions of its distribution are not disclosed.

The project has already been launched in pilot mode in Moscow, Kazan and Krasnodar.

• On September 13, it became known that the apartment solutions service Samolet Plus (the majority shareholder is the Samolet group) sold its entire stake in the delivery service Darkstore at Home to the venture fund Malina VC. The fund’s presence in the capital of Darkstore at Home increased from 5.3% to 7.4%.
• Since the first round of investment, which Darkstore at Home held in August 2022, the service has expanded its geographic presence from 1 million to more than 13 million cities and increased the number of warehouses from 2 to 27, a Darkstore representative said. at Home. The company’s revenue in 2023 increased 110 times compared to 2022.
• Darkstore at Home closed the second investment round of 50 million rubles in July 2024. As a result of two tranches, the company received 34 million rubles from the 2FISH Capitals fund and a group of private investors, 16 million rubles from Malina VC and a syndicate of private investors. The company’s valuation exceeded 190 million rubles, Renata George, managing partner of iZBA VC, told RB.RU.
• Currently, the main owners of Darkstore at Home are Kirill Chekanov and Grigory Tareev with a 29.2% stake each, 2FISH Capitals has 10.4%.

• “Darkstore at Home” is a network of urban mini-warehouses for online retailers with the ability to deliver orders to the end customer within 30 to 60 minutes. The service allows you to rent warehouse space from 1 rack and directly integrate your own warehouse management system with a B2B client’s website or app via API. This allows customers to manage orders, see what’s left on shelves and choose the most economical delivery method.