#24: Blake Larson MD International Lalamove

Today I am happy to have Blake Larson Head and MD International for LALAMOVE. Founded in 2013 as EasyVan in Hong Kong, Lalamove is the leading same day delivery platform present in 129 cities in 9 countries across Asia. Through its mobile & desktop platform, Lalamove connects customers with professional van, motorcycle, lorry and truck drivers. Some of their corporate clients include IKEA, Line or Google. Lalamove raised a total of $161 mil in funding over 6 rounds. The latest funding came from a Series C of $100M on Oct 11, 2017 which means the company is now valued at more than 1 billion dollars. Also short intro about Blake: -he has worked across 4 continents in the retail and technology sector -Helped lead the growth of Lalamove from 1 city in SEA to 8 -Raised Series A funding of USD $10m -Launched Easy Taxi app funded by Rocket Internet, in Hong Kong, Singapore, Mumbai and Jakarta. -Co Founded and managed Air Crew Club, which was like Groupon for airline employees, and expanded it to 13 cities across 6 continents