Founded in 2017, Bosta is a Cairo-based logistics startup that has delivered over 20 million shipments and serves more than 25,000 businesses. The company positions itself as the market leader in Egypt by optimizing first, middle, and last-mile delivery with cutting-edge technology. Bosta guarantees next-day delivery across Egypt and Saudi Arabia and reports the highest success rate in the market. It also provides merchants with an instant cash collection solution to streamline financial flows. The startup emphasizes continued technological advancement and expansion to strengthen its role in the e-commerce and logistics landscape in the region. Bosta provides next-day last-mile delivery for e-commerce sellers, handling exchanges, customer returns and cash collection while giving merchants control over the delivery process. The company operates an Uber-like model of contractor drivers rather than owning vehicle fleets. Since its 2017 launch, Bosta has delivered more than 4 million packages, completes over 300,000 deliveries per month (a 3.5x increase since its prior round), and serves over 2,200 businesses daily with a 95% delivery success rate. It works with small social-media sellers and major platforms such as Souq and Jumia. Bosta charges roughly 35–40 EGP per shipment for small businesses and 20–25 EGP for larger partners. The company plans to deliver over 15 million parcels and serve more than 20,000 businesses in Egypt within two years and to expand operations across Africa, MENA and the GCC, including starting in Saudi Arabia. Bosta is a Cairo-based startup that provides last-mile delivery solutions to ecommerce businesses in Egypt. Founded in 2016 by Mohamed Ezzat, Ahmed Gaber and Mohamed El‑Houssainy, the company says it has served over 5,000 businesses to date. Deliveries have grown more than tenfold in the past year to about 150,000 parcels a month. Menabytes and Ventureburn report Bosta raised an undisclosed Series A from France’s DPDgroup, with Egyptian payments firm Fawry participating. The Series A was described in coverage as a seven‑digit dollar figure; Crunchbase records show Bosta has raised $1.7M in total across four rounds since inception. No further details on valuation or use of proceeds were disclosed in the articles.

Total raised

$7M

Funding rounds

3

Latest round

Series A

Latest activity

May 2021