# Melonn S.A.S

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/melonn-s-a-s

- Industry: Logistics & Distribution
- Headquarters: Medellin, Colombia
- Website: www.melonn.com
- Total disclosed funding: $27M
- Latest round: Series A (Feb 2, 2022)
- Investors on record: 6

## About

Based in Medellin, Colombia, and founded in 2020, Melonn S.A.S is a developer of the platform which enables any retailer to offer Amazon Prime-like deliveries with its e-commerce fulfillment & back-end technology services. In October 2021, Melonn S.A.S raised USD 4.5 million in seed funding from returning investors NFX, Pear VC, SIMMA Capital, and Wollef. Additionally, in February 2022, Melonn raised USD 20 million in Series A funding co-led by new investor Global Founders Capital and QED Investors with participation from other returning investor NFX, Pear VC and Wollef. The company was co-founded by CEO Andrés Gomez, CPO Alejandro Celis, COO Andrés Archila, CTO Felipe Jaramillo, director of data science Sebastián Román, and Daniel Castrillón, director of software engineering & DevOps. And in 2022, it had 190 employees - including about 90 full-time employees and 100 contractors.     

The company services include fulfillment for e-commerce businesses which includes Inventory control, sales detail, order Status, best-seller products, and inventory forecasting tips and integrations - melonn can be integrated into e-commerce platforms that its clients are already using. Melonn receives and stores inventories, provides order tracking to buyers, makes same or next-day deliveries, and takes care of returns. Melonn has logistics centers in Bogotá, Medellín, Cali, Mexico City, Guadalajara, and Monterrey (Mexico).  

The company plans to use the 2022 funds to grow the technology and product teams to continue to strengthen the platform and develop new adjacent products, including financial services. The company also plans to expand its commercial capabilities and increase its network of warehouses to be able to offer efficient same-day or next-day deliveries in more and more cities in the region.

## Funding rounds

- Series A, Feb 2, 2022, $20M — QED Investors, Global Founders Capital, Wollef, Pear VC, NFX
- Seed, Oct 28, 2021, $4.5M — Wollef, Pear VC, NFX, SIMMA Capital
- Seed, Jul 15, 2021, $2.3M — Wollef, Pear VC, NFX, SIMMA Capital

## Investors

- Wollef (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/wollef) — Seed, Series A
- Pear VC (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/pear-vc) — Seed, Series A
- NFX (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/nfx) — Seed, Series A
- SIMMA Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/simma-capital) — Seed
- QED Investors (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/qed-investors) — Series A
- Global Founders Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/global-founders-capital) — Series A