Quick Commerce Enabler Inamo Raises $8M
Inamo, a platform that provides dark store and fulfillment solutions for other brands, has raised $8 million in Series A funding. The company, which already operates in six metros, plans to use the capital to expand its dark store network to 10 more cities by 2026. The investment shows continued confidence in the back-end infrastructure powering quick commerce.
The latest $8 million Series A funding for Inamo is a mix of $6 million in equity and $2 million in venture debt, with Prime Venture Partners leading the investment. This follows a $3 million seed round in September 2025, showing continued investor confidence in the quick commerce infrastructure space. Founded in 2024 by Sumit Anand, formerly of Dunzo and Ola, and Rupesh Thakare, with experience at Goldman Sachs and Ninjacart, Inamo provides an "infrastructure-as-a-service" model. The company manages the entire logistics backbone, from warehousing and fulfillment to last-mile delivery, allowing brands to scale without heavy upfront investment. In just 18 months, Inamo has expanded to operate over 80 dark stores across six metro cities, processing more than 1.8 million orders a month. This rapid scaling has resulted in their annual recurring revenue growing more than tenfold in the last 10 months. The new capital is earmarked for aggressive expansion into 10 new cities, with the goal of surpassing 200 dark stores by the end of 2026. This move targets the growing e-commerce demand from Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities, which now account for over 60% of all e-commerce shipments in India. This expansion addresses a critical bottleneck in India's booming quick commerce market, which was valued at $3.05 billion in FY2024. While consumer demand has surged, the underlying logistics infrastructure, especially in non-metro areas, has struggled to keep pace, creating challenges like higher costs and longer delivery times. Inamo's focus on building a dedicated backbone for quick commerce tackles the issue of legacy fulfillment models that are ill-suited for the speed and data integration required for 10-minute delivery. Dark stores, which are closed to the public and optimized for rapid order picking, are the core of this new infrastructure. The growth of enablers like Inamo signals a maturing quick commerce market, shifting focus from direct-to-consumer competition to building a robust B2B ecosystem. This mirrors the rise of specialized SaaS and payment firms that supported the first wave of e-commerce. This infrastructure is crucial as India's online shopper base is expected to grow from nearly 300 million to 440 million by 2030.
