US United StatesLogistics tech, pre-seed startup2020
Parcelwise
A same-day local delivery matching MVP for a two-founder startup validating demand before a seed raise.
MVP Development →The challenge
The founders had a strong thesis about matching local couriers with small retailers who couldn't afford their own delivery fleet, but no way to test it beyond spreadsheets and manual texting.
Our approach
- 01
Scoped the MVP down to a single workflow: a retailer requests a pickup, a courier accepts it, both see live status
- 02
Built the matching and status flow on Next.js and Supabase in six weeks, skipping payments entirely for the pilot
- 03
Instrumented every step so the founders could see exactly where retailers or couriers dropped off
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