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First seen on the TechTO stage in 2021. Every talk is searchable — ask the archive about Mehdi ↗
In their words
we basically help merchants deliver their items as efficiently affordably and as fast as possible
we onboard our own drivers. So we don't just hand over these delivery requests to third-party carriers. We handle the delivery as well.
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Quick answers
What does FlashBox do?
Same-day parcel delivery for merchants across the Greater Toronto Area and Vancouver. Anything uploaded to its dashboard before 1pm is delivered by 9pm the same day.
Who founded FlashBox?
Mehdi Nayebi and Mehrshad Pezeshk, in Toronto in 2021. They had previously built a motorcycle-based delivery business in Tehran starting in 2015.
Why does FlashBox use its own drivers?
Nayebi told the TechTO podcast that handing requests to third-party carriers loses control of delivery quality, so FlashBox onboards and runs its own driver network.