Inside BlockStart programme – a look back from Piegade69

Piegade69 provides quality on-demand delivery services in all regions of Latvia.

As part of their journey on BlockStart’s Acceleration Programme, as an SME adopter, they were looking for new opportunities for collaboration with technology providers of DLT/blockchain solutions that could improve their business. This is the testimonial of their experience in our programme.

In one paragraph, what is Piegade69?

We provide b2b and b2c third party delivery services.

What is Piegade69 passionate about achieving?

Fast and quality delivery of any kind of products or items. With the solution provided by Kedeon we want to achieve high trust of our services, giving our customer the peace of mind that we will take care of each delivery to the necessary standards.

Can you tell us why you have decided to apply to BlockStart’s Call for end-user SMEs?

Because of Covid-19, we saw an increase in deliveries because more and more people ordered different goods with delivery to their homes or offices. We think that it was a great chance to implement some of the latest technological solutions in our operations and see how they would actually work in real life scenarios versus promises that are out there. We are also planning to expand in different niche sectors for delivering products and this would provide interesting data which would help us to create a thesis about our plans.

What major challenges have you faced during the implementation/testing of BlockStart’s blockchain-based solution?

As we are delivering to very remote locations, the network coverage for devices was not there and this raised some issues in the beginning. But this is understandable because the network technology for these IoT devices was rolled out just a few months ago.

What kind of impact do you think the blockchain-based solution you have implemented in the scope of BlockStart may bring to your company?

Providing real time data about our operations, helping us to better understand how to optimize and improve our services.

Where do you see your company in 5 years?

We want to become the leading last-mile delivery service in the region.

Want to know more about the blockchain-based solution adopted by Piegade69?

Visit Kedeon‘s webpage or watch the video below to learn more about the “last-mile delivery” solution implemented by Piegade in the scope of BlokStart’s 1st Acceleration Programme.

Applications for SME adopters are now open until 11 March 2021

The 2nd cut-off of the 2nd Open Call for SME adopters is now open until 11 March at 5pm CET (Brussels Time). If you are an SME operating in the fields of fintech, ICT and retail and willing to implement DLT/blockchain pilot solutions together with DLT/blockchain startups, that have gone through the BlockStart Acceleration Programme, you can still apply for this 2nd cut-off.

Don’t miss this change and benefit from up to €3,000 equity-free grants for participating in the Pilot stage of our 2nd Acceleration Programme.

Read the Guidelines for Application and our FAQ to ensure you know everything there is to know about BlockStart before applying!