The key facts

  • Delever raised $380,000: $300,000 from AloqaVentures and $80,000 from Nexus Club
  • AloqaVentures invested in the startup again — in 2024 the fund provided $100,000 at the pre-seed stage
  • Over 1,400 restaurants and stores use the service, mainly in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan

A new investment round

Delever, a startup developing a platform for managing orders and delivery in the restaurant and retail sectors, has closed an investment round of $380,000. The company's founder Fakhriddin Yusupov told Spot about this. The bulk of the amount — $300,000 — was provided by the venture fund AloqaVentures, with another $80,000 coming from the business angel club Nexus Club.

Renewed trust from the fund

This is already AloqaVentures' second investment in Delever: in 2024 the fund allocated $100,000 to the company at the pre-seed stage, as Spot reported at the time. Yusupov emphasized that the repeat investment matters more to him than the amount:

What the funds will be used for and geographic presence

The money will be directed toward product development, expanding its capabilities, and entering new markets. According to the company, over 1,400 restaurants and stores currently use the service, primarily in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. Delever's website also lists Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Mexico, and Cyprus, while pilot projects are being prepared in the UAE, the USA, the Czech Republic, and Italy. The team plans to

What is known about the company

Delever operates an operating system for delivery-based businesses: it combines order intake through various sales channels, integration with aggregators, cash registers, delivery and courier management. The company is registered in the Astana International Financial Centre and holds resident status at IT Park Uzbekistan and Astana Hub. Back in July 2024 the founder told Spot about plans to enter the markets of Kazakhstan and other CIS countries, as well as the Middle East and North Africa, and to develop analytics and automated management — judging by the current geography, the Kazakhstan direction has since been implemented.