Waysia, an Asian grocery delivery platform, Previously known as Alorsfaim, started out in Paris four years ago as a platform delivering from Asian restaurants and supermarkets to customers. When the pandemic hit, its users began to panic buy and quickly emptied retailer supplies.
Yejun Fan, founder and CEO of Waysia says the pandemic showed that the need for ethnic groceries was really underserved in Europe.
A handful of startups are already delivering Asian takeout across Europe, but online grocery targeting the demographic is still relatively rare, reckoned the founder, who worked in finance before becoming a serial entrepreneur.