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Building the delivery and payments platform for Nepal's growing towns

Laayo is a food and grocery delivery app, a payments business and a restaurant software company, run as one platform by Laayo Services Pvt. Ltd. This page is where we explain how it fits together and what comes next.

Laayo at a glance

Live in Birtamod and DamakEastern Nepal, with our own riders and local partners.
Four products, one platformDelivery, membership, payments software and restaurant POS.
Built in-houseEvery app and service is designed, built and run by our team.
Kathmandu is nextThe same playbook, taken to the capital when we are ready.

What we run

Delivery app

Laayo

Food and groceries from local restaurants and shops, delivered by our own riders, with live tracking and E-Payment.

laayo.com.np
Membership

Laayo Plus

A monthly membership for regular customers, with delivery benefits and priority support.

Read about Plus
Payments software

Qora

QR payment software for Nepali businesses. Merchants are paid directly by their bank; Qora never holds customer money.

qora.laayo.com.np
Restaurant POS

Laayo Biz

A point of sale for restaurants, from billing and tables to staff, connected to the orders they receive on Laayo.

biz.laayo.com.np

Why Laayo

01

Started small on purpose

We grew in towns the big platforms skip. Density, close partner relationships and riders who know every landmark are hard to copy from far away.

02

We own our technology

Apps, backend, realtime, payments and point of sale are built and run by our own team, so we move quickly and keep costs under control.

03

Payments are built in

E-Payment, wallet, gift cards and Qora run on rails we control, which ties customers, restaurants and riders closer to Laayo.

Where we are going

Plans, not promises. We move when a town and our partners are ready.

  1. Live
    • Delivery in Birtamod and Damak
    • Laayo Plus membership
    • Qora payment software
    • Laayo Biz point of sale
  2. Rolling out
    • Native iOS and Android customer apps
    • Ordering on the web
    • Faster backend on Go
  3. Next
    • Kathmandu
    • Laayo Supply: kitchen supplies for restaurant partners
    • More towns

From the leadership team

Why we are building Laayo

A letter from the people building Laayo. The gap we see in Nepal's smaller towns, what we are building to close it, and the beliefs that shape every decision we make.

Laayo Leadership 4 min read

What comes next for Laayo

Our plans for what comes next, from deepening service in Birtamod and Damak to preparing for Kathmandu, exploring Laayo Supply and finishing the move to native apps. Plans, not promises.

Laayo Leadership 3 min read

How we measure progress

The signals our leadership team watches closely, why we chose them over vanity numbers, and how each one connects to a decision we can actually make.

Laayo Leadership 4 min read

One company, four products

Laayo is more than a delivery app. How the Laayo app, Laayo Plus, Qora and Laayo Biz fit together, and why sharing riders, payment rails and technology makes each one stronger.

Laayo Leadership 4 min read

We started small on purpose

Launching in smaller towns first was not a compromise. Density, close partner relationships and low costs give a young company advantages that are hard to get anywhere else.

Laayo Leadership 3 min read

How Laayo makes money

A plain explanation of our revenue lines, from restaurant commission and delivery fees to memberships and software for businesses, and why we built them in this order.

Laayo Leadership 4 min read
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