Grocery startup KiranaPro hit by cyberattack ahead of fundraise; halts operations

ONDC-powered quick commerce startup KiranaPro has been hacked and has had to shut down operations for the last five days.

Due to inoperability, the company's partnerships worth Rs 5 crore are on hold. It is also losing out on 1 lakh download requests daily and 2k daily orders on its app, KiranaPro's Co-founder and CEO Deepak Ravindran confirmed to YourStory.

The cyber attack comes at a time when the company is gearing up to close its seed round with investors, thus impacting its fundraising journey.

The data hack, which happened on May 24 and 25, destroyed the company's app code as well as its bank of sensitive customer information.

Ravindran hopes the app will become operational again in the next 48 hours.

While its unclear as to how the attack happened, company executives got to know about it only on May 26. KiranaPro has reached out to GitHub’s support team to help identify the hacker’s IP addresses and other traces of the incident.

The development was first reported by TechCrunch.

KiranaPro's quick grocery app operates as a buyer-side app on the government-backed Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) network, allowing customers to buy groceries from local kirana shops and nearby supermarkets.

Earlier this week, the company announced the acquisition of Likeo (likeo.me), a startup specialising in augmented reality–powered virtual try-on technology in a $1-million deal.

As a part of the deal, Likeo’s Founder & CEO, Saurav Kumar, will step into a key role at KiranaPro, leading AI and visual computing efforts. KiranaPro had earlier acquired Joper.app to strengthen its presence in hyperlocal retail.

Founded in 2024 by Deepak Ravindran and Deepankar Sarkar, KiranaPro is backed by TurboStart, Unpopular Ventres, Blume Ventures and Snow Leopard Ventures. Badminton player PV Sindhu and V3 Ventures Co-founder and D2C entrepreneur Arjun Vaidya are angel investors in the company.