The super app India's tier 2 and 3 cities have been waiting for.
Tier 2 and tier 3 India doesn't need a watered-down version of Uber or OLX. It needs something built for how those cities actually work, where the auto driver has no app, the best property deals aren't listed anywhere, and the local kirana doesn't have a Google profile.
FEATURES
Connect with local autos, cabs, and e-rickshaws in your city. No surge pricing algorithms. No city minimum. Real local rates, real local drivers.
Find any local business, shops, service professionals, clinics, restaurants, repair services. Verified listings with real reviews from actual customers in your city.
Rent and sell residential and commercial properties in your city. No brokerage required for direct listings. Depo connects owner and tenant directly.
Buy and sell anything second-hand, furniture to two-wheelers to electronics. Local-first visibility means listings reach the right buyers in your city.
Find work locally or hire for your business. Job listings for skilled, semi-skilled, and daily-wage roles, built for the informal economy that powers smaller cities.
Any local business can create a verified profile for free. Add photos, services, operating hours, and contact details. Depo becomes your free digital shopfront.
HOW IT WORKS
Depo is hyperlocal, everything you see is from your city. The app configures itself around your location, showing listings, drivers, and businesses within reach.
Search for a ride, a property, a service, or a product. Or create a listing, add your business, post a property, or sell something. Free to list.
Depo connects you directly with the other party, no middlemen extracting fees. Chat, call, or meet. The platform facilitates; you transact.
Ratings and reviews stay with your profile over time. Drivers, businesses, and sellers build verified local credibility. Trust is earned in your community.
Market Opportunity · Tier 2 & 3 India
India has over 500 cities with populations between 2 lakh and 20 lakh. These cities generate significant economic activity, local transport, property transactions, trade, and services, but have almost no reliable digital infrastructure serving them. Uber does not operate in most of them. OLX listings are sparse and unverified. MagicBricks rarely has properties below tier-1 pricing. Justdial listings are outdated. Depo is building the single platform that connects all of this, local rides, property, classifieds, and business discovery, in one app, built from the ground up for how these cities actually function.
THE FULL STORY
India has 500+ cities with populations between 2 and 20 lakh, generating real economic activity with almost no digital infrastructure serving it. Uber doesn't operate in most of them. Property deals never get listed. The best mechanic in town has no profile anywhere. Metro apps didn't fail these cities, they never showed up.
We studied how these cities actually move: autos negotiated at the corner, rentals found through relatives, second-hand goods sold through word of mouth. The gap wasn't awareness, smartphones and UPI are everywhere. The gap was that no product was built for this behavior.
A super app, deliberately, because in Nashik, five metro apps that barely work are worth less than one local platform that does. Free listings seed the supply side; trust and density, not features, are the moat.
Designed for first-time internet users: the city is the organizing principle, every screen is local, and the platform connects people directly, no middlemen, no dark patterns, no surge theatre.
A hyperlocal architecture where every query, listing, and ride is city-scoped. A simplified partner app for drivers. A verification pipeline that keeps listings real, the thing directories never solved.
Targeting launch in 2026 with four verticals, rides, business discovery, property, classifieds, expanding across Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Rajasthan, with business listings free from day one.
Tier-2 India is not a smaller metro, it's a different country with different physics. Supply density beats feature count. And trust, once earned in a smaller city, compounds faster than any paid acquisition channel.
INSIGHTS
The mistake every metro-born startup makes when expanding to smaller cities: they assume the same product, same UI, same pricing model will work. Depo was designed from scratch for the behavior, infrastructure, and economic reality of tier 2 and 3 cities.
In Mumbai you have Uber, OLX, MagicBricks, and Justdial, all separate apps. In Nashik, none of those work well. A single trusted local platform with all verticals is far more useful than five metro-focused products that barely work outside the top 8 cities.
India's tier 2 and 3 cities have millions of micro-businesses, service workers, and property owners who are active economic participants with zero digital presence. Depo gives them that presence, for free.
FAQ
Depo is launching first across tier 2 and tier 3 cities in Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Rajasthan, with more states to follow. The platform prioritizes cities with populations between 2 lakh and 20 lakh, where existing apps provide poor coverage.
Request early access and we'll notify you the moment Depo launches in your city. Businesses can request a verified listing ahead of launch, and local drivers and auto-rickshaw operators can join the waiting list for the partner app.
Yes. Downloading the app, browsing listings, booking rides, and creating a basic business or property listing are all free. Depo's revenue comes from promoted listings and transaction fees on certain booking categories.
OLX focuses on second-hand goods nationally. Justdial is a yellow-pages-style directory. Depo is hyperlocal, everything is specific to your city, and covers ride booking, property, classifieds, and jobs in one app. The focus on smaller cities is the core differentiation.
Yes. Drivers use a dedicated partner app with a simplified interface for receiving ride requests, tracking earnings, and managing their profile.
Yes, Depo is designed specifically to enable direct owner-to-tenant and owner-to-buyer connections. No broker required. Interested parties contact you directly through the app.
SITIO LABS
Sitio Labs understands distribution and product design for smaller Indian cities. If you're building in hyperlocal, mobility, or local commerce, let's talk.