Murvah Iqbal on scaling one of Europe’s fastest-growing startups and disruption a billion dollar industry with Hived
40 Minute Mentor3 Joulu 2025

Murvah Iqbal on scaling one of Europe’s fastest-growing startups and disruption a billion dollar industry with Hived

What does it take to build one of Europe’s fastest-growing startups in a legacy industry? Find out from today’s 40 Minute Mentor, Murvah Iqbal, Co-Founder and CEO of Hived, the UK’s first customer-centric, all-electric, tech-enabled parcel delivery company designed for modern e-commerce. Long before raising a $42 million Series B and rolling out an 100% electric fleet across eight UK cities, Murvah was captaining Manchester City’s women’s youth team, running marketing for her family’s fast-food chain, and hustling entrepreneurial ideas. Today, she leads a team transforming parcel delivery through world-class technology, operational excellence and a relentless belief that there had to be a better way. This episode is a masterclass in leadership grit, co-founder dynamics, building high-performing teams, and scaling a moonshot idea from two founders on bikes to millions of parcels delivered for some of the UK’s biggest brands. 📚Episode Chapters: ➡️ Transferrable skills from football to entrepreneurship [06:05] ➡️ The Silicon Valley spark that led to building Hived [08:00] ➡️ Co-Founder dynamics & complementary strengths [13:00] ➡️ From bikes to millions of parcels delivered [15:00] ➡️ Fundraising realities [24:00] ➡️ Scaling hiring and culture [30:00] 🔍 Find out more: ✨ Connect with Murvah ✨ Find out more about Hived ⭐Enjoyed this episode? ⭐️ Keep up to date with all our latest episodes by hitting the subscribe button on your favourite podcast platform. And for any feedback on what you enjoy the most and ideas on what we can do to make 40 Minute Mentor even better, please leave us a review at https://ratethispodcast.com/40mm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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