CTLP vs DADA Comparison

Cantaloupe Inc operates in the small ticket electronic payments industry. It provides wireless, cashless, micro-transactions, and networking services within the unattended Point of Sale (POS) market. Its products and services portfolio consists of ePort Cashless devices, eSuds, EnergyMisers, and Value-added services which include Loyalty and Prepaid, Intelligent Vending, and others. The company offers services to different industries covering car wash, taxi and transportation, laundry, vending, kiosk, amusement, and arcade. The Company derives revenue from the sale or lease of equipment and services to the small ticket, unattended POS market and majority of its revenue is derived from subscription and transaction fees.

Dada Nexus is a leading crowdsourced delivery service in China. The company has two core businesses, Dada Now, which is an on-demand delivery platform that provides last-mile and intracity services; and JD Daojia, or JDDJ, which is an online on-demand retail platform that connects consumers to merchants with its delivery capabilities. As of 2022, Dada Now accounted for 34% of revenue while JDDJ accounted for the rest. JDDJ and Dada Nexus merged in 2016, where JD.com received 47.4% ownership of the merged entity in exchange for its JDDJ business. As of June 2023, JD.com and Walmart Inc own 53.9% and 9.3% of Dada Nexus, respectively. Dada Nexus competes with other logistics companies such as SF Intra-City, with Didi in its delivery business, and with Meituan in its on-demand retail segment.