Our Story
Hey, this is Jenner Balagot, Mahalio’s Founder and CEO.
In 2012, as part of a graduate school project, I took a trip to Mabara, Uganda and met a group of great people serving a small children’s hospital in the middle of Africa. After talking with the local staff, I came to realize how much this remote hospital relied on its network of traveling friends and family to deliver important supplies to sustain their operation.
As I traveled after graduation, I started witnessing how much this person-to-person shipping network was very much of a reality for many countries in the emerging economy. Here, human ingenuity and kindness overcame the challenge of logistics in delivering a much-needed service through the family and friends network that delivered goods quickly, safely and reliably. Since then my team and I have been working tirelessly to build a network that connects friends, families, and community together on the Mahalio Network. We want to offer the world another option to ship packages that is more affordable, faster, and reliably around the world, while bridging the geographic gap between people. We believe that together we can improve the shipping industry, contribute to the reduction of our carbon footprint that results from our logistic redundancy while inspiring human connectivity.
Thus…
Mahal = love
IO= input / output.
Our Team
Jenner Balagot
Suren Dias
Suren was raised by first generation Sri Lankan immigrants in the SF Bay Area. Both of his parents hail from families with philanthropic histories, and thanks to this Suren understood the social responsibilities associated with wealth from a young age. He has traveled across the world, worked with numerous nonprofit and for-profit organizations, and believes every individual should have the right to thrive. After completing his BA at UC Berkeley he began work at his father’s company as a software engineer. Thanks to the mentorship of influential investors and business owners around the world, he has developed a strong passion for morally-conscientious business, and seeks to use Mahalio as a platform to alleviate the world’s distribution problem.
Let’s Deliver a Better World.
At Mahalio, we believe that trust and safety is a must as it is at the essence of our mission and vision. Trust & Safety begins with our first member and continues in informing our work as we grow. We work tirelessly on making sure that your personal information is safe with us throughout our platform. We facilitate all your experience and transaction to best inform your security while traveling with or exchanging packages, as your trust is paramount to Mahalio. All of our backend technology that stores your information utilize industry-leading security features. You are in good hand and with you we are confident that Mahalio will deliver a better world.
Jenner Balagot,
Founder & CEO
Below is a list of countries we have made succesful deliveries.
We look forward to partnering with you to expand our network and make the world a better place one delivery at a time.