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

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

From 40 Minute Mentor by JBM, James Mitra

December 2, 2025 · 42 min · Episode 8

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Murvah Iqbal discusses her journey in building Hived, a tech-enabled parcel delivery startup, and shares insights on leadership and scaling a business.

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]…

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Hosts: JBM, James Mitra

Guest: Murvah Iqbal

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Organizations: Hived, Manchester City

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