Basil, a consumer houseware business, said on Monday that it has secured Rs 3.6 crore in initial investment from IIMA Ventures (previously IIMA-CIIE) and Appreciate Capital. Angel investors in the round included Mohit Sadaani, Co-Founder of The Moms Co., Aprameya Radhakrishna, Co-Founder of Koo, Abhishek Goyal, Co-Founder of Tracxn, Malini Adapureddy, Founder of Deconstruct, and […]
Country Delight, a direct-to-consumer (D2C) fresh foods brand has raised around USD 20 million (around Rs 164 crore) in a funding round led by Singapore’s sovereign fund Temasek, which is one of its backers. In addition to Temasek-owned asset management business Seviora, which invested through its agriculture and food-focused investment vehicle, Seviora T3F Fund, another […]
Omnichannel beauty retailer Sugar Cosmetics recorded a noteworthy 89% year-on-year surge in operational revenue for FY23, reaching Rs 420 crore, while maintaining a steady net loss of Rs 76 crore. The Mumbai-based company witnessed a substantial 68% increase in total expenses to Rs 505 crore, mainly attributed to heightened expenditure on stock-in-trade acquisitions due to […]
A look into the headlines that caught the reader’s interest most in the year gone. India’s Ecommerce Logistics Market All Set To Witness Exponential Growth India’s logistics sector has emerged as a market differentiator, with an increasing emphasis on efficiency and visibility within the supply chain. Recently, India made significant progress on the World Bank’s […]
Brainbees Solutions (FirstCry), a retail platform specialising in products for mothers, babies, and kids, has submitted its Draft Red Herring Prospectus (DRHP) to the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). The initial public offering (IPO) of the company includes a fresh issue of equity shares totaling up to Rs 18.16 million and an offer-for-sale […]
The year 2023 has proven to be a pivotal and transformative period for India’s ecommerce sector, marked by noteworthy shifts in consumer dynamics, technological innovations, and regulatory frameworks. As the industry reflects on the past year, key players across various domains within the e-commerce landscape unveil critical insights into the transformative trends that have defined […]
BlissClub, a Bengaluru-based direct-to-consumer (D2C) activewear brand focused on women, witnessed a significant surge in its operating revenue, reaching Rs 68 crore for the financial year ending 31 March 2023. However, the company also experienced increased losses, amounting to Rs 36 crore, marking a fourfold rise compared to the same period in the previous year, […]
Zomato’s shares opened higher on 22 December, a day after CEO Deepinder Goyal denied reports of the company planning to acquire Shiprocket for USD 2 billion. Goyal stated in a post on X (formerly Twitter), “We have noticed that there are certain news articles circulating in the mainstream media with the subject ‘Zomato offers to […]
Unicommerce, an ecommerce enablement SaaS platform, expanded its suite of SaaS solutions with the launch of UniShip, an integrated post-order journey solution with shipment tracking and a smart courier partner allocation engine for D2C brands and online retailers. UniShip seamlessly manages three kinds of post-shipment journeys: orders en route to buyers, orders returned by buyers and […]
Usually, during marketplace sales, direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands see a dip in order volumes on their websites. However, this year, brands on the GoKwik network saw a reverse trend. There was a massive surge in order volumes on their platforms during the peak marketplace sale period this year, a unique turnaround in the ecommerce industry from […]
