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Tea Selling Startup Teabox Raises Fresh Funding From Ratan Tata, Others
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Tea Selling Startup Teabox Raises Fresh Funding From Ratan Tata, Others

Siliguri and Bengalure based online premium tea selling startup Teabox raised $7 million in a series B fresh round of funding from a clutch of investors including Accel Partners and Ratan Tata. The startup will use the funding to expand its geographic reach, and further penetrate in US. “Online and offline expansion will be a major area of focus for us. The US continues to be our biggest market, generating about 40% of our overall revenues, but we’ve also seen demand from India pick up considerably over the past year or so,” said Dugar. Teabox had earlier raised funding of $6 million in 2015 and the current round may further increase to $10 million as the talks still continue with the investors, a financial daily reported. Teabox currently ships tea to over 100 countries from its ...