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Voonik Receives First Part of its Series B Funding
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Voonik Receives First Part of its Series B Funding

This Bengaluru based online marketplace Voonik operating in products for women’s fashion has received ₹65 Lakhs from existing investor Sequoia Capital. The amount is the first part of Series B round that commenced in December 2017. In December 2017, RB Investments, Seedfund, and Sequoia Capital invested ₹7.37 Cr in Voonik. The shares were issued at a premium of ₹4,149/-, same as the current raise but much less than the previous round which saw the participation of RB Investments alone. Sequoia has invested in both fundings round happened in March & December from its Sequoia Capital Investments IV fund. The current private placement offer covers an investment by Sequoia Capital of ₹1.3 Cr in funding, which indicates that the current allotment of ₹65 lakhs is the first tranche, ...
Fashion Marketplace Startup Voonik Raises 133 Cr Funding From Kunal Shah & Others
FUNDING

Fashion Marketplace Startup Voonik Raises 133 Cr Funding From Kunal Shah & Others

Fashion marketplace Voonik has raised USD 20 million (around Rs 133 crore) in Series-B round of funding to scale up operations. Sequoia Capital led the round with participation from Times Internet, Seedfund, Beenos, Beenext, Parkwood Bespin, Tancom Investments and Kunal Shah, it said in a statement today. "The funds will enable Voonik to enhance customer experience, strengthen their personalisation engine, and to scale up Mr Voonik and Vilara," the company said. "Series A helped us in gaining scale, and now with this renewed investor confidence through Series B, we are all set to consolidate our leadership in fashion commerce," co-founder and CEO Sujayath Ali Voonik said. Launched in August 2014, The company has 10 million registered users, 8 million app downloads, 100 million annu...
Sequoia Capital Backed Fashion Marketplace Startup Voonik Acquires 3 Startups
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Sequoia Capital Backed Fashion Marketplace Startup Voonik Acquires 3 Startups

Voonik, a Sequoia Capital-backed fashion marketplace startup which is focused on curated fashion has acquired three startups to build its premium fashion product Vilara. Voonik is attempting to strengthen its leadership in the unbranded fashion segment largely via acqui-hires or team acquisitions of startups in niche fashion offerings. Bengaluru based Voonik has now acquired five startups in the past six months. It raised $5 million funding from Sequoia Capital and SeedFund last year. It has claimed $100-million run rate and is aiming to grow four-fold in GMV by the end of this fiscal. The three companies are online marketplace for designers and boutiques Zohraa, which has a 12-person team, the eight-person team at online silk store Picksilk.com and the nine person team at Styl, whic...
After GOSF, Now WOSF – Women’s Online Shopping Festival is Here To Pamper You
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After GOSF, Now WOSF – Women’s Online Shopping Festival is Here To Pamper You

Every woman needs to be treated in a special way and to do so, VelvetCase.com has conceptualised a festival titled Women's Online Shopping Festival (WOSF), wherein various lifestyle and fashion brands will be coming together to provide a shopping paradise to the modern women. Talking about the festival, VelvetCase.com's Founder and CEO, Kapil Hetamsaria said, "I am super-excited to see how an idea born over a dinner conversation a few months ago has snowballed into an event that has the potential of becoming a premier annual property driven by leading brands." Talking about the idea behind WOSF, Neha Kant, Founder of Clovia said, "We see women buyers as significant contributors to the growth of e-commerce and online purchase in India, this made us pop with the idea of WOSF." Meanwhi...