Company:Dukaan

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Short description: Indian e-commerce startup
Dukaan
TypePrivately held company
Founded2020; 4 years ago (2020)
Founders
  • Suumit Shah (CEO)
  • Subhash Choudhary (CTO)
Headquarters
Bengaluru
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Websitemydukaan.io

Dukaan is an Indian e-commerce startup headquartered in Bangalore.[1] It enables merchants with zero programming skills to set up their e-commerce store using a smartphone.[2] They recently announced an integration with ONDC, to streamline digital commerce and offer a level playing field across sellers.[3]

History

Dukaan is a DIY e-commerce platform that was founded in 2020 by Subhash Choudhary and Suumit Shah. The company was established in response to the COVID-19 pandemic,[2] which had a devastating impact on small and medium enterprises.[4] Over 70% of registered businesses on the platform are from Tier 2, and Tier 3 cities, and beyond.[5] It raised $6 million led by  Lightspeed India and Matrix Partners India and was valued at about $22 million.[6]

Funding

Dukaan has raised a total of $17M in funding over 4 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Sep 5, 2021 from a Series A round.

  • Dukaan raises $6 million in seed funding co-led by Matrix and Lightspeed India.[7][8][9]
  • Dukaan raises $11 million as part of its pre-Series A round of funding, led by 640 Oxford Ventures.[10][11][12]

See Also

References

  1. "Dukaan - Launch Your Online Store in 30 Seconds!" (in en). https://mydukaan.io/in/contact-us. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "$17 Million In A Year: Why Are Investors Queueing Up At Dukaan?" (in en). https://www.forbesindia.com/article/startups/17-million-in-a-year-why-are-investors-queueing-up-at-dukaan/70261/1. 
  3. "Dukaan App announces integration with ONDC, to streamline digital commerce and offer level playing field across sellers" (in en). https://www.aninews.in/news/business/business/dukaan-app-announces-integration-with-ondc-to-streamline-digital-commerce-and-offer-level-playing-field-across-sellers20221025170352/. 
  4. Post, Brand (2021-06-18). "Dukaan leads Indian E-commerce with over US$ 115 million annual GMV" (in en). https://www.livemint.com/brand-post/dukaan-leads-indian-e-commerce-with-over-us-115-million-annual-gmv-11624019888284.html. 
  5. Ahmad, Samreen (2021-03-25). "Dukaan simplifies inventory management with Magic Upload" (in en). https://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/dukaan-simplifies-inventory-management-with-magic-upload-121032500879_1.html. 
  6. "Exclusive | Tiger Global in talks to back less than a year-old Dukaan at $300 million valuation" (in en). https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/startup/exclusive-tiger-global-in-talks-to-back-less-than-a-year-old-dukaan-at-300-million-valuation-6789451.html. 
  7. Bhalla, Tarush (2020-10-20). "Dukaan raises $6 million in seed funding co-led by Matrix and Lightspeed India" (in en). https://www.livemint.com/companies/start-ups/dukaan-raises-6-million-in-seed-funding-co-led-by-matrix-and-lightspeed-india-11603169834781.html. 
  8. Upadhyay, Gaurav Tyagi & Harsh (2020-10-16). "Exclusive: Dukaan raises $6 Mn from Lightspeed and Matrix; valuation jumps 18X" (in en-US). https://entrackr.com/2020/10/exclusive-dukaan-raises-6-mn-from-lightspeed-and-matrix-valuation-jumps-18x/. 
  9. "Dukaan raises $6 mn from Matrix, Lightspeed, others" (in en). 2020-10-22. https://indianexpress.com/article/business/companies/dukaan-raises-6-mn-from-matrix-lightspeed-others-6825387/. 
  10. Upadhyay, Harsh (2021-09-06). "Dukaan raises $11 Mn in pre-Series A round" (in en-US). https://entrackr.com/2021/09/dukaan-raises-11-mn-in-pre-series-a-round/. 
  11. Singh, Manish (2021-09-06). "Dukaan raises $11 million to help merchants in India set up online stores" (in en-US). https://techcrunch.com/2021/09/05/dukaan-raises-11-million-to-help-merchants-in-india-set-up-online-stores/. 
  12. Bhalla, Tarush (2021-09-06). "Dukaan raises $11 million in pre Series A funding" (in en). https://www.livemint.com/companies/news/dukaan-raises-11-million-in-pre-series-a-funding-11630910285771.html.