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Raising $100m+ to streamline the online checkout experience and the $5B company enabling Indian SMEs with procurement and credit.

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Feb 14, 2022

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Hi Everyone 👋,

Welcome to Teardowns. We’re excited to have you join us for this experiment as we dive into the fastest-growing companies across different industries and geographies.

As we kick-off, we’re going to be playing around with different formats for this newsletter to figure out what works best for sharing the latest teardowns. We’d love to get feedback from you on any ideas as you receive these – everything from cadence of the emails to how we package things.

You can reach me at any time by just replying to this email or messaging our team at team@sandhill.io. Our hope is to build something we can all benefit from and so we’d love to involve as many collaborators as we can.

Ali


Today’s Teardowns (2/14)

  • Fast – Streamlining the online checkout experience by enabling merchants to add 1-click checkouts

    • Founded: 2019. Funds Raised: >$124M

  • Ofbusiness – B2B marketplace in India assisting SMEs with procurement and financing

    • Founded: 2015. Valuation: $5B


Teardowns from last week

Retail
  • Accel Club – Amazon Business Acquirer based in Amsterdam. Accel Club has raised $170M in its first year.

    • Founded: 2021. Funds Raised: $170M

  • Blinkit – 10 minute Instant Delivery Service in India

    • Founded: 2013. Valuation: $1B+. GMV Run Rate: $600M+.

  • Vuori – Offering premium activewear for men & women inspired by coastal California lifestyle

    • Founded: 2015. Valuation: $4B+. Raised: $450M+.

Media & Entertainment
  • Vox Media – The digital media publishing conglomerate valued at over $1B

    • Founded: 2011. Funds Raised: $300M+. Monthly Site Visitors: 100M+.

  • Mobile Premier League (MPL) â€“ India’s 2nd gaming unicorn reached a $2B+ valuation less than 3 years from inception

    • Founded: 2018, Valuation: $2.3B, GMV Run Rate: $1B+, Raised: $375M+

Edtech & Staffing
  • Teachmint â€“ Scaled to 10 million users and 1 million teachers in under 2 years

    • Founded: 2020, Raised: $110M+, Users: 10M+

  • Byju’s – The $21B edtech company

    • Founded: 2011. Funds Raised: $300M+. Users: 80M+.

South Asia
  • BlackBuck – India’s first logistics unicorn; digitizing operations of the trucking industry.

    • Founded: 2015. Funds Raised: $370M+. Valuation: $1.2B

  • Pine Labs – India’s 3rd most valuable fintech company providing tools to SMBs to accept payments online and offline

    • Founded: 1998. Funds Raised: $1.3B+. Merchants: 140,000+.

  • Mobile Premier League â€“ India’s 2nd gaming unicorn reached a $2B+ valuation less than 3 years from inception

    • Founded: 2018, Valuation: $2.3B, GMV Run Rate: $1B+, Raised: $375M+

Note: Blinkit, MPL, Teachmint and Byju’s from the other sections are also South Asian companies.


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