Bengaluru-based startup Windo, solopreneurs and small merchants focused e-commerce enablement platform has raised $1.5 million in pre-Series A round led by Unicorn India Ventures along with the participation of CapriGlobal, Aravind Sanka, M Ganesh and a few others.
The fresh capital will be utilised for product development and overseas expansion, the company said in a press release
Two-year-old Windo lets solopreneurs, influencers, and small and midsize businesses open online stores through an app-first approach. To tap influencers, the company offers an app to start and manage Instagram-focused web stores. Windo claims to have 200K downloads with 50K monthly active users across 140 countries.
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Windo competes with the likes of Dukaan, Shopify, Dot and Bikayi among several others. The e-commerce enablement space witnessed heightened competition last year when B Capital-backed Khatabook and OKCredit also launched their respective platforms but both companies abandoned their e-commerce ambitions early this year.
Founded in 2020 by Founders Rakesh Vaddadi, and Silus Reddy. Windo is an app for Instagram-focused businesses lets anyone easily manage the business on the go. Windo raised his first Seed round in June 2021 led by Unicorn India Ventures, Vivek Bhargava, M Ganesh and a few others.
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