GlowRoad – one of the fastest growing social commerce startup in India. GlowRoad lets users resell products (from 100+ categories) directly from manufacturers and wholesalers with the power of social networks. We truly believe in the potential of Digital India, with our majority of users being homemakers from Tier II, III and IV cities.
The platform hosts 6mn+ resellers from 1000+ cities across India, and we are proud to empower 100000+ active women resellers in our platform.
- Raised Series A funds from Accel in July 2017
- Raised Series B funds from Accel, CDH China, Korea Investment Partners, and Vertex in April 2019
The platform hosts 6mn+ resellers from 1000+ cities across India, and we are proud to empower 100000+ active women resellers in our platform.
- Raised Series A funds from Accel in July 2017
- Raised Series B funds from Accel, CDH China, Korea Investment Partners, and Vertex in April 2019
Location: India, Karnataka, Bengaluru
Employees: 201-500
Total raised: $12M
Founded date: 2017
Founders name: Nilesh Padariya; Kunal Sinha
Founders Related Locations: India, Karnataka, Bengaluru
Investors 1
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Vertex Ven... | vertexvent... |
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 09.04.2019 | Series B | $10M | - |
| - | Series A | $2M | - |
Persons 2
| Date | First Name | Last Name | Title | Location | |||
| - | Nilesh | Padariya | Co-Founder | linkedin.c... | - | - | India, Kar... |
| - | Kunal | Sinha | Co-Founder... | linkedin.c... | - | - | India, Kar... |
Mentions in press and media 17
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| 26.03.2024 | Know The Future And The History Of Online Shopping In India: The Era Of Shopping Online | Share Tweet Share Share Email Online shopping has indeed become popular in India, with billions of dollars worth of orders being made in a single day. The biggest advantage of this type of shopping is that it can be done within minutes, at ... |
| 22.04.2022 | Amazon acquires Indian social commerce firm GlowRoad | AcquisitionsNewsStartups Aditya Hadi Pratama · 22 Apr 2022 · 1 min readAmazon acquires Indian social commerce firm GlowRoad Global ecommerce giant Amazon has acquired Indian social commerce firm GlowRoad in an all-cash deal, TechCrunch repo... |
| 21.04.2022 | Amazon acquires India’s GlowRoad in social commerce push | Amazon may be attempting to take on Shopify in the west, but in India, it is gearing up to explore social commerce. Amazon has acquired the Indian social commerce startup GlowRoad in an all-cash deal as the e-commerce giant makes a bigger p... |
| 31.12.2021 | Glowroad in 4 Years by Alexander Gornyi | The post was originally published in Russian on Startup of the Day. Alexander kindly agreed to republish what we think is of great value to our readers. Glowroad, the Indian startup of the day, tested out several ways to help people earn o... |
| 02.11.2020 | Social Commerce Startup ‘GlowRoad’ Raises $7 Million From Its Existing Investors | GlowRoad, a social commerce startup, has raised $7 million in a fresh funding round from its existing investors. First reported by entrackr, Accel Partners has invested in $3 million, while Singapore-based Vertex Ventures has infused $2 mil... |
| 10.04.2019 | GlowRoad gets $10 mn funding from China CDH Investment, others | GlowRoad co-founder and CEO Kunal Sinha. GlowRoad competes with social e-commerce startups such as Meesho, Shop101, Whooplr and Ezmall. GlowRoad gets $10 mn funding from China CDH Investment, others 1 min read . Updated: 10 Apr 2019, 02:50 ... |
| 10.04.2019 | China's CDH Investments leads Series B round in reseller platform GlowRoad | Women-focused reseller platform GlowRoad, run by Accelerator Enterprises Pvt. Ltd, has secured $10 million (Rs 69 crores at current exchange rates) in a Series B funding round led by Chinese alternative asset management firm CDH Investments... |
| 09.04.2019 | Indian social commerce startup GlowRoad raises $10M Series B | Indian social commerce startup GlowRoad announced today that it has raised a $10 million Series B. The round was led by CDH Investments, a Chinese investment firm, with participation from returning investor Accel Partners. GlowRoad’s last f... |
| 09.04.2019 | China’s CDH Investments leads $10 Mn round in social commerce app GlowRoad | From nascent to the prospering stage, social commerce platforms in India has become a lucrative space for investors in the past year. While China leads social commerce segment globally, investors from the region are eyeing Indian startups t... |
| 10.12.2017 | Стартап дня: торговая платформа по агентской модели Glowroad | Директор по стратегии и анализу Mail.Ru Group Александр Горный каждый день рассказывает о примечательных проектах. 7 7 комментариев 2919 просмотров Индийский стартап дня Glowroad тестировал несколько способов помочь людям зарабатывать в инт... |
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