Limeroad

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Limeroad
Type of business Privately held company
Type of site
 E-commerce
Available in Hindi, English
Area servedIndia
Founder(s) Suchi Mukherjee, Ankush Mehra [1]
CEOSuchi Mukherjee [2]
Parent V-Mart Retail
URL www.limeroad.com
Commercialno
RegistrationRequired
Launched2012;12 years ago (2012)
Current statusActive

Limeroad, stylized as LimeRoad is an Indian online marketplace, [1] owned by V-Mart Retail. [3] The company is based in Gurugram, Haryana.

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It is India's first women's social shopping website. [4] [5] It deals in clothing and accessories for women, men and kids. [6] [7] The portal allows its users to create their own look on a virtual scrapbook by using its products and also allows users to earn from the scrapbook they create. [8] [9]

Background

Limeroad was founded in 2012 by Suchi Mukherjee, Manish Saksena and Ankush Mehra as a fashion marketplace for women. [3] [10] [11] The company's name is inspired from Grand Trunk Road. [12] [13]

The company raised US$5 million Series A round of funding from Matrix Partners and Lightspeed Venture Partners in 2012 [14] followed by Series B round US$15 million in 2014 [15] and Series C round US$30 million from Tiger Global, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Matrix Partners in 2015. [16]

In 2016, Limeroad came into partnership with the Madhya Pradesh Government's M.P. Laghu Udyog Nigam (MPLUN) to promote handloom and handicraft products online in India. [17]

Limeroad competes with e-commerce companies such as Amazon, Flipkart and Snapdeal, Myntra, Jabong, Roposo, Wooplr and Voonik. [8]

Awards

YearAward(s)Awarding organisationResultRef.
2015Coolest Start-up of the year Business Today (India) Won [18]
2015Infocom Woman of the Year - Digital Business INFOCOM Won [19]
2016Unicorn Start-up Award NDTV Won [20]
2017ET Startup Award The Economic Times Nominated [10]

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