Backed by Bharat Founders Fund, Mistry.Store is overhauling India's fragmented, chaotic home renovation industry through its tech-enabled one-stop shop for contractors to simplify purchasing and delivery of materials.

Are you thriftin?

A latent activity has emerged in the social commerce sphere which is also enabling existing micro-influencers to become entrepreneurs by monetizing their reach on social platforms. We have found an extensive level of peer-to-peer e-commerce being executed through Instagram in what is currently a high-friction experience. (lack of transactional ability etc.)

Much like the west, we’re increasingly moving towards apparel that’s comfortable and multifunctional. As athletic wear becomes part of the mainstream wardrobe (the “athleisure-wear” culture), we believe the aspirational segment of women in fact represents a large emerging opportunity.

In August 2016, we were fortunate to have led the seed round in Meesho.

Today, Meesho announced a $300MN fundraise led by SoftBank with participation from some of it’s existing investors including Facebook and Prosus (previously Naspers). This round values the company at $2.1BN.

Here is an article that we wrote in 2017 on why we invested in Meesho.