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Electronics only quick commerce startup Epik raises $1 Mn led by Info Edge Ventures

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Electronics only quick commerce startup Epik raises $1 Mn led by Info Edge Ventures
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Epik, a quick commerce startup focused on electronics and home appliances, has raised $1 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Info Edge Ventures, with participation from angel investors. The Bengaluru-based startup will use the capital to build its fulfillment infrastructure, expand its product catalogue, and strengthen its demo operations network across cities. Founded by Gotama Gowda, Varun Chopra, and Harsha Reddy, Epik operates a โ€˜try and buyโ€™ model where trained experts deliver products to customersโ€™ homes within 60 minutes for demonstrations before purchase. The platform allows users to compare multiple products physically before making a decision. The startup partners with over 60 brands, including Philips, Samsung, Apple, Dyson, Dell, and Eureka Forbes. It has been operational in Bengaluru since October 2025 and claims to have scaled nearly 20x since launch. The platformโ€™s logistics model involves trained personnel, demo units, and hub-based operations to enable rapid fulfilment. Epik plans to expand across categories and cities while building a service layer that integrates product discovery with assisted buying.

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Fashion quick commerce startup ZILO raises $15.3 Mn in Series A round

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Fashion quick commerce startup ZILO raises $15.3 Mn in Series A round
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Fashion quick commerce startup ZILO has raised $15.3 million (Rs 140 crore) in a Series A funding round led by Peak XV Partners, which invested $8 million. Existing investors InfoEdge Ventures and Chiratae Ventures participated with $2.5 million each. The round also saw participation from Alteria Capital and Stride Ventures, along with angel investors including Lalit Keshre of Groww, Kunal Shah of CRED, Sachin Oswal, Ayyappan R, Abhishek Bansal, Sreevathsa Prabhakar, and Preeta Sukhtankar. Earlier in June last year, ZILO had secured $4.5 million in seed funding led by Info Edge Ventures and Chiratae Ventures. The proceeds will be used to scale operations, invest in technology, expand to new markets, and strengthen its supply chain. It currently operates in Mumbai and plans to expand to additional cities over the next 12โ€“14 months. Co-founded by former Flipkart and Myntra executives Padmakumar Pal and Bhavik Jhaveri, ZILO operates a fashion quick commerce platform offering apparel delivery within 60 minutes. The brand works with more than 200 brands and offers features such as home trials and instant returns. It follows a vertically integrated model combining dark stores and brand outlets to manage inventory and delivery timelines. Recently, Mumbai-based quick commerce fashion platform KNOT raised $5 million in a new funding round led by 12 Flags. ZILO also competes with Slikk and Myntra, which has expanded its quick fashion delivery offering to additional cities.

Quick fashion delivery startup ZILO raises $4.5 Mn in Seed round

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Quick fashion delivery startup ZILO raises $4.5 Mn in Seed round
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Fashion-tech startup ZILO has secured $4.5 million in seed funding led by Info Edge Ventures and Chiratae Ventures. The proceeds will help ZILO reach product-market fit, strengthen its hybrid supply chain, build brand partnerships, and expand beyond Mumbai to other major Indian cities this year. Founded by Padmakumar Pal, a former VP at Flipkart and Myntra, and Bhavik Jhaveri, a serial entrepreneur, ZILO offers quick delivery of fashion items from over 250 brands like Leviโ€™s, Puma, United Colors of Benetton, and The Souled Store. According to ZILO, customers can receive orders in under 60 minutes, try items at home, and return unwanted products instantly. ZILO operates through dark stores and brand outlets to fulfill orders locally and promises only fresh, in-season products. It plans to stock nearly 100,000 styles and expand into categories like footwear and accessories by the festive season.

Quick fashion delivery startup KNOT raises $3 Mn led by Kae Capital

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Quick fashion delivery startup KNOT raises $3 Mn led by Kae Capital
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Quick fashion delivery startup KNOT raises $3 Mn led by Kae Capital Mumbai-based quick commerce fashion platform KNOT has raised $3 million in a pre-Series A round led by Kae Capital with participation from Sparrow Capital, Boundless Ventures LLP, and founders of SNITCH, The Souled Store, and Bonkers Corner. Existing investors WEH Ventures, All In Capital, and Kumar Saurabh (Aukera Jewellery) also backed the round. The new funding will fuel product development, expansion beyond Mumbai, and deepen brand partnerships. Founded in 2025 by Archit Nanda and Rachit Bansal, KNOT is reimagining online fashion delivery with its 60-minute delivery model and Try โ€˜n Buy experience in Mumbai. The idea was born after the duo pivoted from their earlier venture Slick, spotting a major gap in how Gen Z and millennials discover and shop for fashion. KNOT currently claims to have partnered with over 70 fashion brands, fulfilling thousands of orders monthly. Its standout features include AI-based virtual try-ons, doorstep trials with instant returns, and influencer-led discovery. In the same space, ZILO secured $4.5 million in seed funding led by Info Edge Ventures and Chiratae Ventures, last month. Fashion delivery startup Slikk also secured $10 million in funding. Myntra, which launched rapid apparel delivery in December 2024, has now extended the service to additional cities.

Ice cream brand Go Zero raises $1.5 Mn

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Ice cream brand Go Zero raises $1.5 Mn
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Ice cream brand Go Zero has raised $1.5 million in its follow-on pre-Series A funding round from DSG Consumer Partners, Saama, and V3 Ventures, among others. The round also saw participation from notable angel investors such as Arjun Purkayastha. Earlier in August last year, the startup had raised $1 million in its pre-Series A funding round led by DSG Consumer Partners, Saama, and V3 Ventures. Founded by Kiran Shah, Go Zero has a diversified product portfolio featuring low-calorie, high-protein, and vegan ice creams. The startup claims that all its products are sweetened with plant-based sweeteners, which are low in calories. Currently present in 16 cities and over 125 dark stores, Go Zero ice cream brand is available on both quick commerce and e-commerce platforms in less than two years of launch. In FY24, Go Zero claims to have grown 4X compared to FY23 and while it saw 7X growth on quick commerce in just 5 months this summer. Go Zero competes with Hocco and NIC. Last year, NIC had raised $11 million in a growth funding round led by Jungle Ventures whereas Hocco recently raised $12 million from Chona family and others.

Phot.AI raises $2.7 Mn to automate e-commerce creative design

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Phot.AI raises $2.7 Mn to automate e-commerce creative design
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Phot.AI, an AI-driven creative automation platform, has secured $2.7 million in a seed funding round led by Info Edge Ventures, with participation from Together Fund and AC Ventures. The funds will be used to expand the team, invest in R&D, and launch the much-awaited copilot. Phot.AI was co-founded in 2023 by Venus Dhuria, Aneesh Rayancha, and Akshit Raja, who previously built AppyHigh. Phot.AI automates creative design and marketplace listings for e-commerce, brands, and retail by using AI agents that learn which designs perform best. The platform reduces manual effort and costs by up to 80% and enables A/B testing of creatives, boosting conversions by 40%. Phot.AI supports product photography, image enhancement, and batch processing using Generative AI, with over 3 million sign-ups pre-launch.

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