{{Short description|Online marketplace}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}} {{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}} {{COI|date=February 2017}} {{Infobox website | name = Voonik.com | logo = Voonik Logo.png | type = E-commerce<br>(Online shopping) | location = Bengaluru | founder = Sujayath Ali and Navaneetha Krishnan | industry = Ecommerce | services = E-commerce<br>(Online shopping) | founded = 2013 | area_served = India | website = {{URL|http://www.voonik.com/}} | current_status = Online }}
'''Voonik''' is an online marketplace operating in products for women's fashion.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/voonikcom-looks-beyond-the-brand/article8323782.ece | title=Voonik.com looks beyond the brand | newspaper=The Hindu | date=7 March 2016 | access-date=8 June 2016}}</ref> The company is based in Bengaluru, Karnataka.<ref name=TC>{{cite news | url=https://techcrunch.com/2015/06/10/voonik/ | title=Fashion Discovery And Shopping App Voonik Gets $5M From Sequoia And Seedfund | publisher=TechCrunch | date=10 June 2015 | access-date=8 June 2016}}</ref> The startup was launched as a personal mobile application, before developing a website.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-11-18/news/68382557_1_web-shop-app-flipkart | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414080435/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-11-18/news/68382557_1_web-shop-app-flipkart | url-status=dead | archive-date=14 April 2016 | title=Personal shopping app startup Voonik opens web shop now | publisher=The Economic Times | date=18 November 2015 | access-date=8 June 2016}}</ref>
==Background== Voonik was founded in 2013 by Sujayath Ali and Navaneetha Krishnan.<ref name=l>{{cite news | url=http://www.livemint.com/Companies/cqU1w294RhIst2ocKacrWK/Voonik-enters-premium-ecommerce-segment-acquires-three-sta.html | title=Voonik enters premium e-commerce segment, acquires three start-ups | publisher=Live Mint | date=7 June 2016 | access-date=8 June 2016}}</ref> The company is based in Bengaluru and has 450 employees, as of June 2016.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/business/retaining-talent-new-startups-award-up-to-40-hike-paid-vacation/story-SVPKFdUPDkhi2vSNfflE5J.html | title=Retaining talent? New startups award up to 40% hike, paid vacation | newspaper=The Hindustan Times | date=1 June 2016 | access-date=8 June 2016}}</ref> The company had raised $5 million Series A round of funding from Sequoia India in 2015 followed by Series B round $20 million and $6 million from RB Investments in 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.livemint.com/Companies/N5Omsm4hEgWEpLqFQYwCNK/Voonik-raises-funds-from-Sequoia-RB-Investments.html|title=Voonik raises funds from Sequoia, RB Investments|last=Dhanjal|first=Swaraj Singh|date=2017-02-09|work=Mint|access-date=2018-09-12}}</ref>
==See also== * E-commerce in India * Online shopping
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==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.voonik.com/}}
Category:Fashion websites Category:Companies based in Bengaluru Category:Freelance marketplace websites Category:2013 establishments in Karnataka Category:Online marketplaces of India