# Voonik

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{{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](/source/E-commerce)<br>([Online shopping](/source/Online_shopping))
| location       = [Bengaluru](/source/Bengaluru)
| founder        = Sujayath Ali and Navaneetha Krishnan
| industry       = [Ecommerce](/source/Ecommerce)
| services       = [E-commerce](/source/E-commerce)<br>([Online shopping](/source/Online_shopping))
| founded        = 2013
| area_served    = [India](/source/India)
| website        = {{URL|http://www.voonik.com/}}
| current_status = Online
}}

'''Voonik''' is an [online marketplace](/source/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](/source/The_Hindu) | date=7 March 2016 | access-date=8 June 2016}}</ref> The company is based in [Bengaluru](/source/Bengaluru), [Karnataka](/source/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](/source/TechCrunch) | date=10 June 2015 | access-date=8 June 2016}}</ref>
 
The [startup](/source/Startup_company) was launched as a personal [mobile application](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Mint_(newspaper)) | date=7 June 2016 | access-date=8 June 2016}}</ref> The company is based in [Bengaluru](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Sequoia_Capital) 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](/source/E-commerce_in_India)
* [Online shopping](/source/Online_shopping)

==References==
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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

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