Funding · Commerce & Consumer Brands
IPF raises seed funding from Titan Capital
By Startup Enthusiast ·
- Date
- Company
- IPF (India Parenting Forum)
- What it does
- Recommerce marketplace for parenting products
- Kind
- Funding
- Amount
- Undisclosed
- Stage
- seed
What they do
IPF is a recommerce marketplace for second-hand parenting and baby products
What happened
It raised seed funding from Titan Capital; the amount was not disclosed
Why it matters
The platform has over 200,000 users and 26,000 orders across 200+ categories
The details
- IPF (India Parenting Forum) raised seed funding from Titan Capital.
- The amount of the funding round was undisclosed.
- IPF is a recommerce marketplace for second-hand parenting and baby products.
- It started as a series of WhatsApp groups founded by Priyadershita Singh.
- The platform now has over 200,000 users and has processed over 26,000 orders.
- It offers more than 200 product categories.
- Parents can save 50–70% compared to buying new items.
- The company aims to reach 1 crore (10 million) parents and grow order volumes by 20x in 2026.
The bigger picture
- The recommerce market for baby products is growing as parents look for affordable, sustainable options.
- IPF's trust features — seller verification, payment hold, and inspection period — address common concerns in second-hand buying.
- Video listings sell roughly twice as fast as photo-only listings, showing the importance of rich media.
- Demand comes from both Tier-1 cities and smaller towns, including the Northeast and Jammu & Kashmir.
About the business
- IPF is a recommerce marketplace for second-hand parenting and baby products.
- It started as 40 WhatsApp groups; buy-sell groups had the highest participation with nearly 3,000 parents in three groups.
- Sellers answer 10+ category-specific questions and are incentivised to upload videos.
- IPF holds payment until the buyer confirms satisfaction; buyers get a 48-hour inspection period.
- Video listings sell roughly twice as fast as photo-only listings.
- Logistics includes doorstep delivery and a 'Combo Order' feature that lets buyers get multiple items from one seller in a single box.
- The platform has over 200,000 users and has processed over 26,000 orders across 200+ categories.
- Parents save 50–70% compared to buying new.
What happens next
- IPF aims to reach 1 crore (10 million) parents in 2026.
- It plans to grow order volumes by 20x in 2026.
The deal
- Type
- seed
Investors
- Titan Capital (lead) — An early-stage venture capital firm that invests in technology startups.
Founders
- Priyadershita Singh, Founder
- Abhas Mittal, Co-founder
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