Funding · Commerce & Consumer Brands
OneKiraana raises $1.6M seed round
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- Date
- Company
- OneKiraana
- What it does
- Private-label platform for kirana stores
- Kind
- Funding
- Amount
- $1.6M
- Stage
- seed
What they do
OneKiraana helps kirana stores create their own private-label products with micro-layer customisation
What happened
It raised $1.6M in seed funding led by Ankur Capital, with GreenTrunk Ventures and others participating
Why it matters
The funds will expand tech, manufacturing, last-mile logistics, and grow its store footprint across India
The details
- OneKiraana has raised $1.6M in a seed round.
- The round was led by Ankur Capital.
- Other participants include GreenTrunk Ventures, VCMint, and angel investors.
- The company will use the funds to expand its tech and manufacturing capabilities.
- It will also deepen its last-mile logistics and grow its store footprint across India.
The bigger picture
- India's grocery market is $500B, largely offline, with over 13M kirana stores.
- Kirana stores historically have fragmented supply chains, limited pricing power, and no brand identity.
- OneKiraana's platform combines micro-layer SKU customisation, last-mile logistics, and data-driven optimisation.
- The platform captures SKU-level sales velocity, pricing behaviour, regional preferences, and working capital cycles.
About the business
- OneKiraana enables kirana stores to create private labels via micro-layer customisation.
- It currently works with 900+ kirana stores.
- The platform supplies 3M+ private-label products.
- It offers 1,500 SKUs across 25 categories.
What happens next
- In the next 18 months, OneKiraana plans to build an end-to-end OS for kirana stores.
- This OS will help kirana stores compete like scaled retailers.
The deal
- Type
- seed
Investors
- Ankur Capital (lead)
- GreenTrunk Ventures (participant)
- VCMint (participant)
- angel investors (participant)
Founders
- Bhavin Soni, Co-founder and CEO
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