Acquisition · Financial Services
Pine Labs acquires Shopflo in cash deal worth ₹88 Cr
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- Date
- Company
- Pine Labs
- What it does
- Acquires Shopflo for ₹88 Cr
- Kind
- Acquisition
- Amount
- ₹88 Cr
- Sector
- Financial Services
What they do
Pine Labs is a payments and commerce platform serving merchants
What happened
It acquired D2C checkout specialist Shopflo for ₹88 Cr in cash
Why it matters
The deal supports Pine Labs' goal to build a full-stack platform
The details
- Pine Labs board approved the 100% acquisition of Shopflo Technologies.
- The deal value is ₹88 Cr (approx $9.3 Mn).
- Payment will be made in all-cash via two tranches.
- Completion is expected within three months of approval.
- No regulatory approvals are required as it is not a related party transaction.
- This marks Pine Labs' first acquisition since its November 2025 listing.
- Pine Labs previously acquired Setu in 2022 to strengthen online payments.
- The move aligns with Pine Labs' strategy to unify offline and online commerce.
The bigger picture
- Shopflo helps e-commerce brands optimize their checkout experience.
- It serves over 1,000 clients, including Dot & Key and Nestasia.
- The acquisition boosts Pine Labs' digital capabilities significantly.
- Shopflo processes transactions for 60 million customers.
- Pine Labs aims to become a full-stack payments and commerce platform.
About the business
- Shopflo offers a D2C checkout optimization platform for ecommerce enablement.
- Features include identity verification, analytics, and payment processing.
- It provides shopping cart customization and discount management tools.
- Shopflo reduces fraud and cash-on-delivery (COD) issues.
- It claims a 15-20% increase in merchant conversion rates.
- Shopflo's FY25 turnover was ₹14.7 Cr, up 61% from FY24.
- Pine Labs reported ₹744.3 Cr operating revenue in Q3 FY25.
- Pine Labs online payments revenue grew by ~50% YoY in Q3 FY25.
- Pine Labs posted a profit of ₹42.4 Cr in Q3 FY25.
What happens next
- Pine Labs will integrate Shopflo into its full-stack platform.
- Shopflo founders will likely join Pine Labs' operations.
The deal
- Type
- acquisition
Investors
- Tiger Global (lead) — Led Shopflo's seed round in 2022.
- TQ Ventures (co-lead) — Participated in Shopflo's seed round in 2022.
Founders
- Ankit Bansal, Co-founder
- Priy Ranjan, Co-founder and CEO
- Ishan Rakshit, Co-founder
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