Funding · Professional & Local Services
The Wedding Company raises $2.75M seed round
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- Date
- Company
- The Wedding Company
- What it does
- Tech-enabled wedding planning platform
- Kind
- Funding
- Amount
- ₹25 crore
- Stage
- seed
- Founded
- 2023
What they do
The Wedding Company is a tech platform that helps couples plan and manage their weddings end-to-end
What happened
It raised a $2.75M seed round led by Wellingdon Advisors LLP, with participation from LVX, Tremis Capital and others
Why it matters
The company has already executed over 1,000 weddings and aims to reach Rs 350 Cr in service orders in FY27, with service order value growing 125% from Rs 51…
The details
- The Wedding Company has raised $2.75M in a seed round.
- The round was led by Wellingdon Advisors LLP.
- Other participants include LVX, Tremis Capital, Synergy Capital Partners, Vivek Mathur, Rahul Garg and Apurva Patel.
- The company had previously raised a $1M pre-seed round in July 2025, co-led by LVX and Tremis Capital.
- Pre-seed investors also included Chaitanya Ramalingegowda (Wakefit co-founder), Ajith Pai and Arash Ferdowsi.
- Total funding across both rounds now stands at $3.75M+.
- The company plans to use the new funds to strengthen its wedding services catalogue, build category management and expand its vendor partner ecosystem.
The bigger picture
- India's wedding industry is estimated at $130B, the second largest globally.
- Every year, 8-10 million couples marry in India.
- The company's service order value grew from Rs 51 Cr in FY25 to Rs 115 Cr in FY26, a 125% increase.
- It competes with players like Meragi, Weddingz.in (part of OYO), VenueMonk, WedMeGood and Matrimony.com.
About the business
- The Wedding Company is a tech-enabled wedding planning and fulfilment platform.
- It offers services including venues, décor, catering, photography, logistics and guest logistics.
- The platform connects couples with a network of 2,000+ verified vendors across multiple cities.
- It lists 30,000+ wedding venues across India.
- The company has executed over 1,000 weddings to date.
- It generated Rs 51 Cr in service order value in FY25 and Rs 115 Cr in FY26.
- The company employs 422 people.
What happens next
- The company aims to achieve Rs 350 Cr in service orders in FY27.
- It plans to secure 1,500 new wedding bookings in FY27.
- Funds will be used to strengthen the wedding services catalogue, build category management and expand the vendor partner ecosystem.
The deal
- Type
- seed
Investors
- Wellingdon Advisors LLP (lead)
- LVX (participated)
- Tremis Capital (participated)
- Synergy Capital Partners (participated)
- Vivek Mathur (participated)
- Rahul Garg (participated)
- Apurva Patel (participated)
Founders
- Pawan Gupta, CEO
- Rahul Namdev, Co-founder
About The Wedding Company
- Product
- Digital-first platform connecting couples with verified wedding vendors across venues, catering, photography, décor, and logistics
- Customers
- Middle-class and affluent Indian couples planning weddings
- How it makes money
- Marketplace connecting vendors and couples
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