Ratan Tata-backed Moglix raises $12 million from industry’s top VCs

BENGALURU: Moglix, a B2B e-commerce start-up, which is digitally transforming India's manufacturing supply chain, has closed Series B round of funding of $12 million.

The round saw participation from International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group and Rocketship.vc, along with Moglix’s existing investors Accel Partners, Jungle Ventures, Shailesh Rao, ex-VP Twitter & Google and Venture Highway advised by Neeraj Arora of Whatsapp. Moglix is also backed by Tata Sons’ Chairman Emeritus Ratan Tata since its inception, as his maiden investment in B2B e-commerce domain.

Moglix will use the funds will be used to support the strong demand for Moglix’s robust technology solution in supply chain and manufacturing domain, infrastructure growth and geographical expansion plans.

With this investment, Moglix is looking to propel digital revolution of India’s manufacturing sector with its integrated digital supply chain solution and aiming to launch in 3 more cities in India apart from its current presence in Delhi NCR, Pune & Chennai.

Moglix’s solutions cater to more than one lakh small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and over 200+ large manufacturing houses in India. Moglix currently has more than two lakh stocks keeping units (SKUs) listed on its platform and serves some of the largest auto, electrical and public-sector undertakings (PSUs) in the country including Lumax, IndiaForge, Havells etc.

The company specializes in digital procurement of industrial MRO items and aims to utilize the funds to expand geographically across multiple industrial hubs in India. With the recent reforms of GST implementation and move towards a cashless economy, Moglix is well-poised to cater to more customers in the days to come. Recently, Moglix also launched GreenGST, a unique solution for the manufacturing sector that will make the entire customer ecosystem GST compliant and future-ready, marking another milestone towards its commitment to the space.

Founded in 2015, Moglix had previously raised Seed and Series A funding of USD ~6 million from venture capital firms like Accel Partners, Jungle Ventures, SeedPlus and Venture Highway. With this current round, the total amount of fund raised by Moglix stands at USD ~18 million. The announcement is significant since the investment has been raised at a time when there is heightened uncertainty and deteriorating business confidence overshadowing the start-up ecosystem.

Rahul Garg, Founder & CEO, Moglix said, “We are delighted to welcome on board the team at IFC as well as Rocketship and appreciate the continued trust of our existing investors Accel Partners, Jungle Ventures, Shailesh Rao and Venture Highway. The raise will accelerate our infrastructure build-up to better serve our customers, and enhance our product offerings as the manufacturing and supply chain industry heralds towards digitization. He further added, “According to a recent industry report, the global B2B e-commerce market is estimated to reach $7 trillion by 2020, as it’s twice as big as B2C market. We are making strides to harness the potential of the market in India and other Asian countries.”