YantraLive raises $1 mn in Seed round from GrowthStory, angel investors

YantraLive raises $1 mn in Seed round from GrowthStory, angel investors

FPJ Web DeskUpdated: Thursday, January 13, 2022, 12:25 PM IST
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YantraLive will will utilise the capital raised to upgrade its technology platform, launch new product categories./YantraLive Team | YantraLive

B2B platform for heavy equipment and parts, YantraLive today said that it has raised $1 million in a Seed round from GrowthStory and other angel investors including Bigbasket’s Vipul Parekh. The startup’s existing investors also participated in the round.

The startup will utilise the capital raised to upgrade its technology platform, launch new product categories as it aims to enhance its market penetration across India. It primarily caters to infrastructure firms, fleet owners and servicing workshops spread across the country.

Founded in April 2018 by a group of IIM and NIT alumni, the startup is backed by serial entrepreneurs Ravi Anand Rao and Umesh Sangurmath, and the founding team includes Vikram Joshi, Sumit Bhosale, Kumar Palangappa and Avinash Sangurmath. Till date, the startup has serviced over 1,000 customers and delivered more than 10,000 SKUs, it said in a press statement.

Ravi Anand Rao, Co-founder at YantraLive said, “The heavy equipment market has hitherto been untouched by digital technologies and is ripe for disruption. YantraLive was born with this insight, and with a mission to eliminate downtime and idle time of heavy equipment through technology-led innovations.”

YantraLive was conceived to solve the information asymmetry problem for thousands of heavy equipment owners, many of whom are located in remote parts of India. The startup has grown its revenues by 10 times in the last year and is currently registering an annualized run rate of Rs 60 crore ($ 8.1 million) in revenues. YantraLive’s technology platform is the first of its kind in the industry and is disrupting the way heavy equipment related parts, services and machinery is being purchased, it claimed.

K Ganesh, Partner at GrowthStory said, “YantraLive is led by the right team with in-depth experience in the heavy equipment market and has seen good traction in the last year demonstrating the impending Digital disruption and transformation in the sector.”

Vipul Parekh, Co-Founder of BigBasket said, “The heavy equipment industry is complex, comprised of myriad stakeholders and requires significant domain expertise before one can create the right solution for this industry. ”

India is fourth largest construction equipment market in the world by volume, and registered a turnover of nearly $6.5 billion in 2020.

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