Tag: Mr. Neeraj Tyagi

We Founder Circle backed Pet Supplies Platform Zoivane Pets with $100K investment in Seed Round

Pet supplies brand Zoviane Pets raises $ 100K in its seed round from We Founder Circle. The brand focuses on problem-solving pet products as well grooming supplies. The seed round witnessed participation from esteemed angel investors including Hitesh Dhawan (Founder of Neuronimbus), Dhrumil Patel, Joy Gnanamony and Abhishek Gupta (CEO, APAC & Middle East of Turbotic).

Surat-based start-up Zoivane Pets was started by 2 serial entrepreneurs Nishma Singhal and Kshitij Singhal in 2019. It offers amazing fragrances, result-oriented, high-quality pet supplies. Zoivane Pets family aims to provide a little extra care for all furry friends. It provides products that have natural ingredients and are paraben-free, and are tested by vets. The brand is selling its product online through its website as well as on marketplaces like Amazon, Nykaa, Myntra, Meesho, Flipkart, and offline too. Zoivane has registered more than 6 times the growth in sales since the last financial year.

On the Investment Mr. Gaurav VK Singhvi, Co-Founder We Founder Circle said “With Pets becoming a part of everyone’s family, it is important to ensure that they get all the care they deserve. Zoivane pets are doing a fantastic job with its unique approach in providing the right utility with its focus on application-based problem-solving products for pets, thereby making pet care a hassle-free process. We commend their approach and passion towards this.

“There are approximately 844 million pets worldwide and they are treated with equal love and care as we do of our children. We want to give them the best in terms of shower, food, accessories. Zoivane pets want to bring unique amazing fragrance, result-oriented, sustainable pet products to pamper all our furry friends” says Nishma Singhal, Co-founder of Zoivane Pets.

On the Investment Mr. Neeraj Tyagi- Co-Founder and CEO, We Founder Circle said “We are committed to incubate & invest in start-ups coming from tier2/3/4 cities & Zoivane is a perfect example of that. We worked with the founder for almost a year and are now funding their growth. Pet care is a fast-growing category & Zoivane has a huge opportunity in front of them.”

The brand plans to exhaust a part of the fund in scaling the team and tech development. In addition to this, the start-up also aims at utilizing the fund infusion on marketing and creating awareness.

Arcab, a technology enabled bus aggregator raises undisclosed Seed Round from We Founder Circle and Others

New Delhi: We Founder Circle a founder backing founder based early-stage start-up investor participated in the Seed round raised by arcab, a technology-enabled bus aggregator. The Dubai-based start-up Arcab allows fleet owners to make more money by increasing the utilization of their vehicles. The company works with 40+ Operators including Europcar, Avis and Dubai Taxi corporation with over 3k+ buses in their supply pool. The undisclosed round witnessed participation from other esteemed investors including –UpSparks VC, Charles & Zaim Azrak & other strategic angel investors.

The brand plans at utilising the funds to build, maintain and scale the technology infrastructure that facilitates the multi-sided marketplace. The start-up will also focus on activities related to scaling operations, building the brand and creating a sales and marketing engine to fuel the expansion in the region.

“arcab has come up with a unique business model, executing a fine technology infrastructure. They have identified some really good markets for expansion that hold great potential. Their business model will not just offer services to organisations and users, but also empower owners with fleets to get the ball rolling again. WFC is glad to be supporting the start-up and can see its growth trajectory already,” said Mr. Neeraj Tyagi, Co-founder & CEO, We Found Circle.

“We are humbled by all the support we have received from our investors and partners. The next 18 months are going to be very exciting and crucial for us to move quickly, ramp up our operations and scale our footprint in the region,” said Mr. Bilal Shabandri ,Co-founder & CEO, arcab.

The brand’s USP lies in its tech enablement which allows a fleet operator to reduce downtime, avoid manual control, optimise fleet, and increase profits.