# GlobalBees Brands

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/globalbees-brands

- Industry: Retail
- Headquarters: New Delhi, India
- Website: www.globalbees.com
- Total disclosed funding: $187M
- Latest round: Series B (Dec 31, 2021)
- Investors on record: 15

## About

Based in New Delhi, India, and founded in 2021, GlobalBees Brands helps and partners with entrepreneurs with online-first businesses to scale up by offering a network of opportunities to enhance their digital footprint.  The company was co-founded by Nitin Agarwal and Supam Maheshwari and is backed by investors led by FirstCry from a Series A funding round in July 2021.

GlobalBees acquires and partners with digital-first brands across categories including beauty, personal care, home and kitchen, food and nutrition, and sports and lifestyle with a revenue rate of USD 1 million to USD 20 million. The company helps these firms scale and sell to marketplaces like Amazon and Flipkart and other channels in India and outside the South Asian market. 

GlobalBees plans to help the brands scale and diversify their digital footprint through direct-to-consumer channels. It also plans to support product development, branding, and other key activities such as warehousing and logistics and will look to acquire 30-40 direct-to-consumer firms over the next three to four years, investing around USD 2 to USD 6 million in each.

## Funding rounds

- Series B, Dec 31, 2021, $112M — Lightspeed Venture Partners, Chiratae Ventures, FirstCry, PremjiInvest, Balkrishna Industries, Steadview Capital Management, Trifecta Capital, SB Investment Advisers, Pratithi Investment Trust, Castle Investments, Satyadharma Investments & Trading Co. Ltd., Kiran Vyapar, Lyon Investment Group
- Series A, Jul 19, 2021, $75M — Lightspeed Venture Partners, ChrysCapital, Chiratae Ventures, Premji Invest, FirstCry, SB Investment Advisers

## Investors

- Lightspeed Venture Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/lightspeed-venture-partners) — Series A, Series B
- ChrysCapital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/chryscapital) — Series A
- Chiratae Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/chiratae-ventures) — Series A, Series B
- Premji Invest — Series A
- FirstCry — Series A, Series B
- SB Investment Advisers (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/sb-investment-advisers) — Series A, Series B
- PremjiInvest (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/premjiinvest) — Series B
- Balkrishna Industries — Series B
- Steadview Capital Management (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/steadview-capital-management) — Series B
- Trifecta Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/trifecta-capital) — Series B
- Pratithi Investment Trust — Series B
- Castle Investments — Series B
- Satyadharma Investments & Trading Co. Ltd. — Series B
- Kiran Vyapar — Series B
- Lyon Investment Group — Series B