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Tuesday, October 29 2019 - 20:32
AsiaNet
Mobikon Raises US$ 12.5 Mn Series B Round led by Binny Bansal
SINGAPORE, October 29 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --

    A Company which started as a customer engagement platform for the 
restaurants, is now transforming into a 360 degree Data Exchange platform for 
the F&B eco-system. With over 6 years of experience in this ever evolving 
vertical, Mobikon is operating in 5 countries with 6000+ restaurants, on their 
platform. The company is now looking to transform its offering into a data 
exchange platform which will positively impact the F&B eco-system globally, 
keeping the restaurant business at the core. 

    (Logo: https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/1019144/Mobikon_Logo.jpg)

    Mobikon has been testing their new platform for over a quarter, 
demonstrating phenomenal results on business enablement. This unique value 
proposition and formidable gap in servicing the F&B vertical has resulted in 
Binny Bansal, India's entrepreneurial benchmark, to lead this funding round 
into Mobikon.

    "Mobikon has posted a stellar growth rate in customer acquisition in the 
last few months, along with demonstrated improvement in key business metrics of 
portfolio restaurants. Their proposed geographical expansion into Australia and 
further into South East Asia will give them unbeatable market leadership in the 
restaurant-tech space," Binny said. 

    Today, leading Indian brands in the F&B sector like Lite Bite Foods, 
Gajalee, Yellow Banana, Radisson group of Hotels, international Brands like 
Bistro Group, Gerry's Grill, Swensens, Nandos, Harry's, along side reputed 
Banks, FinTech organisations, POS providers and beverage brands are working 
with Mobikon on its unique Data exchange platform. 

    Samir Khadepaun, the Founder and CEO of Mobikon, said, "We will use this 
fresh capital to take a formidable market share in our existing geographies and 
establish a strong foothold in Australia and Indonesia, besides investing 
heavily in our tech stack including data science team and integration frame 
work. Our objective is to accelerate the value creation for restaurants beyond 
discounting by using Data Insights and open API platform which will network and 
channelize the entire eco-system around restaurants."

    Anurag Srivastava, the founder and Managing Partner of Jungle Ventures, 
said, "We are excited to see Mobikon take this leap in to the next phase of 
disruptive scale. The addition of Binny Bansal on the board, gives us 
tremendous confidence and validation of our belief in the company and its 
team." 

    With a plan to scale rapidly, the company has recently inducted Apoorva 
Ruparel, a serial entrepreneur with multiple successful exits and an immaculate 
track record on growth hacking and investment advisory to many founders across 
India, Middle East and Europe. As a part of his corporate experience, Apoorva 
has worked with Accenture, Nortel, Juniper and I-gate Global. He now joins 
Mobikon as a Co-Founder & spearheads all growth initiatives. 

    The company has elevated Amit Divekar as a Co-founder & CTO, and he will 
focus on enhancing Data Intelligence on the Technology Platform and 
substantially elevate the Customer Experience. Amit has been with Mobikon for 
the last 5 years and has immensely contributed to the core architecture and 
technology stack. He brings two decades of invaluable technology experience, 
while having worked for Autodesk and Neilsoft. 

    Mobikon's short term vision is to onboard over 50,000 restaurants and 
disrupt the eco-system partnership with leading Banks, FinTech organisations, 
Beverage manufacturers, and Consumer Services platforms in the next 18 months. 

    About Mobikon

    Mobikon is a leading data exchange platform for the F&B ecosystem. The 
company has engaged over 27 million unique diner profile and generates 700,000 
new diner profiles every month. Mobikon is a Jungle Ventures portfolio company 
and has raised a total of US$25 Mn in primary investments so far. Sistema Asia 
Fund had led the previous round of funding in to the company. 

    For more information, visit our website: www.mobikon.io 

    Media contacts in India:
    Ms. Debalina Ghosh
    debalina.ghosh@adfactorspr.com 
    +91-9920362369

    Mr. Viren Saldanha
    viren.saldanha@adfactorspr.com 
    +91-9423888006



   Source: Mobikon
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