Capillary Technologies

Capillary Technologies is a software product company, which provides cloud-based Omnichannel Customer Engagement, eCommerce platform and related services for retailers and brands. It is headquartered in Singapore.

Capillary Technologies
TypePrivately Held
IndustryRetail and Consumer Brands
FoundedBangalore, India (August 2008 (2008-08)) [1]
Headquarters
Singapore
Number of locations
14 Offices[2]
Area served
India, South East Asia, Middle East, Greater China
Key people
Sameer Garde(CEO)
Pravanjan Choudhury (CTO)
Vikram Bhat (CPO)
Number of employees
400 (2023)[2]
SubsidiariesCapillary Technologies India Private Limited (India), Capillary Solutions FZ-LLC (Dubai) and Capillary Technologies Singapore PTE. LTD.
Websitehttp://www.capillarytech.com

History

Capillary Technologies was founded by Aneesh Reddy,[3] Krishna Mehra, and Ajay Modani in 2008.[4] The co-founders are graduates of Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (IIT-KGP). Before founding Capillary, Aneesh worked at ITC Limited; Krishna at Microsoft Research; Ajay at Danieli.[1]

Incubated in IIT Kharagpur, Capillary began its operations in Bangalore in August 2008.[1][5]

In June 2013 Harvard Business Review used Capillary as a Case for reverse Innovation in Tech Startups.[6]

In July 2016, Capillary expanded its operations to retailers in China[7]

In December 2016, Google's Vice President for South East Asia and India, Rajan Anandan joined Capillary as a board member.[8][9]

In September 2019, the company signed a partnership pact with Veda Holding, a company based in Saudi Arabia to form Capillary Arabia.[10][11]

Funding

Acquisitions

In September 2015, Capillary acquired an eCommerce software platform MartJack.[22][23]

In October 2016, Capillary acquired SellerWorx, an eCommerce services and technology company.[24]

References

  1. "How Capillary Technologies turned Lehman Brothers collapse into a boom - The Economic Times".
  2. "About Us,Our journey enabling consumer brands". www.capillarytech.com. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  3. "40 of India's Brightest young Entrepreneurs - Fortune India".
  4. "Capillary Technologies Pvt Ltd.: Private Company Information - Bloomberg". Bloomberg News.
  5. "The IIT that has given birth to a number of successful start-ups | Business Standard News".
  6. Govindarajan, Vijay; Deshpande, Sachin (20 June 2013). "Reverse Innovation in Tech Startups: The Story of Capillary Technologies". Harvard Business Review. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  7. "Asia's leading omni-channel CRM provider Capillary Technologies expands in China market".
  8. "Capillary Technologies appoints Rajan Anandan as newest board member | ANI News". Archived from the original on 2 February 2017.
  9. "Rajan Anandan joins the board at Capillary - The Economic Times".
  10. "Capillary Technologies signs JV with Saudi-Based Veda Holding". The Economic Times.
  11. "Capillary Technologies: A SaaS leader rises from Bengaluru". The Financial Express. 30 September 2019.
  12. Anurag. "Entrepreneurship Cell - IIT Kharagpur". ecell-iitkgp.org. Archived from the original on 11 December 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  13. "Qualcomm Ventures Announces Eight Shortlist Winners for QPrize Business Plan Competition | Qualcomm". Qualcomm. 2 September 2009. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  14. "Capillary Technologies • Norwest Venture Partners". www.nvp.com. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  15. "Portfolio | Qualcomm Ventures". www.qualcommventures.com. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  16. Perez, Sarah. "Social CRM Company Capillary Technologies Raises $15.5M From Sequoia, Norwest & Qualcomm". TechCrunch. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  17. "Sequoia - Capillary".
  18. Mishra, Pankaj. "With $4M In Fresh Funding From Amex Ventures, Capillary Wants to be Salesforce Of Social CRM". TechCrunch. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  19. "Archived: Start Singapore". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 30 December 2016.
  20. "Archived: S'pore-based CRM start-up bags US$14m Series B funding". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 30 December 2016.
  21. "Capillary Technologies raises $45 million from Warburg Pincus & others - The Economic Times". The Economic Times. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  22. Shu, Catherine. "Social CRM Provider Capillary Technologies Raises $45M, Acquires MartJack". TechCrunch. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  23. "Capillary takes over ecommerce platform - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  24. "Capillary Technologies acquires Sellerworx - The Economic Times". The Economic Times. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
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