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Bengaluru, Karnataka

4.0/ 5

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Jumbotail Technologies Private Limited is a prominent Indian B2B e-commerce and New Retail platform dedicated to transforming the country's mass-market food and grocery ecosystem. Founded in November 2015 by Stanford MBA classmates S. Karthik Venkateswaran (CEO) and Ashish Jhina (COO), the company is headquartered in Bengaluru, Karnataka. Jumbotail reengineers the traditional food and grocery value chain using advanced technology, data science, and operational design to connect over 250,000 neighborhood mom-and-pop Kirana stores across more than 50 cities with brands, staples producers, and farmers. The company's core operations are built upon a multi-layered ecosystem that provides full-stack services to independent retailers. Its core online marketplace offers an extensive selection of high-quality staples, packaged foods, personal care, and home care products, combined with sourcing services and quality control. Supporting this marketplace is Jumbotail Logistics, an in-house, tech-driven supply chain network utilizing advanced distribution and fulfillment centers to manage last-mile storefront delivery and payment collections. To empower small business owners financially, Jumbotail operates a proprietary fintech platform. This vertical utilizes transactional data and proprietary algorithms to evaluate creditworthiness, facilitating direct access to working capital credit and payment solutions from third-party lending partners for both buyers and sellers. Furthermore, the company offers a unique Retail-as-a-Service model through its J24 New Retail Platform. Powered by Golden Eye, a proprietary cloud-based Retail Operating System, Jumbotail helps traditional merchants upgrade into modern convenience stores within 24 to 48 hours. The Golden Eye stack fully integrates point-of-sale billing, inventory management, merchandising, customer relationship management, and deep data analytics with Jumbotail’s supply chain and fintech infrastructure. In June 2025, Jumbotail officially entered the unicorn league after successfully securing a 120 million USD Series D funding round led by SC Ventures, valuing the company at 1 billion USD. To date, the company has raised over 260 million USD from a robust cap table of institutional investors, including Nexus Venture Partners, Kalaari Capital, Capria Ventures, VII Ventures, and Invus. The company has aggressively scaled its capabilities, notably acquiring B2B platform Solv India in mid-2025 to optimize its supply chain footprint. Continuing its technological expansion, Jumbotail announced a major strategic collaboration with Japan's NEC Corporation in March 2026 to integrate advanced analytics and further optimize supply chains for India's mass-market retail ecosystem. Led by Venkateswaran and Jhina, Jumbotail remains committed to driving financial inclusion and operational excellence for millions of traditional retailers nationwide.