印度版58同城UrbanClap获今年第四轮融资
12月11日，印度服务类平台UrbanClap 获 Ratan Tata 投资，融资金额尚未公布。该创业公司本次融资距上次融资不到一个月的时间（11月19日），上次融资金额为 16 亿卢比（约 1.54 亿元），投资方为 Bessemer Venture Partners、Accel Partners 和 SAIF。本次投资方为之前参与投资的 Accel Partners 和 SAIF。
UrbanClap 发表声明称会将这些资金用于市场扩张和服务种类扩展，预计下一年发展到 25 座城市，种类达到 100 种。同时，UrbanClap 还准备将员工数量扩大到现在的 2 倍，并且有收购其他公司的打算。本年4月 份，UrbanClap 种子轮融资金额为 150 万美元，6月 份，获 1000 万美元融资。
UrbanClap 声称现在每天大约有 5000 名用户，专业人员超过 25,000 名。目前服务地区有班加罗尔、孟买、海德拉巴、金奈、普纳和德里首都区，正在招聘产品人员、市场营销人员、工程师和业务拓展人员。2014年10月Varun Khaitan、Raghav Chandra 和 Abhiraj Bhal 创办了 UrbanClap，服务种类高达 75 种，包括管道维修、婚礼摄像、音乐课程、瑜伽课程和室内设计。
UrbanClap raises an undisclosed amount from Ratan Tata
Services marketplace UrbanClap has raised an undisclosed amount in funding from Ratan Tata in his personal capacity. This comes less than a month after the startup raised Rs 165 crore from Bessemer Venture Partners and existing investors Accel Partners and SAIF.
At the time UrbanClap had said it would use the funds for geographical and category expansion; 25 cities and 100 categories in the next one year. It said it would also double its employee count and acquire other companies. Note that UrbanClap had also raised $10 million in a round of funding from existing investors in June and raised seed funding of around $1.5 million (Rs 10 crore) in April.
UrbanClap claims to serve 5,000 customer requests daily, and has a seller base of over 25,000 professionals. It is currently operational in Bangalore, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai, Pune and Delhi NCR and is hiring across product, marketing, engineering and business development. Founded by Varun Khaitan, Raghav Chandra and Abhiraj Bhal in October 2014, UrbanClap provides professionals for over 75 services, including plumbing, wedding photography, music lessons, yoga classes and interior designing.
本文编译自：medianama.com
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