Thursday, 25 December 2014

Snapdeal to buy Unicommerce

Unicommerce eSolutions Pvt. Ltd is an e-commerce management software and fulfillment solution provider is in talks to buy with Snapdeal for a potential acquisition. New Delhi based Unicommerce, which currently provides its software to companies such as Myntra, Snapdeal, Jabong, Groupon, and Healthkart, has received investment from Nexus Venture Partners and Snapdeal founders Kunal Bahl and Rohit Bansal.
Three Indian Institute of Technology founded Unicommerce in 2012, Delhi graduates Ankit Pruthi, Karun Singla, and Vibhu Garg. The company offers a pay per use Web Based solution that helps small merchants and e-commerce companies manage orders from the time they are placed until products are delivered. The company flagship product, Uniware, updates and automates every aspect of online commerce beginning from when a customer places an order until the purchase is received.

It also helps companies manage everything from vendors to inventory, and from warehouse to shipments and returns. Unicommerce was also in talks with Tiger Global for a potential investment. After the deal, Unicommerce is expected to operate as a separate company. As per experts, companies would be apprehensive about sharing their data with Unicommerce if it becomes a part of Snapdeal.

For Snapdeal, 2014 has been active year with respect to acquisitions. The company this month announced acquisition of gifting recommendation technology platform Wishpicker.com for an undisclosed amount. The company has so far acquired five companies including Doozton, a social product discovery technology platform; Grabbon.com, eSportsBuy.com, and Shopo.in. However, if Snapdeal inks the deal, it will be its largest acquisition until date.

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