Kapiva Ayurveda Plans To Open Its Store In Bangalore And Hyderabad
Kapiva Ayurveda Plans To Open Its
Store In
Bangalore And Hyderabad
Baidyanath
group, plans to foray into the Bangalore and Hyderabad markets by the end of
this year and raise around $10mn over the next year and a half to fund its
expansion into other tier-1 cities across the country as well as build its
brand in the US and European markets.
Start-up,
which currently has a presence in Mumbai and Kolkata, manufactures and markets
premium Ayurvedic products targeted primarily at health conscious youngsters
looking for on-the-go Ayurveda. It has already raised $1.5mn from various
investors, including $450,000 from the Baidyanath group that holds majority
stake.
Shrey
Badhani, founder and CEO, Kapiva Ayurveda said “We were surprised to find that
30% of the orders on our website come from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. This
prompted us to look seriously at the Hyderabad market, which we plan to enter
by November end or early December this year after our foray into Bangalore. Kapiva
is looking at opening at 2-3 standalone clinics-cum-walkthrough pharmacies
(typically 300-600 sft and helmed by an ayurvedic doctor) in Hyderabad and
distribution through 300 stores comprising organised retailers, walk-through
pharmacies and prominent standalone retailers over the next six months. We want
to be in 3-4 cities and 2000 stores by the end of the fiscal and also build our
brand in the US, both online and offline,” he said. In Mumbai, the start-up has
four clinics with another two planned by January 2018 and also retails through
600 stores. In Kolkata, it has a presence in 100 outlets and operates four
clinics along with Baidyanath group”.
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