Teabox: Difference between revisions

Teabox was founded by Siliguri-resident Kaushal Dugar. First started as Darjeeling TeaXpress in 2012, in 2013, the company raised US$1 million in seed fund from Accel Partners. In 2015, the company raised US$6 million in an investment round led by JAFCO Asia along with Dragoneer Investment Group, Keystone Group LP and Accel Partners. Teabox also has two customer-turned-investors, American Robert Bass who participated in the Series A funding and Singapore-based angel investor, Cameron Jones who invested in Teabox in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2015/03/24/teabox-tea-commerce/|title=Teabox Raises $6M To Grow Its Global Tea-Commerce Business|date=24 March 2015|work=techcrunch.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/277295|title=This Small Town Boy Is Turning Its Customers Into Investors|date=10 June 2016|work=entrepreneur.com}}</ref> Early 2016 also saw Ratan Tata become an investor in Teabox.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-01-27/ratan-tata-turns-venture-investor-in-retirement-backing-teabox|title=Ratan Tata Turns Venture Investor in Retirement Backing Teabox|date=27 January 2016|work=bloomberg.com}}</ref>