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He added that to leverage this opportunity, B2B marketplaces will have to go beyond their regular role and provide a complete suite of transaction management while ensuring quality control over supply and service.īessemer Venture Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm that has invested in over 200 companies. Latham & Watkins has advised Bessemer Venture Partners (Bessemer) on the US30 million Series B funding round of Raft.ai (previously known as Vector. Its portfolio includes companies like Twilio. B2B marketplace startups have the opportunity to emulate in the next 5-10 years the same growth trajectory that B2C internet companies saw in the last decade.”Īlso read: 78% of India’s handmade MSMEs struggle to access working capital, hindering cultural economy growth: Report At Bessemer, we believe venture capital thrives in an apprenticeship model. Bessemer Venture Partners is a US-based venture capital firm with offices in India, Israel, and the UK. The report predicts the three most promising verticals in B2B marketplaces would be: product marketplaces (offering products across healthcare, agriculture, fashion, FMCG, etc., to businesses), service marketplaces (connecting businesses with service providers such as freelancers, consultants, and agencies, and operating in verticals like marketing and sales), and marketplace enablers (platforms helping businesses with tools and technology related to quality checks, logistics, payments, etc., to run the B2B marketplace).Īnant Vidur Puri, Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners, said, “We are still in the early days of the B2B opportunity in India. Over 10,000 MSMEs shut during 2016-2022 period 96% in past 3 years, shows govt dataĪlso read: Women hired as percentage of all employees higher among SMEs, startups: Survey
