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374: 254: 231: 203: 29: 370:'s business. In 2011, the company launched Watchkart.com and Bagskart.com, and the following year, it started Jewelskart.com. By the end of 2014, only Lenskart.com remained operative as the company shut down its other three websites to focus on the eyewear segment. 455:
and Falcon Edge Capital (Alpha Wave Global) led a $ 220 million investment round at a valuation of $ 2.5 billion. In July 2022, Lenskart was valued at $ 4.5 billion following a $ 200 million funding round led by Alpha Wave Global.
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In June 2022, Lenskart announced the acquisition of a majority stake in the Japanese eyewear brand Owndays in a cash-and-stock deal which valued Owndays at around
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invested $ 500 million in Lenskart at a valuation of $ 4.5 billion. In June 2023, the company raised $ 100 million from ChrysCapital.
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Lenskart launched the eyewear brand John Jacobs in 2017. In October 2017, Lenskart signed up its first brand ambassador
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employee, founded Lenskart.com in 2010 along with Amit Chaudhary and Sumeet Kapahi. In 2011, early investor
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and regular eyewear. It sells its products through website, mobile app and 2,000+ physical stores
467: 444: 1189:"Temasek, Fidelity pick up $ 200 million stake in Lenskart secondary deal at $ 5 billion valuation" 631:"Peyush Bansal, founder of Lenskart in India, selling eyewear talks about his business journey" 373: 1196: 734:"Lenskart's Peyush Bansal on new funding, why he shut down three other e-com sites & more" 409: 363: 1022: 452: 429: 655: 39: 708:"After Lenskart, Watchkart & Bagskart, Valyoo Technologies' Jewelskart.com Goes Live" 366:
directed the company to also sell wristwatches, bags and jewellery online to replicate
150: 916: 1237: 942:"Updated: Lenskart Is Raising INR 135 Cr. From TPG, TR Capital & IDG In Series C" 367: 355: 180: 165: 91: 382: 208: 917:"Lenskart acquires majority stake in eyewear brand Owndays in $ 400 million deal" 579:"Lenskart-backed Neso Brands raises $ 100 million, appoints Bjorn Bergstrom CEO" 553:"Lenskart revenue jumps to Rs 3,788 crore in FY23; trims losses to Rs 102 crore" 437: 160: 440:
invested around ₹200 crore in Lenskart through his family office PremjiInvest.
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invested $ 4 million in the company. In January 2015, the company raised
321: 111: 57: 336: 317: 115: 52: 973: 998:"PremjiInvest invests about Rs 200 crore in eyewear portal Lenskart" 1171:"Lenskart Secures $ 200 Million, Poised for Billionaire Dollar IPO" 604:"Lenskart plans to hire over 2,000 employees in India by next year" 433: 372: 344: 328: company, it designs, manufactures, distributes, and retails 213: 145: 787:"Lenskart invests $ 4 million to expand John Jacobs brand stores" 443:
Lenskart was valued at over $ 1 billion in December 2019 after
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In June 2024, Lenskart secured $ 200 Million from Temasek and
1226: 301: 890:"Lenskart announces Bhuvan Bam as its new brand ambassador" 1023:"SoftBank Vision Fund invests $ 275M in India's Lenskart" 656:"Valyoo Technologies raises $ 4M from IDG Ventures India" 491:"Lenskart may shift SE Asia manufacturing to India plant" 996:
Chanchani, Madhav; Gooptu, Biswarup (7 September 2016).
1120:"Lenskart valued at $ 4.5 billion after new financing" 812:"Lenskart ropes in Katrina Kaif as brand ambassador" 761:"John Jacobs to clock ₹500 cr revenue by March 2021" 296: 277: 267: 244: 221: 197: 189: 174: 136: 126: 106: 84: 66: 45: 35: 838:"Katrina Kaif is Lenskart's first-ever ambassador" 420:, TR Capital and IDG Ventures India. In May 2016, 865:"Expansion Plan: Lenskart eyes 50% market share" 470:in a secondary deal at $ 5 billion valuation. 377:Co-founder and CEO of Lenskart, Peyush Bansal 8: 969:"How Lenskart is defying the start-up trend" 389:positive. In March 2019, the company hired 21: 385:. In 2018, the company became profitable, 343:, with an annual production capacity of 5 20: 516: 514: 512: 451:invested $ 95 million, and in July 2021, 253: 523:"ADIA invests $ 500 million in Lenskart" 479: 1068:"KKR invests $ 95 million in Lenskart" 547: 545: 543: 335:Its manufacturing facility is located 485: 483: 447:invested $ 275 million. In May 2021, 16:Indian optical eyewear retail company 7: 629:Poduwal, Sunanda (6 November 2011). 393:as its first male brand ambassador. 14: 1259:Kohlberg Kravis Roberts companies 863:Bali, Shinmin (4 November 2018). 422:International Finance Corporation 1118:Mishra, Digbijay (4 July 2022). 252: 230: 229: 202: 201: 132:2,000+ retail stores (2022) 27: 521:Singh, Manish (15 March 2023). 1092:Singh, Manish (19 July 2021). 1066:Bhalla, Tarush (17 May 2021). 915:Singh, Manish (30 June 2022). 461:Abu Dhabi Investment Authority 263:(US$ −7.7 million) (FY23) 1: 967:Sarkar, Ranju (23 May 2016). 217:(US$ 450 million) (FY23) 1244:2010 establishments in Delhi 240:(US$ 48 million) (FY23) 894:Economic Times Brand Equity 72:; 14 years ago 1275: 1249:Eyewear companies of India 26: 184:(Chairman, MD & CEO) 1254:Eyewear brands of India 785:PTI (4 February 2018). 765:The Hindu Business Line 759:PTI (13 January 2019). 378: 869:The Financial Express 432:. In September 2016, 376: 326:vertically integrated 445:SoftBank Vision Fund 53:Prescription eyewear 1029:. 20 December 2019. 977:. Business Standard 688:. 19 September 2022 459:In March 2023, the 430:Kris Gopalakrishnan 269:Number of employees 128:Number of locations 23: 1193:The Economic Times 1124:The Economic Times 1002:The Economic Times 842:The Economic Times 714:. 16 February 2012 635:The Economic Times 557:The Economic Times 410:IDG Ventures India 379: 364:IDG Ventures India 320:company, based in 273:5,000+ (2020) 844:. 10 October 2017 662:. 1 November 2011 583:Financial Express 308: 307: 1266: 1230: 1229: 1227:Official website 1212: 1211: 1209: 1207: 1185: 1179: 1178: 1167: 1161: 1160: 1158: 1156: 1141: 1135: 1134: 1132: 1130: 1115: 1109: 1108: 1106: 1104: 1089: 1083: 1082: 1080: 1078: 1063: 1057: 1056: 1054: 1052: 1037: 1031: 1030: 1019: 1013: 1012: 1010: 1008: 993: 987: 986: 984: 982: 964: 958: 957: 955: 953: 948:. 2 January 2015 938: 932: 931: 929: 927: 912: 906: 905: 903: 901: 886: 880: 879: 877: 875: 860: 854: 853: 851: 849: 834: 828: 827: 825: 823: 818:. 9 October 2017 808: 802: 801: 799: 797: 782: 776: 775: 773: 771: 756: 750: 749: 747: 745: 740:. 8 January 2015 730: 724: 723: 721: 719: 704: 698: 697: 695: 693: 678: 672: 671: 669: 667: 652: 646: 645: 643: 641: 626: 620: 619: 617: 615: 610:. 11 August 2021 600: 594: 593: 591: 589: 575: 569: 568: 566: 564: 549: 538: 537: 535: 533: 518: 507: 506: 504: 502: 497:. 29 August 2022 487: 415: 399: 304: 262: 260: 256: 255: 239: 237: 233: 232: 224:Operating income 216: 211: 205: 204: 185: 80: 78: 73: 31: 24: 1274: 1273: 1269: 1268: 1267: 1265: 1264: 1263: 1234: 1233: 1225: 1224: 1221: 1216: 1215: 1205: 1203: 1195:. 3 June 2024. 1187: 1186: 1182: 1169: 1168: 1164: 1154: 1152: 1143: 1142: 1138: 1128: 1126: 1117: 1116: 1112: 1102: 1100: 1091: 1090: 1086: 1076: 1074: 1065: 1064: 1060: 1050: 1048: 1039: 1038: 1034: 1021: 1020: 1016: 1006: 1004: 995: 994: 990: 980: 978: 966: 965: 961: 951: 949: 940: 939: 935: 925: 923: 914: 913: 909: 899: 897: 896:. 29 March 2019 888: 887: 883: 873: 871: 862: 861: 857: 847: 845: 836: 835: 831: 821: 819: 810: 809: 805: 795: 793: 784: 783: 779: 769: 767: 758: 757: 753: 743: 741: 732: 731: 727: 717: 715: 706: 705: 701: 691: 689: 680: 679: 675: 665: 663: 654: 653: 649: 639: 637: 628: 627: 623: 613: 611: 602: 601: 597: 587: 585: 577: 576: 572: 562: 560: 559:. 26 April 2024 551: 550: 541: 531: 529: 520: 519: 510: 500: 498: 489: 488: 481: 476: 416:135 crore from 413: 406: 397: 353: 300: 292: 270: 258: 257: 249: 235: 234: 226: 207: 206: 183: 177: 170: 139: 129: 122: 118: 102: 76: 74: 71: 62: 17: 12: 11: 5: 1272: 1270: 1262: 1261: 1256: 1251: 1246: 1236: 1235: 1232: 1231: 1220: 1219:External links 1217: 1214: 1213: 1180: 1175:Bru Times News 1162: 1151:. 15 June 2023 1136: 1110: 1084: 1058: 1045:Economic Times 1032: 1014: 988: 959: 933: 907: 881: 855: 829: 803: 777: 751: 725: 699: 673: 647: 621: 595: 570: 539: 508: 478: 477: 475: 472: 405: 402: 352: 349: 306: 305: 298: 294: 293: 291: 290: 287: 283: 281: 275: 274: 271: 268: 265: 264: 250: 245: 242: 241: 227: 222: 219: 218: 199: 195: 194: 191: 187: 186: 178: 175: 172: 171: 169: 168: 163: 158: 153: 151:Southeast Asia 148: 142: 140: 137: 134: 133: 130: 127: 124: 123: 120: 110: 108: 104: 103: 101: 100: 97: 96:Amit Chaudhary 94: 88: 86: 82: 81: 68: 64: 63: 61: 60: 55: 49: 47: 43: 42: 37: 33: 32: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 1271: 1260: 1257: 1255: 1252: 1250: 1247: 1245: 1242: 1241: 1239: 1228: 1223: 1222: 1218: 1202: 1198: 1194: 1190: 1184: 1181: 1176: 1172: 1166: 1163: 1150: 1149:Business Line 1146: 1140: 1137: 1125: 1121: 1114: 1111: 1099: 1095: 1088: 1085: 1073: 1069: 1062: 1059: 1046: 1042: 1036: 1033: 1028: 1024: 1018: 1015: 1003: 999: 992: 989: 976: 975: 970: 963: 960: 947: 943: 937: 934: 922: 918: 911: 908: 895: 891: 885: 882: 870: 866: 859: 856: 843: 839: 833: 830: 817: 813: 807: 804: 792: 788: 781: 778: 766: 762: 755: 752: 739: 735: 729: 726: 713: 709: 703: 700: 687: 683: 677: 674: 661: 657: 651: 648: 636: 632: 625: 622: 609: 605: 599: 596: 584: 580: 574: 571: 558: 554: 548: 546: 544: 540: 528: 524: 517: 515: 513: 509: 496: 492: 486: 484: 480: 473: 471: 469: 464: 462: 457: 454: 450: 446: 441: 439: 435: 431: 427: 423: 419: 411: 403: 401: 400:400 million. 394: 392: 388: 384: 375: 371: 369: 368:Titan Company 365: 361: 357: 356:Peyush Bansal 350: 348: 346: 342: 338: 333: 331: 327: 323: 319: 316: 315:multinational 313:is an Indian 312: 303: 299: 295: 288: 285: 284: 282: 280: 276: 272: 266: 251: 248: 243: 228: 225: 220: 215: 210: 200: 196: 192: 188: 182: 181:Peyush Bansal 179: 173: 167: 166:United States 164: 162: 159: 157: 154: 152: 149: 147: 144: 143: 141: 135: 131: 125: 117: 113: 109: 105: 99:Sumeet Kapahi 98: 95: 93: 92:Peyush Bansal 90: 89: 87: 83: 69: 65: 59: 56: 54: 51: 50: 48: 44: 41: 38: 34: 30: 25: 19: 1206:14 September 1204:. 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Private
Prescription eyewear
Opticians
Peyush Bansal
Gurugram
Haryana
India
Southeast Asia
East Asia
Middle East
United States
Peyush Bansal

crore
Operating income
Net income
Subsidiaries
lenskart.com
multinational
eyewear
Gurugram
vertically integrated
prescription
Bhiwadi
Rajasthan
crore
Peyush Bansal
Microsoft
IDG Ventures India

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