india area served worldwide founder s dinesh agarwal industry internet marketing revenue 225 crore fy2014 cagr 35 % 1 employees 3600 subsidiaries tolexo slogan s kaam yahi banta hai 2 website www.indiamart.com indiamart is an indian e commerce company that provides b2c b2b and customer to customer sales services via its web portal . 3 the group began in 1996 when dinesh agarwal founded the website indiamart.com 4 a business to business portal to connect indian manufacturers with buyers . 5 6 the company is headquartered in noida india . in 2014 indiamart s portal handled 200 crore in revenue 7 and 20 000 crore in sales . 8 9 according to a news in economic times as of 2012 indiamart was india s largest online marketplace 10 11 and world s second largest b2b marketplace after alibaba . 12 13 indiamart s e commerce portal tolexo was launched in 2014 . contents 1 background 2 funding 3 awards 4 recent matters 5 references 6 external links background edit indiamart was founded by dinesh agarwal 14 as a directory of the websites that his company intermesh which was started in 1996 was developing for customers in the delhi ncr region . 15 in 1998 its second office was set up in mumbai . by 1999 the directory had more than 1000 listings . 16 at present the firm employs more than two thousand employees in the major cities of india . in august 2013 it acquired the local event discovery app playcez to focus on the mobile business . 17 in june 2014 yhr firm launched tolexo an e commerce platform for smes . 18 19 it features industrial and office goods and supplies . 20 21 in november 2014 indiamart started promotional campaigns featuring indian film actor irrfan khan as its brand ambassador . 22 as of 2015 the firm claimed to have 3 million suppliers listed on its website . 23 24 funding edit in early 2009 the firm received 50 crore series a round funding from intel capital a part of which was invested in indiamart one97 communications and global talent track . 1 25 26 27 in march 2016 it raised series c funding from amadeus capital . it is claimed that these funds will be used to scale up the activities of indiamart and tolexo . 28 awards edit manthan award 2013 for buy leads under e business & financial inclusion category 29 disambiguation needed red herring 100 asia 2008 30 disambiguation needed recent matters edit indiamart fire gda checking if raj nagar building has permit for commercial use 31 in august 2016 indiamart signed a mou with dr. a.p.j. abdul kalam technical university to promote skill development and equal employment opportunities to the affiliated colleges via pool campus placement drives . 32 references edit a b indiamart targets rs . 30k cr biz in fy16 . business line . 22 july 2015 . retrieved 8 january 2016 . indiamart s new tvc featuring irrfan khan aaramkitune . 21 november 2014 . retrieved 10 january 2016 . payal ganguly 29 june 2015 . indiamart ropes in mudit khosla to cater to sourcing needs of large companies . times of india . retrieved 27 january 2016 . disha sharma 4 january 2016 . indiamart s agarwal backs office products portal procmart . vccircle . retrieved 27 january 2016 . varun jain 16 september 2015 . indiamart eyes rs 2 000 cr revenue by 2020 . indiatimes.com . retrieved 27 january 2016 . ankita rai 17 august 2015 . indiamart small business means big business . business standard . retrieved 27 january 2016 . how dinesh agarwal built a rs 200 crore firm indiamart from a seed capital of rs 40 000 . indiatimes.com . 11 august 2014 . retrieved 27 january 2016 . indiamart aims to facilitate business worth rs 30 000 cr in fy16 . financial express . 2 august 2015 . retrieved 27 january 2016 . indiamart aims to facilitate biz worth rs 30 000 cr in fy16 . business standard . 2 august 2015 . retrieved 27 january 2016 . ashish k tiwari 6 april 2015 . indiamart.com simplifies online search for business users . daily news & analysis . retrieved 27 january 2016 . indiamart clocks a whopping 60 percent business from its mobile app . business standard . 17 december 2015 . retrieved 27 january 2016 . how dinesh agarwal created the world s second largest b2b marketplace indiamart . indiatimes.com . 27 april 2012 . retrieved 27 january 2016 . indiamart clocks a whopping 60 percent business from its mobile app . business standard . 17 december 2015 . retrieved 27 january 2016 . low cost online marketing catching up among smes indiamart . indian express . 1 february 2012 . retrieved 27 january 2016 . paramita chatterjee radhika p nair 7 may 2011 . warburg pincus in talks with indiamart for rs 150 crore investment . times of india . retrieved 27 january 2016 . indiamart to raise rs 100cr . moneycontrol . 21 january 2011 . retrieved 27 january 2016 . indiamart s biztradeshows acquires playcez . 23 august 2013 . retrieved 27 january 2016 . sohini das 7 june 2015 . indiamart extends into e commerce through tolexo.com . business standard . priyanka pani . tolexo.com sets 1 billion sales target . the hindu . retrieved 27 january 2016 . indiamart to invest rs 100 crore in tolexo by march 2016 . indiatimes.com . 22 november 2015 . retrieved 27 january 2016 . manu p toms 17 april 2015 . indiamart initiates talks with big investors to raise funding for tolexo . vccircle.com . retrieved 27 january 2016 . indiamart ropes in actor irrfan khan anusha soni 2 august 2014 . indiamart prepares to go public next year . business standard . retrieved 27 january 2016 . indiamart targets rs . 30k cr biz in fy16 . the hindu . retrieved 27 january 2016 . times news network 15 january 2009 . indiamart.com gets funds from intel capital . times of india . indiamart.com gets funds from intel capital . times of india . 14 january 2009 . retrieved 27 january 2016 . n sundaresha subramanian july 16 2015 . rs 1 crore a day is not far away for pe backed indiamart . business standard . retrieved 27 january 2016 . indiamart raises series c funding from amadeus capital westbridge & others . vccircle . 9 march 2016 . retrieved 3 june 2016 . indiamart buy leads declared undisputed leader of innovation in online space at manthan awards 2013 manthan award dec 2013 2014 archived september 23 2014 at the wayback machine . red herring 100 asia herring research.com archived may 13 2013 at the wayback machine . indiamart fire gda checking if raj nagar building has permit for commercial use . 2016 05 17 . retrieved 2016 05 17 . indiamart aktu sign mou to boost skill development . business standard . 27 august 2016 . retrieved 31 august 2016 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title indiamart & oldid 741583380 categories companies based in noidainternet companies of indiaonline companiesindian brandshidden categories articles with wayback machine linksall articles with links needing disambiguationarticles with links needing disambiguation from may 2016 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces 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