The Wedding Company, a tech enabled wedding planning and fulfilment platform, has raised $2.75 million (approximately Rs 25 crore) in a seed funding round led by Wellingdon Advisors LLP, with participation from LVX, Tremis Capital, Synergy Capital Partners, and angel investors such as Vivek Mathur and Rahul Garg.
Prior to this, the Bengaluru based startup had secured $1 million in a pre seed funding round co led by LVX and Tremis Capital, with participation from other investors, including Wakefit co founder Chaitanya Ramalingegowda, Ajith Pai, and Arash Ferdowsi, in July last year.
The proceeds will be deployed towards strengthening its wedding services catalogue, building a robust category management function, and expanding its vendor partner network to standardise service delivery at scale, The Wedding Company said in a press release.
Co founded in 2023 by Pawan Gupta and Rahul Namdev, The Wedding Company is a tech enabled, full service wedding planning platform offering solutions across venues, décor, catering, photography, and logistics. With more than 2,000 verified vendors across multiple cities, it delivers seamless, professionally managed weddings for couples and families in India and abroad.
The startup aims to streamline India's highly fragmented $130 billion wedding industry. It brings together essential wedding services, including venues, décor, photography, catering, and logistics, under one roof. The platform intends to deliver a premium customer experience for consumers navigating the wedding planning process.
The Wedding Company claims to have scaled its service order value from Rs 51 crore in FY25 to Rs 115 crore in FY26, representing 125% growth. It is further targeting Rs 350 crore in service orders in FY27, driven by an expected 1,500 new wedding bookings.
Other startups in this space include Meragi, Weddingz.in, Wedding Cloud, Shaadilogy, Shaadi Baraati Event Management, among others.
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