Zilingo

Singapore E-commerce Acquired

Zilingo was a Singapore-based fashion technology startup founded in 2015 by Ankiti Bose and Dhruv Kapoor. Originally launched as a B2C online fashion marketplace, it pivoted to a B2B supply-chain platform connecting manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers, and merchants across Southeast Asia, South Asia and the United States, offering inventory management, financing, and digitization tools. Once valued at nearly $1 billion and considered a Southeast Asian unicorn candidate, Zilingo collapsed in 2022 after the board suspended CEO Ankiti Bose over financial irregularities. An independent forensic investigation found the company had not filed annual financial returns since 2019 and identified accounting issues around revenue recognition. Zilingo terminated Bose in May 2022, sold its tech assets to Swiss firm Buyogo in January 2023, was placed into provisional liquidation later that month, and entered formal members' voluntary liquidation in February 2023 with EY Corporate Advisors appointed as joint liquidators.

Acquired

Zilingo has been acquired

This company is no longer available on our private secondary market.

Overview

Company data and valuation marks are estimates and may be incomplete, stale, erroneous, or revised.

Founded

2015

Total Funding

$306M

5 rounds

Latest Valuation

$0.97B

February 1, 2019

Funding

Total raised $306M across 5 rounds

Funding data and valuation marks are estimates and may be incomplete, stale, erroneous, or revised.

Last updated 06-25-2026

Latest Round

Type

Series D

Date

February 1, 2019

Amount

$226M

Valuation

$0.97B

Lead Investors

Sequoia India, Temasek
DateRoundAmount RaisedValuationLead Investors
February 1, 2019 Series D $226M $0.97B Sequoia India, Temasek
April 1, 2018 Series C $54M Burda Principal Investments, Sequoia India
August 1, 2017 Series B $18M Burda Principal Investments, Sequoia India

Leadership

  • Ankiti Bose

    Co-Founder & Former CEO (terminated May 2022)

  • Dhruv Kapoor

    Co-Founder & Former CTO

  • Ee Meng Yen Angela

    Joint Liquidator (EY Corporate Advisors Pte Ltd)

  • Aaron Loh Cheng Lee

    Joint Liquidator (EY Corporate Advisors Pte Ltd)

Competitors

Competitor list is illustrative and may be incomplete, stale, or erroneous.

  • Shein

    Global online fast-fashion retailer with deep B2B manufacturing integration across Asian supply chains; competed with Zilingo's apparel sourcing and digital supply-chain ambitions.

  • Shopee

    Southeast Asian e-commerce marketplace owned by Sea Ltd that overlapped with Zilingo's B2C fashion marketplace operations before its B2B pivot.

  • Lazada

    Alibaba-owned Southeast Asian e-commerce platform competing on fashion and lifestyle SKUs across Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines.

  • Myntra

    Flipkart-owned (Walmart) Indian fashion e-commerce platform that competed with Zilingo on apparel discovery and brand aggregation in India.

  • Anchanto

    Singapore-based SaaS provider for e-commerce and supply-chain operations targeting brands and 3PLs across Asia, overlapping with Zilingo's B2B SaaS pivot.

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