Infibeam

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Infibeam Avenues Limited
TypePublic
NSE: INFIBEAM
BSE: 539807
IndustryInternet
Founded2007 (2007)
FounderVishal Mehta
HeadquartersAhmedabad, India
Area served
India, Middle East
ServicesOnline payments, Internet services (data centres, domains), e-commerce software
Revenue₹300 crores[1]
Number of employees
1,300 (in 2015)

Infibeam Avenues Limited is an Indian multinational financial technology company which offers payment solutions[buzzword] globally under the brand name CCAvenue and e-commerce software services to businesses across various industries and the Government of India.[2][3]

History[]

Infibeam Avenues Limited, formerly known as Infibeam Incorporation Limited, was founded in 2007 by Vishal Mehta. It is headquartered in GIFT City, Gujarat, India with offices in Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru.[4] The company was started with an initial capital of ₹10-15 crore.[5] The company started with an online marketplace and expanded into software enabling services in 2011.

In 2008, Infibeam acquired Picsquare.com, a personalised photo printing website. In 2014, it acquired Odigma, a digital marketing company, for US$5 million.[6]

In 2014, Infibeam Avenues became the first internet registry in India to launch a generic, top-level domain 'dot triple O' (.OOO).[7]

In March 2017, Infibeam Avenues and Avenues (India) Private Limited entered into a binding agreement to merge and take control of CCAvenue through Equity Stake.[8]

Infibeam Avenues limited became India's first listed e-commerce company on the BSE and the NSE in 2016.

In 2017, after the Avenues India Pvt Limited merger, Infibeam Avenues Limited entered into the fintech space. Infibeam Avenues limited partnered and contracted with Jio Platforms and its affiliates to license its enterprise ecommerce software platform and enterprise digital payment platform, for their internal businesses.[9][10]

In 2017, it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to acquire DRC Systems, a provider of ERP solutions[buzzword] and customized software for e-commerce applications.

Acquisitions and partnership[]

In 2017, Infibeam and its other partners received a contract to manage the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) portal.[11]

In March 2017, Infibeam Avenues acquired DRC Systems India Pvt Ltd, a company which provides software solutions[buzzword] for enterprise E-commerce, ERP and related solutions.[buzzword][12]

In March 2017, Infibeam Avenues and Avenues (India) Private Limited entered into a binding agreement to merge and take control of CCAvenue through an equity stake.[8]

In July 2017, Infibeam Avenues along with consortium partners entered a contract for managed service provider from the Government of India to design, develop, implement, operate and maintain the Government e-Marketplace portal (GeM).[13]

In October 2017, Infibeam Avenues entered into a MoU with IL&FS Townships & Urban Assets Limited (ITUAL) for undertaking and implementing projects in the digital space and e-commerce for the Central Government, various state governments and private partners.[14]

In December 2018, Infibeam Avenues invested to take a 48% stake in Mumbai-based digital payments tech firm Instant Global Paytech Pvt. Ltd (IGPL), which operates Go Payments.[15]

In August 2019, Infibeam Avenues partnered with Riyad Bank for digital payment solutions.[buzzword]

In June 2020, Infibeam Avenues acquired Bengaluru-based Cardpay Technologies Ltd.[16]

On October 9, 2020, Infibeam Avenues partnered with Oman's Bank Dhofar SAOG to offer CCAvenue payment gateway service to process online card transactions of various payment networks for Bank Dhofar SAOG and help the bank authorise online payments for its customers.[17]

On October 14, 2020, Infibeam Avenues entered into a definitive agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank to use the company's flagship enterprise payment platform CCAvenue for processing transactions for its enterprise clients.[18] The company also signed a deal to license its e-commerce and payment software with Jio Platforms, Reliance Jio's digital platform venture.[19]

In November 2020, Infibeam Avenues collaborated with Bank Muscat, a financial services provider in the Sultanate of Oman.[20]

Businesses[]

Infibeam's businesses include an e-commerce platform software service through buildabazaar.com, digital payments, domain names and other internet services. The turnover of the company was reported to be ₹10 billion as of November 2013.[1][21]

Digital payments[]

In 2016, Avenues India Pvt Ltd merged with Infibeam to enter into the fintech segment. Infibeam Avenues limited offers an enterprise digital payment solution[buzzword] under the brand name CCAvenue to banks and enterprise clients in India and United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, United States, and internationally. CCAvenue is a PCI DSS 3.2.1 compliant payment gateway platform offering merchants over 240 payment options including net-banking.[8]

Enterprise ecommerce software platform[]

Infibeam Avenues' enterprise ecommerce software platform BuildaBazaar hosts India's largest online marketplace for government procurement. The company also entered into a definitive agreement with Jio Platforms to offer its enterprise software licence and enterprise digital payments platform to Jio Platforms and its associates for their internal businesses.[22][23][24][25]

On November 20, 2017, Infibeam Avenues launched BillAvenue, an inter-operable digital bill payments platform built over the Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS) infrastructure to enable service providers to accept bill payments from customers nationwide, through both online and offline channels.[26]

Logistics aggregation platform[]

ShipDroid, a logistics aggregation platform, launched in January 2015 to provide uniformity of logistics services to small merchants across all courier partners. The platform covers 20,000 pincodes across 600 cities. The platform lets merchants choose modes of delivery such as surface, rail, or air mode, and they can opt for delivery commitment SLAs such as express or regular.[27][28][29]

Data Centre infrastructure services[]

The company forayed into the segment of infrastructure or data centre-as-a-service, and built a state-of-the-art Tier-III data centre in GIFT City, Gandhinagar. It received Tier-III design certification from Uptime Institute as it is equipped with fully redundant and dual-powered servers, storage, network links and other IT components.[30] Infibeam Avenues has partnered with IBM India to develop implement and promote blockchain capabilities on the LinuxOne platform, the first of its kind in India.[31][32]

.OOO registry services[]

Main article: .ooo

Infibeam Avenues launched the generic top level domain (GTLD) 'dot triple O' or '.OOO' internet registry in India in 2014. This new GTLD is aimed at providing alternate domain registration solutions[buzzword] to next generation businesses that were unable to locate their brand name or business name on popular domains.[33][7]

E-book reader[]

In February 2010, Infibeam launched Pi, an e-book reader that uses E-Ink electronic paper technology. Pi has a six-inch screen with eight-level grayscale non-backlit display.[34][35] The device has the capability to play music files and read Word documents, and supports 13 Indian languages.[36][37][38]

In 2011, Infibeam launched the second version of its e-book reader, Pi2.[39] Pi2 is a touchscreen device and has wireless connectivity. The company claims the battery power lasts up to 8,000 page reads.[39] The company has over 500 thousand e-books on its web store, which readers can purchase via the device.[40]

Infibeam followed the Pi2 with an Android tablet called Phi.

Awards and recognition[]

  • Best Digital Payment Processor India Digital Summit 2020, by IAMAI[41]
  • In February 2018, Infibeam was ranked 418th in The Financial Times' and Statista's FT1000 High Growth Companies Asia - Pacific 2018.[42]
  • Most Innovative Payment Service Provider & Fastest Growing Online Payment Service Provider (U.A.E) International Finance Awards 2019.[43]
  • Infibeam was conferred with Consumer Durable & E-Retail of the Year Award at E-Retail Award 2018 by Franchise India held on 16–17 April 2018 in JW Marriott Hotel, New Delhi.[44]
  • In February 2018, Infibeam was ranked 418th in The Financial Times' and Statista's FT1000 High Growth Companies Asia - Pacific 2018.[42]
  • Infibeam was conferred with Consumer Durable & E-Retail of the Year Award at E-Retail Award 2018[45] by Franchise India held on 16–17 April 2018 in JW Marriott Hotel, New Delhi.[44] At the same award function, Infibeam's subsidiary CC Avenue was conferred with "Best Innovation in E-Commerce Payment".[44]

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