TradingBells Looking at Raising a Second Round of Funding of $10 Mn

Indore based Discount broking startup TradingBells has embarked on an aggressive growth strategy. In line with this, the company is aiming to triple its customer base to 30,000 and augment average daily trading turnover by 10 times to Rs. 420 crs [ $60 mn] in two years. The startup which is already profitable, is also exploring a second round of funding of $10 mn [Rs. 70 crs approx] to strengthen its technology, expand team, roll out more products and for marketing. The company had earlier raised a seed round of Rs. 2 crs from leading Mumbai based stock broker Swastika Investmart Ltd.

TradingBells - Team

Founded in 2016 by IIT Delhi graduate and technology & finance professional, Parth Nyati and chartered accountant and former investment banker, Amit Gupta, TradingBells aims to make trading easy, accessible and transparent for retail investors by leveraging cutting edge technology and automation. TradingBells is India's first broking company to offer both discount broking and premium plans and services across equity, commodity and currency to Indian traders. This unique model of hybrid broking enables traders to easily and swiftly switch between the plans according to their needs. TradingBells also offers online mutual funds and insurance to its clients as value added services. With its proprietary trading software, a user friendly mobile app and a robust back office & reporting system, TradingBells leverages technology to offer a seamless trading experience to its 10,000+ customers.

Mr. Amit Gupta, Co-founder & CEO and Mr. Parth Nyati, Co-founder & COO, TradingBells

A customer centric approach has enabled the company to offer e-KYC and automate its processes to make customer on-boarding and support an easy and effective experience respectively. Offering differentiated services in the highly competitive discount broking market, TradingBells provides zero brokerage on delivery based transactions, and lower of Rs. 20 or 0.01% of the turnover per executed order for intraday and F&O transactions. It is among the few players to offer high leverage of upto 40x on equity and upto 10x on commodity trading. Additionally, all trading and other software are given free to customers, adding to the rich experience.

Commenting on the development, Mr. Amit Gupta, Co-founder and CEO, TradingBells, said, "We have witnessed robust growth since our inception and are already profitable. As we continue our upward trajectory to triple our customer base to 30,000 in the next two years and make trading more accessible and transparent for customers, we are looking at raising a second round of funding of $10 mn to fuel this aggressive growth."

Reflecting on this occasion, Mr. Parth Nyati, Co-founder and COO, TradingBells, said, "Our firm belief in the power of technology and automation has enabled us to create one of the most sophisticated proprietary trading platform in the industry that truly empowers traders while delivering a superior customer experience. Our rapid growth in the last two and half years bears testimony to our achievement. We aim to scale up rapidly going ahead and rank amongst the top players in the industry."

About TradingBells Pvt. Ltd.

Incorporated in 2016, TradingBells is India's first broking company to offer both discount broking as well as premium plans and services across equity, commodity and currency products to Indian traders. This unique model of hybrid broking enables traders to easily and swiftly switch between the plans according to their needs. TradingBells also offers online mutual funds and insurance to its clients as value added services. With its upgraded trading software, a user-friendly mobile app and a robust back office & reporting system, TradingBells leverages technology to offer a seamless trading experience to customers. A customer centric approach has enabled the company to clock rapid growth during the two and half years of its existence. It currently has a customer base of over 10,000 and growing 60+ employees It offers e-KYC for paperless on boarding and has automated its processes to make customer on-boarding and support a seamless and hassle-free experience. Offering differentiated services in the highly competitive discount broking market, TradingBells provides zero brokerage on delivery based transactions, and lower of Rs. 20 or 0.01% of the turnover per executed order for intraday and F&O transactions as part of its discount plan. It is among the few players to offer personalised Relationship Managers and high leverage of upto 40x on equity and upto 10x on F&O trading to its premium customers. Additionally, all trading and other software are given free to customers, adding to their rich experience.

For more information, please visit www.tradingbells.com.