Ventures / KRTI
Kurti.app
An illustrative case study: how a creator-originated fashion business could climb from content to an investable company.
Content
340K followers across three platforms
It began as styling videos and now draws about 2.1M views a month.
Audience
41% of viewers return within a week
An 18K-member WhatsApp community gives the founder a direct line to demand.
Product
Made-to-measure kurtis from 46 partner tailors
240 designs are live, and the audience votes on which ones get made.
Transaction
NPR 72M revenue run rate, up 18.4%
Gross merchandise value runs near NPR 205M a year, and 38% of buyers order again within 90 days.
Company
A registered private company with 23 people
Payments, tailor contracts and salaries sit inside the company, not the founder's personal accounts.
Ownership
The founder holds 62%
2.28M fully diluted shares. Ownership is recorded, so a new investor can see exactly what they would be buying into.
- Founder 62%
- Angel investors 14%
- Team pool 9%
- Community 15%
Valuation
NPR 420M, about 5.8× revenue run rate
Method: revenue multiple, checked against growth and repeat-purchase rate. Simulated.
Capital
A NPR 40M seed round from three angel investors
The seed bought 14% of the company. As further rounds close, NepDex records who holds what.