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Amazon - About the company

Amazon is a public company based in Seattle (United States), founded in 1994. It operates as an Online marketplace offering multi-category products. Amazon has raised $8M in funding from Kleiner Perkins. The company has 6534 active competitors, including 201 funded and 145 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Flipkart, Nykaa and Myntra.

Sectors and market segments that Amazon operate in

Amazon serves in the B2C space in the Retail market segments.The primary business model of Amazon is:

Company Details

Online marketplace offering multi-category products. The product catalog includes home care, fashion, beauty, stationery, electronic, pet supplies, groceries, healthcare, fitness, books, mom and baby care products, and more. The mobile app is available for both Android and iOS users.
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Email ID
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Key Metrics
Founded Year
1994
Location
Seattle, United States
Stage
Public
Total Funding
$8M in 4 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Ranked
Annual Revenue
$575B as on Dec 31, 2023
Employee Count
1,556,000 as on Dec 31, 2024
Investment & Acquisitions
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Exit Details
Public
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Amazon's funding and investors

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Amazon has raised a total funding of $8M over 4 rounds. Its first funding round was on Jun 1996.

Amazon has 48 institutional investors including Kleiner Perkins, Herald Investment Management and Sunrise Ventures. Ref Rodriguez is only Angel Investor in Amazon.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Amazon:
Date of funding
Funding Amount
Round Name
Post money valuation
Revenue multiple
Investors
Mar 22, 2013
$200M
Post IPO
-
-
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2012
Undisclosed
Post IPO
-
-
Jul 23, 2001
$100M
Post IPO
-
-
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Amazon's founders and board of directors

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Amazon's employee count trend

Amazon has 1,556,000 employees as of Dec 24. The total employee count is 2.0% more than what it was in Dec 23. Here is Amazon's employee count trend over the years:
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Amazon's Competitors and alternates

Top competitors of Amazon include Flipkart, Nykaa and Myntra. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Amazon, ranked by Tracxn score:
Overall Rank
Company Details
Short Description
Total Funding
Investors
Tracxn Score
1st
Logo for Flipkart
Flipkart
2007, Bengaluru (India), Acquired
Online marketplace platform offering multi-category consumer products and accessories
$12.1B
88/100
2nd
Logo for Nykaa
Nykaa
2012, Mumbai (India), Public
Online marketplace offering multi-category products
$103M
87/100
3rd
Logo for Myntra
Myntra
2007, Bengaluru (India), Acquired
Online marketplace offering multi-category products
$125M
86/100
4th
Logo for Lazada
Lazada
2012, Singapore (Singapore), Acquired
Online marketplace offering multi-category products
$690M
84/100
5th
Logo for Coupang
Coupang
2010, Seoul (South Korea), Public
Online marketplace offering multi-category consumer products
$3.9B
84/100
6th
Logo for Amazon
Amazon
1994, Seattle (United States), Public
Online marketplace offering multi-category products
$8M
81/100
7th
Logo for Fynd
Fynd
2012, Mumbai (India), Acquired
Online retailer offering multi-category products
$16M
79/100
8th
Logo for MercadoLibre
MercadoLibre
1999, Buenos Aires (Argentina), Public
Online marketplace offering multi-category consumer products
-
80/100
9th
Logo for JD.com
JD.com
1998, Beijing (China), Public
Online retailer offering multi-category consumer products
$2.85B
76/100
10th
Logo for Jumia
Jumia
2012, Algeria, Public
Online marketplace offering multi-category products
$593M
76/100
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Amazon's Investments and acquisitions

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Amazon has made 137 investments in companies including Infinium and Luma AI. Amazon has also acquired 114 companies including MX Player and Perceive. Here is the list of investments & acquisitions:
Date of Investment/Acquisition
Type
Company Name
Founded Year
Location
Jan 16, 2025
Investments
2020
Sacramento, United States
Dec 06, 2024
Investments
2021
San Francisco, United States
Nov 22, 2024
Investments
2021
San Francisco, United States
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Reports related to Amazon

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News related to Amazon

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Media has covered Amazon for a total of 2043 events in the last 1 year, 1348 of them have been about company updates and 173 about partnerships.
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