Underneat hits Rs 200 Cr ARR within a year of launch

Shapewear D2C brand Underneat, co-founded by Kusha Kapila and Vimarsh Razdan, has crossed Rs 200 crore (US$21 million) annualised revenue within a year of its April 2025 launch, ranking it among India's fastest-scaling D2C labels.

— Source publishedFri, 26 Jun, 2026, 15:44 IST·First seen Fri, 26 Jun, 2026, 15:49 IST·Source Apparel Resources India

What happened

UnderNeat · Shapewear D2C brand Underneat, founded by Kusha Kapila and Vimarsh Razdan, has crossed Rs 200 crore annualised revenue within a year of its April

Key facts

  • Rs 200 crore annualised revenue
  • US$21 million
  • launched April 2025

Why this matters

Underneat is now a credible acquisition or strategic-stake target for incumbent innerwear majors (Page, Lux, Zivame) looking to plug a shapewear gap and acquire a celebrity-anchored brand engine.

What to watch

  • Funding round announcement and valuation multiple
  • Return rate disclosures or contribution margin commentary
  • Competitive launches from Clovia, Zivame, Wacoal in shapewear
  • Kusha Kapila's content cadence and brand-content ratio shift
  • Marketplace listings on Nykaa Fashion and Myntra
  • Expand SKU into adjacent intimatewear (bras, loungewear) to lift AOV and repeat rate
  • Raise Series A at Rs 1,500-2,000 Cr valuation leveraging ARR headline
  • Launch offline retail pilot in metros to validate omnichannel thesis
  • Build sizing-tech moat (AI fit guide) to suppress return rates