Sonil Jain, The Founder of Sowtex

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About Sonil Jain:Sonil Jain is a focused and ambitious person who is the Founder and CEO of Sowtex Network, a company that helps fashion and textile companies transform digitally. He is an overachiever and a keen learner with over 20 years of experience in the fashion and textile industries, having worked in sales, marketing, manufacturing, exports, fashion retail, e-commerce, and business technologies.He has an MBA from CQ University in Australia and is currently studying new innovation skills at MIT in the United States. He started his textile career as a wholesaler and went on to make, export, retail and online fashion. His company, Ozelfashion.com, was among the initial online fashion startup companies in 2013, which he scaled to compete with fashion eCommerce players such as fashion & you and 99 Label, before exiting the race to Amazon, Mantra, Jabong, and Limeroad in 2016. He is an astute observer and a brilliant intellect. He did not give up, and after learning from his experiences, he established Sowtex, one of Asia’s fastest-growing B2B marketplaces for the fashion and textile industries.His analysis of recurring business issues for small and medium-sized firms inspired him to work on new solutions, conceptualize, and integrate business automation tools for the Textile Eco-system.About Sowtex:Sowtex, headquartered in Gurgaon, is one of Asia’s fastest-growing B2B marketplaces for the fashion & textile Industry offering sourcing & E-learning solutions to over 10000+ listed textile businesses from Asia and around the world via smart tools and IOT solutions for design discovery, ready stock, available capacities, and lead generation in targeted textile categories. Silicon India awarded the tech aggregator platform as the Startup of the Year in 2020. Its Vision is to build a platform that connects buyers and suppliers in the business ecosystem in order to knit the industry together. As a result, the economy will be able to fully realize the enormous potential of digital connectivity, while also increasing overall prosperity.Its Objective is to act as a catalyst and uplift the growth of small, medium, and large businesses, as well as to connect them digitally on a global platform. Sowtex hopes to influence the business world through collaboration and teamwork by inspiring people every day and assisting the economy in reshaping the way we all live, work, and play.It is divided into three distinct verticals:Sowtex Network – lead generation and portfolio management toolsSowtex Connect – E-learning and upskilling for the industry, Buyer & Seller meet Sowtex Design Lab – Design library for Fabric & Trim suppliers, and 3D visualisation solutions for design developmentSowtex collaborates with different communities in the textile eco-system to connect, engage and facilitate business opportunities using improved technologies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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