MUMBAI: GroupM’s Mindshare India has won several new accounts in the first four months of 2015, predominantly in the ecommerce and digital industries.

The account wins amount to over Rs 700 crore in new business for the agency. The new accounts include the digital mandate for Snapdeal, media mandate for PayU, Saavn, Practo, Housing.com, NewsHunt, Novi Digital Entertainment and TTK Skore to name a few.

Saavn co-founder and executive chairman Paramdeep Singh said, “As a category leader in the music streaming space, Saavn was looking for a befitting partner, who could leverage learnings from their vast portfolio of brands and combine proprietary tools that can help optimize media spends. The Mindshare team has exceptional experience in strategic and dynamic planning which is the need of the hour and we believe this association will help Saavn achieve our business ambitions.”

PayU CEO Nitin Gupta said, “In Mindshare we find a partner that not only understands the emerging digital economy in India, but has the insights, expertise and commitment to help us become a world class brand.”

Speaking on the new account wins, Mindshare South Asia CEO Prasanth Kumar, who took on the mantle in March this year, added, “We begin 2015 on a very promising note as Mindshare consolidates its leadership position in the market by adding several blue-chip clients especially in the ecommerce and digital industry. We are channelizing our services and talent towards frameworks and tools that include adaptive and real- time marketing, giving our clients the edge in an ever evolving media market- The Loop at Mindshare is one such example. Mindshare also includes a full service digital and social media agency to ensure seamless planning across all media for brand campaigns.”