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Flipkart was founded in October 2007 in Bangalore [11] by Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal, alumni of the IIT Delhi and former Amazon employees. [12] [13] [14] The company was started from a two-bedroom apartment in Koramangala, Bengaluru. The initial investment was provided by their families, which was INR 2 Lakh from each family.
Its gross merchandise value (GMV) increased ninefold in two years [13] and was at about $5 billion in 2022 (for comparison, Flipkart's GMV stood at $23 billion). [14] [15] In 2023, Meesho was named one of the most influential companies of the year by Time (magazine).
Myntra continues to operate as a standalone brand under Flipkart's ownership, focusing primarily on "fashion-conscious" consumers. [14] In 2014, Myntra's portfolio included about 1,50,000 products of over 1,000 brands, with a distribution area of around 9,000 pincodes in India. [15]
Zepto is an Indian quick-commerce company headquartered in Bengaluru. [2] It was founded in July 2021 by Aadit Palicha and Kaivalya Vohra. [3] As of August 2024, the company is valued at over $5 billion on paper [4] and operates over 250 dark-stores across ten metropolitan areas in India.
The agency, the Enforcement Directorate, had in July issued a so-called show cause notice to Flipkart, its founders and some investors asking them to explain why they should not face a penalty of ...
PhonePe is an Indian digital payments and financial services company headquartered in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. [5] [6] It was founded in December 2015, [7] [2] by Sameer Nigam, Rahul Chari and Burzin Engineer. [8]
Flipkart introduced Shopsy in July 2021 [3] [4] as a mobile app that allowed people in India to launch their own online reseller business. [5] [6] [7] By August 2021, the app had adopted a zero-commission marketplace model. [8] [9] Later, Shopsy shifted its focus to become a B2C company. [10]
In 2018, Bansal exited Flipkart following the Walmart deal. [6] In 2007, Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal (not related) founded Flipkart whose valuation in 2018 was $20.8 billion. [7] In 2018, Bansal held a 5.5 per cent stake in Flipkart, which he sold to Walmart and his net worth then was a little over $1 billion. [7]