Flipkart

Founded in 2007 by Sachin and Binny Bansal, Flipkart is an e-commerce business based in Bengaluru. In 2018, US retail giant Walmart purchased Flipkart.

Basic Information

Before branching out into consumer electronics, fashion, consumables, home staples, and lifestyle items, Flipkart was first an online bookstore. In addition, Flipkart owns 2GUD, PhonePe, Ekart, and Myntra. Tiger Global, Naspers, Accel Partners, Softbank, and Iconiq Capital have all contributed money to it. Since then, Walmart has purchased Softbank’s ownership interest.

Legal Name : Flipkart Pvt Ltd

Headquarters : Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Founding Date : Oct 2007

No. of Employees : 1000+

Core Team :

1.   Binny Bansal Co-Founder

2.   Sachin Bansal Co-Founder

3.   Kalyan Krishnamurthy Chief Executive Officer

Funding : $12.6B

Investors :

1.   SoftBank Vision Fund

2.   Manhattan Venture Partners

3.   Axis Bank

4.   eBay

5.   Naspers

6.   Tiger Global Management