Meesho is a Bengaluru-based social e-commerce company founded by IIT Delhi graduates Vidit Aatrey and Sanjeev Barnwal in December 2015. It is one of the best zero investment reselling platforms for small businesses. It allows them to sell their products to consumers and resellers who can resell the products using social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
Meesho provides its customers with timely and secure payments, shipping services, and low returns. With more than 2 million resellers and 20,000 manufacturers, this startup aims to diversify more to reach 100 million monthly transacting users by December 2022.
Company Profile
| Legal Name | Meesho Inc. |
| Headquarters | Bengaluru, Karnataka |
| Founding Year | 2015 |
| Business Model | B2C |
| Industries | E-commerce, Software, and Tech services |
| Website URL | www.meesho.com |
| No. of employees | 2790 (+5 percent) |
| Core Team | Vidit Aatrey – Founder and CEO |
| Sanjeev Barnwal – Founder and CTO | |
| Jatin Mazalcar – Chief Financial Officer | |
| Kirti Varun Avasarala – Chief Product Officer | |
| Harshit Madan – VP and GM for supply growth | |
| Prateek Agarwal – VP and GM Monetisation |
| Market Valuation | $2.1 billion as of October 2021 |
| Total Funding | $515.2 million |
| Net Revenue | INR 306.92 crores for FY20 |
| Hub Tags | Unicorn |
| Ownership | Private equity, angel, venture capital, accelerator |
Dealing categories – Women ethnic and western wear, Men ethnic and western wear, Jewellery and accessories, Beauty and health, Bags and footwear, Home and kitchen, Kids and Electronics
Meesho Investors – Y Combinator, Shunwei Capital, SAIF Partners, Naspers, Eric Kwan, Sundeep Madra, Facebook, Abhishek Jain, Rajul Garg, Maninder Gulati, Investopad, VH Capital, Venture Highway, Venky Karnam, Locus Ventures, Brennan Loh, Alvin Tse, Kashyap Deorah, Jaspreet Bindra, Sequoia India, Sequoia Capital India, RPS Ventures, DST Partners, Prosus Ventures, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Knollwood Investment
Meesho competitors – DealShare, GlowRoad, Shop101, Volusion, Elenas, huboo, Drop, and StoreHippo.
Contact email – help@meesho.com
Phone number – +91 80617 99600
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