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Meesho – An Indian marketplace

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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