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Walmart had acquired a 77% stake in Flipkart for 16 billion dollars in May 2018. [84] In March 2024, Flipkart launched its UPI services, Flipkart UPI, in partnership with Axis Bank. [85] [86] In May 2024, it was reported that Google would invest US$350 million in the company. [87]
Binny Bansal (born 1982/1983) is an Indian billionaire [2] [3] Internet entrepreneur. [3] As of February 2024, his net worth was estimated at US$1.4 billion. [1] In 2007 he co-founded the e-commerce platform Flipkart.
Alphabet's Google will pick up a minority stake worth $350 million in Walmart-backed Flipkart, valuing the Indian e-commerce firm at $37 billion, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told ...
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]
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 [4] and operates over 250 dark-stores across ten metropolitan areas in India.
Following the unsuccessful plan to merge with Flipkart, Snapdeal pursued a new strategy it called Snapdeal 2.0. The initiative saw the sale of non-core businesses, Freecharge and Vulcan Express, to dedicate more resources to Snapdeal's e-commerce marketplace, which is its core business. [13] [14] The strategy yielded strong results.
India has an Internet user base of about 690.0 million as of November 2023, about 40% of the population. [1] Despite being the second-largest user base in world, only behind China (1.079 billion, 48% of population), the penetration of e-commerce is low compared to markets like the United States (266 million, 84%), or France (54M, 81%), but is growing, adding around 6 million new entrants every ...
Singles' Day sales on Alibaba sites reach US$9.3 billion. [67] 2015 Milestone N/A Cyber Monday sales set a new record of $3 billion. [68] 2015 Major launch Online marketplace Pinterest enters the e-commerce scene by adding Buyable Pins, a feature that allows users to sell their pins to other users. [69] [70] [71] 2015 Milestone N/A