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In 2014, Flipkart invested in Ngpay to strengthen the mobile payment services since there was an increased focus on mobile ecommerce; Flipkart reported that mobile ecommerce was contributing 50% of its sales. Investment in Ngpay was followed by Flipkart shutting Payzippy – the in-house payment gateway and merged it with Ngpay.
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]
In December 2018, Sachin Bansal, after his exit from Flipkart, along with IIT-Delhi batch mate Ankit Agarwal, [4] founded BACQ Acquisitions Private Limited which was later renamed as Navi Technologies Private Limited. [5]
In December 2020, Flipkart and PhonePe declared a partial split, with Walmart maintaining its majority ownership in PhonePe and the two entities now functioning independently. [ 22 ] PhonePe announced the acquisition of $350 million from General Atlantic, a US growth equity firm, at a pre-money valuation of $12 billion. [ 23 ]
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.
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 ...
Mukesh Bansal is an Indian entrepreneur and author known for his contributions to digital commerce, wellness, and technology.A 1997 computer science graduate from IIT Kanpur, he began his career at Deloitte before moving to Silicon Valley in 1999, where he worked at Nextag, Centrata, and newScale, gaining expertise in technology and strategy.
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.