Startup Profile

Flipkart

Legal entity: Flipkart Internet Private Limited

Indian e-commerce company

E-commerceUnicornMarketplace· Bengaluru, Karnataka· Est. 2007Website ↗

Flipkart Internet Private Limited is an Indian e-commerce company, headquartered in Bengaluru. The company initially focused on online book sales before expanding into other product categories such as consumer electronics, fashion, home essentials, groceries, and lifestyle products. Since 2018, Walmart Inc. has held a controlling stake in the company.

Funding raised

₹120000.00 Cr

Total disclosed

Latest valuation

—

Most recent round

Latest revenue

₹82787.00 Cr

FY FY26

Employees

22,000

FY FY26

Founders

Binny Bansal
Indian software engineer
Sachin Bansal
Indian Entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Flipkart.com

Financials

MCA / self-reported

Fiscal year	Revenue	Profit / (Loss)	Employees
FY26	₹82787.00 Cr	—	22,000

The full story

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Timeline

2023-01-012023, present — On 22 December 2023, Flipkart confirmed that US$600 million would be infused by Walmart as part of its total fundraising plan of US$1 billion. The funding round was expected to value the company at about 5-10% higher than its previous valuation of US$33 billion, implying a valuat
2019-01-012019, 2022 — In July 2019, Flipkart launched Samarth program that supported local artisans, weavers, and craftspersons that traditionally are only able to sell locally.
2015-01-012015, 2018 — In April 2015, Flipkart acquired Appiterate, a Delhi-based mobile marketing automation firm.
2011-01-012011, 2014 — In 2011, Flipkart acquired the digital distribution business Mime360.com, a distributor of music, media and games, and the digital content library of the Bollywood portal Chakpak. Following the latter acquisition, Flipkart launched its DRM-freeDigital music store Flyte in 2012. D
2007-01-012007, 2010 — Flipkart was founded in October 2007 in Bengaluru by Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal, alumni of the IIT Delhi and former Amazon employees. The company was started from a two-bedroom apartment in Koramangala, Bengaluru, with an initial investment of ₹200,000 from each of the founde

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