Varun Khaitan
Varun Khaitan (born c. 1988) is an Indian entrepreneur and co-founder of UrbanClap, an e-commerce platform that connects local service providers with customers who are in need of their services.[1][2] In February 2017, he was featured on Forbes India's list of "30 Under 30".[3]
Life and career
He was born in India where he had his early education before he proceeded to Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur to study Electrical Engineering.[4] Upon graduating from IIT Kanpur in 2009, Khaitan moved to the U.S and had short stints at Qualcomm and the Boston Consulting Group before returning to India in 2013 where, along with long-time friend Abhiraj Bhal, they co-founded Cinema Box which was later scrapped after 6 months.[3] Khaitan and Bhal later met up with Raghav Chandra, a graduate from the University of California, with whom they founded UrbanClap in October 2014 after each of them contributed Rs 1 million to raise the initial capital.[5] The company has since had three rounds of funding up to the tune of $36.6 million two years after it was launched.[5]
References
- ↑ Bansal, Varsha (24 November 2016). "Cashless India walks down the online aisle at weddings". Retrieved 18 June 2017 – via The Economic Times.
- ↑ Saikat Pyne (27 April 2017). "Urbanclap Co-founder Varun Khaitan is giving Mark Zuckerburg something serious to think about". Business Insider. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
- 1 2 Anshul Dhamija (9 February 2017). "30 Under 30:Raghav Chandra and Varun Khaitan's UrbanClap solves your home needs in a clap - Forbes India". Forbes India. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
- ↑ Sulekha Nair (25 May 2016). "I always wanted to be an entrepreneur, says Varun Khaitan, co-founder, Urban Clap". Firstpost. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
- 1 2 Chopra, Arushi (20 March 2017). "How UrbanClap grew one on-demand service at a time". Mint. Retrieved 18 June 2017.