From IIMA into VC cauldron: how Naukri founder’s hiring of a fresh grad brought an edge to Info Edge
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A decade ago, Sanjeev Bikhchandani made a fresh-out-of-college graduate the first hire for his venture investment business. Kitty Agarwal, in her early 30s, is now leading the USD370 million Info Edge Ventures and its portfolio of four dozen startups, including big bets like Zomato and Policy Bazaar.
It was 2012. Info Edge and its founder Sanjeev Bikhchandani were facing a volley of questions from analysts about their cash flow management. They started putting money in startups. As a pioneering Internet company, which ran jobs to realty to matrimony portals, public market analysts tracked Info Edge with great interest. A profitable, and a growing New Age venture, Info Edge was looking for new avenues of growth. Bikhchandani, who had stepped
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