Its all about INFOEDGE INDIA

1. By Mihir Upadhyay

2.  To share the learning from the life story of King
of Indian DotCom Industry
 Step by Step Strategic Planning, Fund Raising
and multiple company scaling

3.  If you are a frequent Internet User – then you are already his client
 As per March 31, 2014, this company…
 1st
Internet Based DotCom Company to get listed in 2007
 Undisputed No.1 Internet DotCom Player
 56 Offices located in 42 cities of India
 1 Office each in Dubai, Bahrain, Riyadh and Abu Dhabi
 Employee Strength of 3150
 6750 Crore INR Market Value
 54 Crore INR Revenue in 13-14 FY with 38.65% EBITDA Margin (Earnings
Before Income Tax Depreciation and Amortization)

4. “ The first 10 years of running the business was the most
difficult. The biggest problem we had was money-we were
always falling short….
… I went without a salary for months and worked twice as
hard.
I bought second-hand computers, furniture and set up my
business headquarters in a servant quarter in my father's
house… with a Rent of Rs.800/- per month… “

5. EXCITING JOURNEY ?
WANT TO KNOW WHO IS HE ?

7. No.1 Job Portal of India India’s Leading
Matrimonial Website
India’s Leading
Education Listing Site
Like Slideshare.com
For end to end Campus
Hiring
Exclusively for Gulf Jobs
Market Research CompanyLeading Property Portal
of India

8.  Born in 1963, did his schooling from Delhi & did BA in
Economics from St. Stephens College, Delhi in 1984.
 He completed his MBA from IIM – Ahmedabad in 1989.
 In 1990, he left his Marketing Job from Horlicks to set up two
companies Indmark & Info Edge along with his partner.
 In 1993, he and his partner parted their ways and both kept 1
company with them. Sanjeev got Info Edge.

9.  In 1997, he started Naukri.com through a server in USA.
 Till 2000, as we saw earlier, he managed somehow.
 Then came, www.jobsahead.com
“The y we re be tte r than us in e ve ry re spe ct, ” he adm its.
“That was whe n we de cide d to take the m o ne y to fund
o ur future plans, but e ve n the n, we we re n’t ce rtain
abo ut what wo uld happe n. ”

10.  ICICI ventures took 15% stake in the company @7.3 Crore
in year 2000.
 Acquired a new company Quadrangle in Nov, 2000
 And came the DotCom slow down… in 2001 !
One month after ICICI Venture had put in Rs 7 crore into Info Edge,
the dot-com meltdown occurred, and several dot-coms went belly-up.
“It was certainly a difficult time,” Bikhchandani recalls.
“But we just hunkered down and prepared to last it out.”

11.  Sept 2004 : Jeevansathi.com
 June 2005 : 99acres.com
 April 2006 : Naukrigulf.com
 In Nov 2006, Mr. Sanjeev wanted to go for listing and thus returned all the
money to ICICI who got huge return of 28.5 times compared to Investment !
 1st
Internet Based company listed in Indian Stock Market in 2007
Bala Deshpande, Director (Investments), ICICI Venture
Info Edge and Sanjeev have always been very clear about their plans and
very honest…
They have gone against our advice, but they have had the courage of their
contrarian conviction, and that is the biggest lesson other people should
take out of this company,"

12.  He termed this period as “SECURE THE FUTURE”
 Expansion of Main Businesses in different
locations (India / Gulf)
 Coming out of the Slow Down with some fixed
Revenue Systems (With advertisements / space
selling)
 Scaling up new business as an INVESTEE – and
have chosen Innovative Ideas here too
 E-School in coming future

13. www.meritnation.com
• Comparison of Hotels / Restaurants of your city
• Revenue from advertising and lead sales
• 50% Stake in this Company
www.zomato.com
www.policybazaar.com
• Provides information, Related to any Policy
• 37% Stake in this Company
•Provides Online Material for CBSE Class I to XII
• Study / Test / Revise
• Take entrance exams

14. www.mydala.com
• A site Offering discounts/deals
• Revenue for commissions from merchants
• 47% Stake in this Company
www.canvera.com
• A Site for Professional Photographers
• 32% Stake in this company
www.happilyunmarried.com
• A Unique Website for Fun Products
• Funky T Shirts / Other Apparels etc
• 25% Stake in this Company

15. A House Signboard !
Door Mate !
Business Card Holder

17.  Book “Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish”
 www.infoedgeindia.in
 www.economictimes.com
 www.google.co.in
 Online Journals
 Various News Articles