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Ankur Sharma Takes Charge As Co-founder, Instamojo

Prior to joining Instamojo, he worked for Kiwi Inc (a mobile gaming startup) and Capital One in the United States. He joined Instamojo as head of analytics in 2015

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Instamojo, an e-commerce platform for independent and direct-to-consumer brands, has promoted Ankur Sharma to co-founder.

Sharma will work to expand and improve Instamojo's e-commerce offerings, which include an online store builder and smart pages. Sharma is an IIT Madras graduate with experience leading data science initiatives and product-led growth strategies.

According to Ankur Sharma, Instamojo's chief of growth and data and co-founder, “today, with the e-commerce sector on the rise, Instamojo has tailored tools to enable small and medium businesses in the country to operate digitally. In my new role as co-founder, my goal is to take Instamojo to new heights and ensure that our products provide innovative support for small businesses.”

Prior to joining Instamojo, he worked for Kiwi Inc (a mobile gaming startup) and Capital One in the United States. He joined Instamojo as head of analytics in 2015 and has been instrumental in the development of the company's data science and growth hacking departments, according to the company.

Instamojo was founded in 2012 by Sampad Swain, Akash Gehani, and Aditya Sengupta. Gunosy Capital and Japanese payments firm AnyPay provided Series B funding. Kalaari Capital, Blume Ventures, and 500 Startups are among the company's other investors.

Instamojo's CEO and co-founder, Sampad Swain, stated, “with his vast experience and knowledge in product-led strategy, Ankur has been a major contributor towards developing Instamojo’s product suite. He is indeed a great asset to team Instamojo, and we look forward to working with Ankur in his new role, as we progress towards digitising the Indian D2C sector.” 

 



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