Info Edge (India) Limited is an Indian

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internet company, based in

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. It was founded by

Sanjeev Bikhchandani Sanjeev Bikhchandani is an Indian businessman, who is the founder and executive vice chairman of Info Edge which owns Naukri.com, a job portal, as well as the co-founder of Ashoka University. He was given the Padma Shri Award, the fourth High ...

in 1995. The company runs an online job portal

Naukri.com Naukri.com is an Indian employment website operating in India and Middle East. It was founded in March 1997 by Indian businessman Sanjeev Bikhchandani. Naukri.com is the largest employment website in India. History and milestones Naukri.com ...

, a matrimony website Jeevansathi.com, a real estate classifieds platform 99Acres.com, a workplace discover platform AmbitionBox.com and an educational website Shiksha.com. As of September 2020, it also holds minority stakes in 23 online companies including two former

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s—the food delivery company Zomato (15.23% stake, as of July 2021) and the insurance aggregator

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(13.3% stake, as of November 2021).

History

Info Edge was founded in 1995, initially reproducing

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from newspapers on its website. It then launched Jeevansathi.com in 1998, 99acres.com in 2005 and Shiksha.com in 2008. Info Edge went public in 2006 under the name "Naukri". As of 2018, more than 70 percent of the company's revenue comes from the job portal Naukri.com. Info Edge was one of the early investors of Zomato (then known as FoodieBay) and reportedly invested in Policybazaar in 2008 before its website was launched. In 2020, the company set up a

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fund, Info Edge Venture Fund, to invest in online startup companies.

Financial

Affiliated Companies

* Zomato *

References

External links

* {{Nifty 200 companies Online companies of India Indian companies established in 1995 Companies based in Noida 1995 establishments in Uttar Pradesh Companies listed on the National Stock Exchange of India Companies listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange