Apart from Ashish Shah, Chief Business Officer (CBO) and Chief Growth Officer (CGO) Viral Jhaveri and VP Manik Oberoi have also left Zepto in recent months. Chief Marketing Officer Amritansu Nanda too quit last year.
Singh joined DealShare in December 2022 after 14 years with Big Bazaar where he held several leadership positions.
Moneycontrol checked with six portfolio companies and none of the founders had a clue about a move of this magnitude.
Prior to the shutdown of the HSR office, DealShare was paying a monthly rent of around Rs 40 lakh. DealShare now joins a list of companies like Byju’s and Dunzo which have also given up their office spaces in Bengaluru to cut costs.
The B2B division, while smaller than the B2C unit, still accounted for about 20-25 percent of DealShare’s revenue.
All staffers from non-tech divisions are being asked to relocate to Delhi within three months because the region is becoming more important for DealShare.
The company plans to make investments mainly in six states — Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra.
The fresh announcement of Rs 1,000 crore is over and above Rs 500 crore that DealShare committed to invest in November 2022 to grow its private labels, including staples, home cleaning solutions and the like over the coming 2-3 years.
According to sources, the funding will help the start-up sustain its business for a while following large-scale downsizing and funding deal cancellations.
Dealshare’s annualised revenue rate has fallen by a third to around $600 million from the peak of $900 million achieved last year, says founder Sourjyendu Medda
Unlike some startups that are laying off people, this social commerce company is recruiting staff as it plans to introduce services in 50 additional cities in the country this financial year.
Earlier in 2022, DealShare raised $165 million in the first close of its Series E fundraise from Dragoneer Investments Group, Kora Capital, Unilever Ventures, and existing investors, Tiger Global and Alpha Wave Global (Falcon Edge).
DealShare, founded in September 2018 by Vineet Rao, Sourjyendu Medda, Sankar Bora, and Rajat Shikhar, is focused on bringing an online shopping experience to first-time internet users in India's hinterlands
The company, which had recently raised USD 144 million from Tiger Global, WestBridge Capital, Alpha Wave Incubation and others, also announced its formal launch in Delhi-NCR.
With this, DealShare has raised a total funding of $183 mn to date, pegging its valuation at $455 million, post-money.
To cater to the growing e-commerce demand, the company plans to hire 3,000 workforce in the next two-three months in Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Karnataka and 5,000 by the end of December across all levels in warehouse, delivery and technology segments, he added.