Vidit Aatrey

Meesho co-cfounder and CEO Vidit Aatrey recalled that the company's journey began not in corporate boardrooms, but on the ground in Bengaluru's Koramangala.

Meesho sees 6.5 cr unique visitors on Day 1 of festive season sale; orders double

Meesho Founder and CEO Vidit Aatrey said the company's app downloads reached around 1.5 crore ahead of the sale and the number of purchase orders has doubled on the first day of the sale on Friday as compared to that of the previous season

Meesho walks a tightrope to break even in Q3FY24 after turning a profit in preceding quarter

Meesho has not achieve operational profitability (EBITDA positive) in any of the quarters since at least the end of 2022, the documents showed.

Meesho gets investor interest for larger round size

Meesho and Accel had also engaged with each other in the past months but those talks have not fructified. This is the second instance where an early backer of Flipkart has shown interest in Meesho. Tiger Global is the other.

Meesho announces organisational changes as CXO set to depart

Utkrishta Kumar to leave by January; current CXO, growth, Megha Agarwal to be his replacement

Important to evaluate if growth undermines profitability in business: Groww's Harsh Jain

The panelists in growth vs profit debate recognized the crucial role that growth plays in achieving success, especially in competitive markets.

Meesho unveils new logo to appeal to wider audience

While other new-age companies are cutting back on marketing spends, Meesho CEO Vidit Aatrey said that the company is being prudent but will not not spending on growth.

Meesho to fire 251 employees, says it made judgement errors in over-hiring ahead of the curve

Meesho founder and CEO Vidit Aatrey said an email to staffers that it is now faced with the hard truth of aligning people costs with the new projections for business.

Meesho employee receives WhatsApp message from ‘CEO’ in latest startup scam

An employee of online shopping platform Meesho shared a screenshot of a WhatsApp message he received from a scammer.

Profitability first, then IPO, so you don’t have to sell your story much to the public: Meesho’s Vidit Aatrey

Aatrey’s comments come at a time when high-growth tech companies, which got listed on the bourses last year, including unicorns such as Paytm, Zomato, and PolicyBazaar, among others have been dumped by public market investors as these firms have never managed to show a company-level profit.

Former upGrad exec-founded VC firm, All in Capital launches $10 mn new fund

Bhagia named Co-founder and COO of Share Chat, Faris Ahsan, and Meesho Co-founders Vidit Aatrey and Sanjeev Barnwal, among others as members of the community of founders who will work with the VC fund.

#MCAtDavos: Meesho CEO on lay-offs in startups, growth, profitability & more

Vidit Aatrey, Founder & CEO of Meesho said that expectations of investors have changed and people now want growth with profitability.

Sachin Bansal's Navi appoints Meesho founder Vidit Aatrey as independent director

Meesho competes with Flipkart, which Bansal had founded in 2009. Navi has made a total of four new appontments on its board.

Bits to Billions: The Meesho journey from zero to a $5 billion valuation

Welcome to the second episode of our brand new show, Bits to Billions: The Unicorn Story, where we take you through the journey of some of India’s most prominent and successful entrepreneurs. In this episode, online commerce firm Meesho’s founders Vidit Aatrey and Sanjeev Barnwal speak to Moneycontrol’s Chandra R Srikanth about Meesho’s journey from a social commerce channel to a mainstream e-commerce player, where a majority of its sale comes from direct channels, pitting it against Flipkart and Amazon

Germ of an idea | How two friends stuck together through thick and thin to create Meesho, the unicorn

How Vidit Aatrey and Sanjeev Barnwal met, founded Meesho, and raised funds for an idea that had never been tested before.

Meesho to integrate grocery business in core app; to scale to 12 states this year

The Softbank backed e-commerce firm expects to complete the integration of the grocery business by the first week of May and will rebrand it from Farmiso to Meesho Superstore.

Meesho’s Vidit Aatrey on competition from Flipkart and Amazon, evolution of social commerce and more

"We did north of 80 million orders just in October. This is an average of 3 million orders per day. The peak order that we did, is much, much higher, says Aatrey

Storyboard18 | 'We don’t think of performance and branding as two different channels': Meesho's Vidit Aatrey

Raja Rajamannar, global chief marketing and communications officer and president - health care business, Mastercard, talks to Meesho's founder and CEO, Vidit Aatrey, about building an enduring and endearing brand. 

Is startup funding boom here to stay? Get your answers live on Moneycontrol Masterclass today at 6 pm

What's driving the funding boom?  ​Are the valuations justified? What should founders keep in mind during these times? Rajan Anandan, Radhika Gupta, Nithin Kamath and Vidit Aatrey will answer these questions and more on Moneycontrol Masterclass. Stay tuned