
How much can you pack into a ten-year timeline? In 2017, Flipkart celebrates a decade of fulfilling the wishes of online retail customers in India, and solving for India’s dynamic e-commerce ecosystem. Since starting up in 2007 from a two-bedroom apartment in Koramangala, Bengaluru, Flipkart’s founders Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal have built an e-commerce bellwether that has held the torch aloft for a generation of Indian startups. Each year, Flipkart has fought off competition with path-breaking innovation aimed at solving for India. Strengthening its leadership position with every milestone achieved, Flipkart has built what is today arguably India’s most exciting company to work for, with a workforce whose average age is not quite 30.
Flip back the years with this timeline of Flipkart milestones.
September 15, 2007 On September 15, 2007, Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal, who met in 2005 at IIT-Delhi, launch an internet business called Flipkart. The online bookstore promises to deliver anywhere in India. Within weeks, the first customer, a young bookworm from Mahbubnagar, places an order. Amid high drama, Sachin and Binny pull off the delivery. After 20 shipments that year, Flipkart is in business. January 1, 2008 January 1, 2009 March 3, 2010 March 8, 2011 March 6, 2012 February 1, 2013 October 6, 2014 March 24, 2015 September 12, 2016 March 14, 2017 2007 | The Flipkart story begins in a Bengaluru apartment
2008 | Building blocks – Putting the Indian customer first
2009 | First employee, first funding, first pre-order
2010 | Cash-on-Delivery and Ekart win over the Indian consumer
2011 | Expanding the delivery network
2012 | The Flipkart mobile app brings shopping to every Indian’s fingertips
2013 | The rise of the marketplace
2014 | Myntra joins the family, Big Billion Day is born
2015 — Progressive maternity, paternity and adoption policies make Flipkart a great place to work
2016 – Flipkart crosses 100 million registered users
2017 – Flipkart celebrates 10 years with biggest-ever round of investments
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