Sanjeev Bikhchandani, Founder, Info Edge on Investing wisely and building a sustainable (profitable) business Dare Do Speak ( Limited Series )

In the third episode of Dare Do Speak, the guest is Sanjeev Bikhchandani, Founder, Info Edge. One of the first internet entrepreneurs from India, in 1997, Sanjeev launched India’s leading job portal Naukri.com. A little under a decade from there on, in 2006, Info Edge (Naukri.com parent) went for an IPO, becoming one of the first internet companies to go public. Sanjeev is an investor in several startups and placed early bets on the likes of Zomato and PolicyBazaar. Recently as Zomato went public, Sanjeev’s 11-year-old investment in the company yielded over 1,000x return.

InfoEdge owns companies like job portal naukri.com, 99acres.com in real estate, Jeevansathi.com in matrimony, and Shiksha.com in education. Sanjeev is also co-founder of Ashoka University and was awarded the Padma Shri in 2020. In a chat with Diksha Dutta, he speaks about why Naukri is still leading the job portal market in India; the importance of customer insights; making smart investments in startups; and why Zomato’s IPO is just the beginning of the next rising wave of Indian startups.