Info Edge is an Indiantechnology holding company which owns, operates and invests ininternet-led businesses.[6] The company's offerings include the flagship employment websiteNaukri.com, matrimonial websiteJeevansathi.com, real estate classifieds platform 99Acres.com, and educational portal Shiksha.com, among others.[7][8] As of 2018, more than 70 percent of the company's revenue came from Naukri.com.[9][10]
As of September 2020, it also heldminority stakes in 23 online companies[11] including twounicorns[12]—the food delivery companyZomato (15.23% stake, as of July 2021)[13] and the insurance aggregatorPolicybazaar (13.3% stake, as of November 2021).[14][15]
Info Edge was founded bySanjeev Bikhchandani in 1995, initially reproducingclassified ads from newspapers on its website. In April 1997, Bikhchandani started Naukri.com with help from his brother and friends.[16] It then launched Jeevansathi.com in 1998, 99acres.com in 2005 and Shiksha.com in 2008.[17] Info Edgewent public in 2006 under theticker symbol "Naukri".[18] It launched offshoots of Naukri such as NaukriGulf.com forGulf countries in 2006[19] and FirstNaukri.com for campus recruitment in 2009.[20]
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.[17] Between 2010 and 2013, Info Edge invested a total of₹86 crore in Zomato across four rounds and became the controlling shareholder in Zomato.[21] Zomato ceased to be a subsidiary of Info Edge in September 2015.[22]
In 2020, the company set up analternative investment arm called Info Edge Ventures[23] under which it started Info Edge Venture Fund, aventure capital fund to invest in early-stage technology startups.[24][25] As of 2022, Info Edge Ventures has threeinvestment funds–Info Edge Venture Fund, Info Edge Capital, and Capital 2B.[5]
₹2,654 crore (US$310 million) (FY25)[4]