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These siblings have been riding the global highway with their auto portal

Starting off from a tiny office in Jaipur ten years ago, CarDekho is just a few steps away from earning the unicorn tag

Amit Jain, CEO and Co-founder, CarDekho (Left) with sibling Anurag Jain
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Amit Jain, CEO and Co-founder, CarDekho (Left) with sibling Anurag Jain

T E Narasimhan Chennai
Some 10 years ago, two young IITians visited the AutoExpo in New Delhi. And the insights they got there promoted them to launch an auto-industry foussed portal from their single-room set up in Rajasthan’s Jaipur. All that they had at that point, apart from that small working space, were two laptops. 

Cut to 2019. CarDekho, the portal they had launched has not only established itself as a leading automobile marketplace with a valuation of around $600 million, it is steadily making inroads to global markets as well. The company’s latest funding of $70 million announced last week was led by

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