ShareChat - About the company
ShareChat is a series H company based in Bengaluru (India), founded in 2015 by Bhanu Pratap Singh, Farid Ahsan, Ankush Sachdeva and Manohar Charan. It operates as an App-based social network platform for sharing media content. ShareChat has raised $1.23B in funding from investors like Touchstone Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Temasek, with a current valuation of $2B. The company has 307 active competitors, including 52 funded and 21 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Instagram, VerSe and Imgur.
Sectors and market segments that ShareChat operate in
ShareChat serves in the Media & Entertainment market segments.The primary business model of ShareChat is:Company Details
App-based social network platform for sharing media content. It provides users with a platform that allows users to share content in various languages. It features news, daily horoscopes, poetry, government job notifications, and microgaming content. It includes shake-and-chat features to connect users engaging with content from similar genres, private messaging, and open tagging. It is available for Android and iOS devices.
- Website
- sharechat.com
- Social
- Email ID
- *****@sharechat.co
- Registered Address
- North Tower, Vaishnavi Tech Park, Survey No. 16/1 and Survey No.17/2, Ambalipura Village, Varthur Hobli, Bangalore East Taluka, Bengaluru, Bangalore, Bangalore, Karnataka, India, 560103
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Legal entities associated with ShareChat
ShareChat is associated with 3 legal entities given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Documents |
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MOHALLA INTERNET PRIVATE LIMITED CIN: U72900KA2022PTC157485 , India, Active | Feb 03, 2022 | $1.18K (As on Mar 31, 2025) | - | |
MOHALLA TECH GAMES PRIVATE LIMITED CIN: U72900KA2019PTC129471 , India, Active | Nov 08, 2019 | $1.18K (As on Mar 31, 2025) | - | |
Mohalla Tech Private Limited CIN: U74999KA2015PTC103797 , India, Active | Jan 08, 2015 | $89.6M (As on Mar 31, 2025) | 500 (As on Apr 01, 2026) |
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ShareChat's funding and investors
ShareChat has raised a total funding of $1.23B over 15 rounds. Its first funding round was on Feb 23, 2015. Its latest funding round was a Conventional Debt round on Aug 03, 2024 for $16M. 1 investor participated in its latest round. ShareChat has 51 institutional investors and 2 angel investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of ShareChat:
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Filter this listDate of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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Aug 03, 2024 | $16M | Conventional Debt | - | - | - | |
Mar 27, 2024 | $49M | Venture Debt | - | - | - | |
Jun 21, 2022 | $150M | Series H | $5B | 76.6x |
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ShareChat's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of ShareChat are Bhanu Pratap Singh, Farid Ahsan, Ankush Sachdeva and Manohar Charan. Ankush Sachdeva is the CEO of ShareChat.
Here are the details of ShareChat's key team members:
- Bhanu Pratap Singh: Former Co-Founder of ShareChat and founder of 2 other companies, Sharechat and Opinio. They are also an angel investor in 7 startups and serve on the board of 1 company.Contact Info: 1 email address and 1 phone number
- Farid Ahsan: Co-Founder of ShareChat and founder of 1 other company. They are also an angel investor in 16 startups and serve on the board of 1 company.Contact Info: 1 email address
- Ankush Sachdeva: Cofounder & CEO of ShareChat. They are also an angel investor in 10 startups and serve on the board of 1 company.Contact Info: 1 email address and 2 phone numbers
- Manohar Charan: Co-Founder & CFO of ShareChat. Contact Info: 2 email addresses and 1 phone number
ShareChat's Board of Directors
ShareChat's board has 5 active members. Farid Ahsan, Ankush Sachdeva and Mayank Khanduja are part of team and Mohd Farid Ahsan and Devtosh Kumar Khare are independent board members.Here is the list of ShareChat's board of directors:
Name | Type | Representing | Status | Duration |
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Team | - | Current | 11y 4m | |
Team | - | Current | 11y 4m | |
Team | - | Past | 1y 11m | |
Investor | Elevation Capital | Current | 9y 6m | |
Independent board member | - | Current | 11y 4m | |
Independent board member | - | Current | 9y 6m |
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ShareChat's employee count trend
ShareChat has 510 employees as of Jul 25. The total employee count is 32.0% lower than what it was in Jul 24. Here is ShareChat's employee count trend over the years:
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ShareChat's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of ShareChat include Instagram, VerSe and Imgur. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of ShareChat, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st | Instagram 2010, San Francisco (United States), Acquired | Garage Doors, Sectional, Roller, Retractable, Canopy / Earby Door Services Lancashire | $57M | 81/100 | |
2nd | Developer of a short-video platform and technology infrastructure | $1.9B | 80/100 | ||
3rd | Imgur 2009, San Francisco (United States), Acquired | Online viral image hosting and sharing service | $60.1M | 70/100 | |
4th | App-based social network platform for sharing media content | $1.23B | 69/100 | ||
5th | Operator of digital entertainment, lifestyle, sports, and investment related businesses | - | 66/100 | ||
6th | Platform offering live streaming, gaming, and social interaction with rewards for creators and users | $61.6M | 63/100 | ||
7th | Online platform to connect and ,meet new people | $59.8M | 61/100 | ||
8th | Image and video sharing social platform | $3.92M | 56/100 | ||
9th | Online platform offering solutions for creation of memes | $1.64M | 54/100 | ||
10th | Operator of a short-form video platform featuring user-generated content | - | - | 53/100 |
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ShareChat's Latest cap tables and shareholding
Founders own 7.63%, Funds (largest shareholder) own 76.91%, Enterprises own 7.41% and Angels own 0.00%. The net worth of ShareChat's founders is INR 2,600Cr as of Jun 21, 2022.
Shareholders Name | Post Round Holding % | Net worth | Cumulative Investment | Realised Returns | Unrealised Returns | Return Multiple |
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Founder | 7.63% | 2,600Cr | 8206394 | 5678010 | 3413712 | 7553614 |
576 | 664 | 660 | 673 | 353 | 316 | |
Fund | 76.91% | 26,200Cr | 4699209 | 1850752 | 6402779 | 3256965 |
4241501 | 2320281 | 3063125 | 6587512 | 9553025 | 9418704 | |
8413 | 1863 | 6855 | 6842 | 5647 | 2058 | |
434 | 614 | 696 | 623 | 846 | 551 | |
12 | 96 | 77 | 95 | 47 | 93 | |
Enterprise | 7.41% | 2,520Cr | 8174955 | 5961192 | 5469759 | 8084307 |
Angel | 0.00% | 1.18Cr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other People | 3.81% | 1,300Cr | 989 | 684 | 568 | 819 |
ESOP Pool | 4.24% | 1,440Cr | 4393 | 6353 | 6866 | 3339 |
Total | 100.00% | 34,000Cr | 2039521 | 5722728 | 7679470 | 1198726 |
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ShareChat's Investments and acquisitions
ShareChat has not made any investments yet. ShareChat has made 6 acquisitions.Here is the list of latest three $acquisitions:Filter this list
Filter this listDate of Investment/Acquisition | Type | Company Name | Founded Year | Location |
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Feb 10, 2022 | Acquisition | 2020 | Mumbai (India) | |
Sep 16, 2020 | Acquisition | 2018 | Bengaluru (India) | |
Aug 24, 2020 | Acquisition | 2018 | Bengaluru (India) |
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News related to ShareChat
Filter this listMedia has covered ShareChat for a total of 6 events in the last 1 year, 2 of them have been about company updates and 2 about people movement.
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ShareChat posts Rs 723 Cr revenue in FY25; cuts adjusted EBITDA losses by 72%Entrackr•Oct 17, 2025•ShareChat
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ShareChat Appoints Google's Neha Markanda as Chief Business OfficerInc42•Aug 18, 2025•ShareChat, Google
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ShareChat and Moj Announce Second Edition of ‘Short Form Big Impact Leadership Summit 2025’Business News This Week•Jul 29, 2025•The Economic Times, ShareChat
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Layoffs decline 52% in Indian startups in 2025 — Only 7 companies cut jobsPeople Matters•May 05, 2025•Gupshup, Cars24, Pocket FM, ShareChat
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Sharechat swaps cash burn for sustainable growth, eyeing IPO in 2 yrsMoneycontrol•May 02, 2025•ShareChat
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Startup layoffs on the decline in 2025
Financial Express•Apr 29, 2025•Ola Electric, Gupshup, Cars24, Pocket FM and 5 others
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AI Startup Hypergro.ai Secures Funding for Personalized Video AdsYourStory•Apr 04, 2025•Hypergro, ShareChat
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