Meesho

Meesho is an Indian-origin social commerce platform founded by IIT Delhi graduates Vidit Aatrey and Sanjeev Barnwal in December 2015. It enables small businesses and individuals to start their online stores via social channels such as WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram etc. Meesho is headquartered in Bengaluru, India and was one of the three Indian companies to be selected for Y Combinator in 2016. It was also a part of the first batch of Google Launchpad - Solve for India program.
In June 2019, Meesho became India’s first startup to receive investment from Facebook.
History.
In mid-2015, @ created FashNear, a hyperlocal fashion discovery and commerce app. By end 2015, they pivoted to Meesho, short for "meri eshop" (My E-Shop), an app that enabled physical stores to take their inventory online and sell through social channels. Shortly afterwards, Meesho pivoted again, morphing into India’s first online distribution channel for long tail products, providing opportunity for individual resellers to sell these products on , Facebook, Instagram and other social networks.