Founder

Vineet Rao

DealShare

“Most margins for mom and pop grocery stores are lost to middlemen. By sourcing products from local factories and manufacturers, consumers receive substantial discounts and more profits are shared throughout the supply chain.“

Partnered in: 2020
Focus areas:
- E-commerce
- Gamification
- FMCG & Packaged goods
- Retail
- Technology

About Vineet

Starting a company of his own has been Vineet’s dream since growing up in Jaipur. After graduating with a degree in computer science from IIT Mumbai, in 2000, he joined the Texas-based B2B software start-up, Trilogy. Four years later, he joined Microsoft in Seattle where he worked for a decade.

In 2014, he decided to come back to India and launched his own start-ups, founding SilkCloud, Shopwest and virtual reality company SpectraVR Studios. In 2018, he co-founded social commerce platform DealShare, targeting the 500 million “WhatsApp-first” users from non-metro cities and rural markets. DealShare now boasts over 10 million registered users, in 100 cities across 10 Indian states.