IITian Ankush Sachdeva: From 17 Failures to Building a ₹40,000 Crore ShareChat Empire

• Ankush Sachdeva, an IIT Kanpur alumnus, faced 17 consecutive startup failures before finding success.
• He co-founded ShareChat in 2015 with Farid Ahsan and Bhanu Singh, targeting non-English speaking users in India's small towns and villages.
• ShareChat was designed to embrace regional languages, humor, local news, and folk culture, expanding to 15 Indian languages.
• The platform became a digital community hub, attracting over 160 million active users by 2021.
• By 2022, ShareChat's valuation reached ₹40,000 crore ($5 billion), and Ankush also launched Moj, a popular short-video app.

Why It Matters: Ankush Sachdeva's journey exemplifies resilience, turning numerous failures into a ₹40,000 crore tech success.