founder pranay chulet 2 and jiby thomas 3 headquarters bangalore 1 india number of locations india area served india key people pranay chulet co founder & ceo services classified advertising website www.quikr.com quikr is an indian classified advertising platform . it was founded by pranay chulet and jiby thomas in 2008 2 3 and as of 2013 reported 12 million listings . 4 headquartered in bengaluru quikr has a listings in over 1 000 cities in india in categories such as mobile phones household goods cars real estate jobs services and education . 4 contents 1 history 2 finance 3 features 4 references 5 external links history edit quikr was initially launched as kijiji india in november 2005 . 5 kijiji.in was owned by kijiji international an ebay inc subsidiary . in 2008 mumbai based venture capitalist matrix partners india invested in the kijiji india following which kijiji india was hived off kijiji international and restructured as an independent company and re branded as quikr which was jointly owned by matrix partners and ebay inc. 6 7 in january 2016 quikr announced it had acquired the real estate portal commonfloor.com in a 200 million all stock deal and will be merging it with its real estate division quikrhomes . 8 9 finance edit quikr is backed by kinnevik matrix partners india omidyar network norwest venture partners nokia growth partners warburg pincus and ebay inc. 1 in 2009 quikr raised 20 crore . 10 in 2014 quikr raised about 150 million 11 of which it raised a 60 million 12 13 investment in a round led by tiger global with participation from several existing investors and raised 90 million 14 in investment in a round led by kinnevik . 15 16 as of 2014 quikr had raised a total of 350 million from 7 funding rounds . 17 features edit quikr provides an online classified advertising platform for users to buy or sell goods and services from each other . other services offered include a missed call service 18 and instant messaging . 19 references edit a b c about quikr . retrieved 2016 03 04 . a b meet quikr ceo pranay chulet iit iim alumnus who built india s largest online classifieds co . timesofindia economictimes . retrieved 2016 03 04 . a b quikr co founder jiby thomas quits company to start new internet venture . techcircle.in . retrieved 2016 03 04 . a b property gadgets automobiles and jobs most popular on quikr . digit.in . 2013 11 13 . retrieved 2015 08 26 . ebay inc. & matrix partners india announce new partnership kijiji india to be jointly owned by ebay & matrix partners . ebay press release . retrieved 2016 03 04 . classifieds website kijiji india is now quikr.com . retrieved 2016 03 04 . matrix partners press room classifieds website kijiji india is now quikr.com . matrix partners . retrieved 2016 03 04 . quikr acquires commonfloor . commonfloor blog . quikr buys commonfloor in 200 mn all stock deal . 2016 01 08 . retrieved 2016 04 16 . chanchani madhav a 2009 07 30 . quikr raises rs 20 cr in series b from omidyar matrix india . vccircle . retrieved 2010 06 21 . quikr raises rs 550 crore from group of investors led by swedish investment company kinnevik . the economic times . 2014 03 12 . retrieved 2015 08 26 . quikr founder shows how to take an old idea and make it new . business standard . 2014 03 14 . retrieved 2015 08 26 . online ads firm quikr raises rs 548 crore from foreign investors . the times of india . 2014 03 12 . retrieved 2015 08 26 . quikr raises 90 million . the hindu . 2014 03 13 . archived from the original on june 24 2014 . retrieved 2015 08 26 . quikr.com raises rs . 548 cr in private equity . the hindu business line . 2014 03 12 . archived from the original on june 16 2014 . retrieved 2015 08 26 . swedish firm kinnevik to invest in quikr . the economic times . 2014 03 11 . archived from the original on march 16 2014 . retrieved 2015 08 26 . why investors are betting big on indian e commerce firms . mint . 2014 03 13 . archived from the original on may 15 2015 . retrieved 2015 08 26 . the business savvy of a missed call . archived from the original on may 16 2015 . retrieved 26 august 2015 . quikr launches chat service to boost sales . the economic times . retrieved 26 august 2015 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title quikr & oldid 744582415 categories classified advertising websitescompanies based in mumbaiebayinternet companies of indiahidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable 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