Ankush Sachdeva started ShareChat after the failure of 17 start-ups; a story of determination!

Determination is a necessary trait for people who want to start a business. ShareChat was founded by Ankush Sachdeva after 17 start-ups went bust. Sachdeva is an exemplary personality who has achieved success with determination and continuous efforts.

17 start-ups failed.

Ankush holds a BTech degree in Computer Science from IIT Kanpur and started his entrepreneurial journey directly from Sachdeva College. The first 17 attempts failed. Sachdeva fought relentlessly, seeing every failure as a valuable lesson and a motivation to keep striving for success.

ShareChat

Ankush Sachdeva with friends Farid Ahsan and Bhanu Singh in 2015
With the establishment of Sharechat, the business began to see an upswing.

This innovative social media platform is specially designed for Indians and can be used in 15 regional languages including Hindi, Malayalam, Gujarati and Bengali. Users in small villages and towns took to ShareChat and quickly gained popularity. Suitable for users in India, ShareChat's localized design has turned out to be a game-changer.

Ankush Sachdeva's perseverance and foresight paid off when ShareChat's value crossed $1 billion. Reports suggest that the company was valued at Rs 40,000 crore in June 2022.