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Move to India, build the largest on-demand hyper-local marketplace of the world

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Move to India, build the largest on-demand hyper-local marketplace of the world

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Why:

Exploration is a specific invention of specific civilisations conducted at specific historical times. It is not ... a universal property of all human societies. Not all cultures have explored or even traveled widely. Some have been content to exist in xenophobic isolation - historian Stephen J. Pyne

What:

Facts: We have grown 4X month on month in terms of transactions. We are disrupting the local market by solving real and tough problems everyday. Did I mention - we just launched 6 months back? First movers advantage - we are 2 years ahead of everyone (Including biggies in e-commerce). The only on-demand hyper-local marketplace in India, which is present in 10 cities with widest serving categories list - grocery, bakery, fresh products, pet care, cosmetics, electronics and more coming soon. Closest parallel - Uber, Tesla, SolarCity. If you admire them - you would love it here! Indian startup ecosystem has received investments at 300% growth totalled at $ 3.4 billion 2015 ( 6 months ), where as US has received $ 9.7 billion. India has one of the toughest problem at its shelf to solve. The opportunity, sheer scale and problem statements are uniquely present only in India. You’ll feel at home. India is known to be the best host :) We raised the biggest series A and series B raised by any Indian startup from: Sequoia capital (Google, Whatsapp) Tiger Global (Facebook, Flipkart) DST (Twitter, Airbnb, Xiaomi, Facebook)

How:

Act now - just write down a couple of lines in the email about what you are doing and send it to ankur [ at ] grofers.com. Alternatively just ping me on Skype ( grofers ) - would love to chat more about what we are building under the hood and how we can work together.

We are looking for the software engineers, product managers, designers and many more to join the mission. Not sure? ping me on Skype ( grofers ).

PS: If you live outside India, your relocation and setting you up in here is on us.

Let's build the future together - grofers.com/careers | Get app - bit.ly/grfrs

Re: Move to India, build the largest on-demand hyper-local marketplace of the world

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Its hard for me to consider moving to India given the current environmental degradation there, for example[1] and HN discussion[2]

1: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/31/opinion/sunday/holding-you...

2: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9670458