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Bhanu Pratap Singh and the ShareChat story

An IIT Kanpur graduate who helped build ShareChat and Moj.

Bhanu Pratap Singh is a co-founder of Mohalla Tech, the company behind ShareChat and Moj. He graduated from IIT Kanpur.

Mohalla Tech was incorporated on 8 January 2015 by IIT Kanpur graduates. Ankush Sachdeva is the CEO. Farid Ahsan is the third co-founder.

ShareChat grew into a regional-language social platform. It launched the short video app Moj in June 2020 and bought MX TakaTak in 2022 at a $5 billion valuation.

On 25 January 2023 CEO Ankush Sachdeva announced that Singh and Ahsan were leaving their executive positions. This came a week after ShareChat laid off about 500 people, around 20 percent of staff. Both co-founders stayed on the board.

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Where did Bhanu Pratap Singh study?

Bhanu Pratap Singh is a graduate of IIT Kanpur, like his co-founders Ankush Sachdeva and Farid Ahsan.

How did Bhanu Pratap Singh start ShareChat?

He co-founded Mohalla Tech, ShareChat's parent company, which was incorporated on 8 January 2015.

Did Bhanu Pratap Singh leave ShareChat?

On 25 January 2023 he and Farid Ahsan stepped down from their executive roles. Both stayed on the board.

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