Tag: Deep Kalra

Mitron raises $5 mn funding led by Nexus Venture Partners

Mitron, the Indian short-form video app, announced that it has raised $5 million in funding led by Nexus Venture Partners. Existing investors 3one4 Capital and Arun Tadanki’s private syndicate on LetsVenture also participated in the funding round. Several notable angles and entrepreneurs like Deep Kalra, Founder and Chairman MakeMyTrip; Anand Chandrasekharan, Former Facebook executive; Karan…

Coronavirus Impact: MakeMyTrip lays off 350 employees as travel industry braces for impact

The travel industry has been in a soup since the coronavirus outbreak. With governments imposing lockdowns and travel restrictions, the industry is getting severe blows from all sides. While experts have predicted that major organizations will survive the crisis, startups were looking at a dead-end. Several travel-related startups have laid off significant numbers of employees…

Deep Kalra steps down from his position, Rajesh Magow to be new MakeMyTrip CEO

MakeMyTrip has recently announced that its current Group Chief Executive Deep Kalra will be stepping down from his position giving the helm of the company to Rajesh Magow. “(Kalra) will devote his full time to pursuing strategic initiatives, including product innovation and expansion, geographic growth, business model innovation, and corporate development, in his new role…