The Company was incorporated as “IndiaMART InterMESH Limited” on September 13 1999 as a public limited company under the Companies Act 1956 with a certificate of incorporation granted by the RoC. the Company received the certificate for commencement of business from the RoC on October 27 1999. Prior to incorporating the Company Dinesh Chandra Agarwal the Managing Director and one of the Promoters was engaged in the business of operating the website www.indiamart.com through InterMESH Systems a sole proprietorship firm. Pursuant to an agreement dated January 1 2000 the Company acquired the assets and liabilities (including the website www.indiamart.com) as appearing in the balance sheet of InterMESH Systems as on December 31 1999 from Dinesh Chandra Agarwal for a consideration of Rs.100 million paid in the form of 8000000 Equity Shares and 2000000 10% non-cumulative redeemable preference shares of the Company issued to Dinesh Chandra Agarwal.Major Events and milestones :1999- Incorporation of the Company2003- Launched TrustSeal for documentary verification of customers2007- Received investment from Bennett Coleman and Company Limited and Times Internet Limited2008- Received investment from Intel2015- Achieved 100000 premium customers milestone2016- Received investment from Amadeus Westbridge AFIM and Intel2017- Received further investment from Amadeus Westbridge and AFIM- Launched payment protection programmed PayX for the purpose of safe and secure payment gateway Awards and Accreditations :2008- Received the ‘Red Herring 100 Asia 2008’ award in the ‘software’ category2010- Recognized as one of ‘India’s 25 Most Promising Internet Companies’ by The SmartTechie2013- Received the ‘Manthan’ award South Asia and Asia Pacific in the e-business and financial inclusion category2016- Received the ‘Drivers of Digital Summit & Awards 2016’ for ‘best online classified website’ category- Received the ‘Super SME Awards 2016’ for ‘Special Contribution Award’ at World Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (WASME)2017- Received the ‘Drivers of Digital Summit & Awards 2017’ for ‘best online classified website’ category- Received the ‘Global Mobile App Summit Awards 2017’ for ‘best application in business’category2018- Received the ‘Drivers of Digital Summit & Awards 2018’ for ‘best online classified website’ category- Received the ‘Drivers of Digital Summit & Awards 2018’ for ‘best online classified application’ category2019- Received the ‘India Law Awards 2019’ for ‘Technology Media and Telecommunication In-House Legal Team’ category- Received the ‘Video Media Awards and Summit 2019’ for ‘video content in a business website- special mention’ category
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Mr. Dinesh Chandra Agarwal | Managing Director & CEO |
| Mr. Brijesh Kumar Agrawal | Whole Time Director |
| Mr. Dhruv Prakash | Non Executive Director |
| Mr. Vivek Narayan Gour | Independent Director |
| Mr. Rajesh Sawhney | Independent Director |