Flipkart is a privately owned Indian digital commerce company founded in 2007. It operates an e-commerce marketplace offering a wide range of product categories. The company employs approximately 40,000 people and is headquartered in India.
Flipkart piloted a quick commerce service in several areas in August 2022. The company aims to expand its dark store channel to 500-550 locations before its "Big Billion Days" sale. Separately, Flipkart's quick commerce venture, Flipkart Minutes, reportedly expanded to over 200 dark stores across 14 cities. A senior executive stated that Flipkart Minutes has a strong presence in India with more than 200 operational dark stores across 14 cities as of an unspecified Friday. Ravi Iyer, senior vice president at Flipkart, participated in a seed funding round for Alienkind, a juice brand, which raised $1.2 million.