Another Indian Startup gets acquired

This time it is Tapzo

Silicon Valley investors and Tech giants have been waiting for Indian startups to grow up and deliver. Perhaps, we are just entering that phase now.

After a massive $16 billion Walmart-Flipkart deal, the Indian startup scene is hotter than ever before. Amidst this frenzy, we have heard of a new exit.

Techcrunch reported that Amazon Pay has acquired Tapzo for $40M. The news will be widely circulated soon. After all, fundraising and acquisitions are the favorite topics for media. But, there is a lot more to an entrepreneur’s journey than signing the papers, the rich details of which are left in the frenzy around monetary talks.

The man at the helm of Tapzo, Ankur Singla, is not a typical entrepreneur by any measure. A lawyer by profession, a misfit at heart and someone comfortable in a room full of books all by himself, Ankur often expresses his inner thoughts on his blog.

I was fortunate to talk to Ankur for my book No Shortcuts releasing later this year. While you can read more details of how he built his startup in the book, here is a sneak peek of the path that led to Tapzo exit today. The original story started in 2009.

Ankur embarked on his startup journey from Akosha (2009) which pivoted to Helpchat in 2015 and…