CARS24

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Cars24
Company type Private
Industry Used cars
Founded2015;9 years ago (2015)
Headquarters
Gurgaon, Haryana
,
India
Area served
India
Thailand
Australia
UAE [1]
Key people
  • Vikram Chopra
  • Gajendra Jangid
  • Ruchit Agarwal
  • Mehul Agarwal
Services
  • Car sales
  • Resale Paperwork
  • Loans
RevenueIncrease2.svg ₹ 5,535 crore (US$660 million) (FY23) [2]
Decrease2.svg ₹ −468 crore (US$−56 million) (FY23) [2]
Number of employees
6,000+ (2023) [2]
Subsidiaries Cars24 Financial Services
Website cars24.com

CARS24, is an Indian multinational online marketplace used car, headquartered in Gurgaon, India. [3] The company is considered among the four major organised players in the used car segment in India. [4]

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History

CARS24 was founded in 2015 by Vikram Chopra, Mehul Agrawal, Gajendra Jangid and Ruchit Agarwal as a platform to buy and sell used cars. [5] In 2021, the company expanded its operations internationally in several countries, including the United Arab Emirates, Thailand and Australia. [6]  

The CARS24 platform facilitates the transaction and has an offline presence. [7] Apart from selling used cars, the company's services include paperwork such as transferring the car to the name of the new owner which enables end-to-end transactions and offers an online auction platform to businesses looking to sell their pre-owned cars. [8] In 2019, the company started offering verified used cars where the company offered a buyback guarantee on the vehicles verified by inspection. [9]

The company operates 202 branches across 73 cities in India as of 2019. [10] Apart from its own branches, the company has a tie-up with more than 10,000 channel partners across 230 cities in India. [8] The company touched 150,000 annual car sales in 2019. [5]

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Old logo of CARS24

In May 2020, the company launched CARS24 Moto. [11] Cars24 Moto is a service which allows customers to sell used two-wheelers such as motorbikes, mopeds and scooters on its platform. It also launched a service offering vehicles inspection services at the customers location in place of their branch. [12] [13]

Funding and endorsements

CARS24 raised US$50 million in Series A and Series B rounds combined. In 2018, it raised a further US$50 million in Series C round of funding. [14]

CARS24 raised US$100 million in a Series D round of funding in 2019. Investors in the company include Sequoia Capital, Exor Seeds, partners of DST Global, Kingsway Capital, KCK and Unbound and Moore Strategic Ventures. [15] As a part of the series D round of funding, the company received an investment from cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who simultaneously became the company's brand ambassador. [16] Cars24 raised US$200 million in Series E round of funding in 2020 and became a unicorn startup as it was valued at over a $1 billion.[ citation needed ]

Apart from Dhoni, actors Boman Irani, [17] Mandira Bedi and Nawazuddin Siddiqui have endorsed the company in commercial advertisements. [18]

Cars24 became the primary and front-of-shirt sponsor of Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) for 2022 Indian Premier League. Cars24's sponsorship of SRH marks the first time that a company from the second-hand cars category has sponsored an IPL team. [19]

Subsidiaries

The company established Cars24 Financial Services as a subsidiary in 2019. [20] The company received an NBFC license from Reserve Bank of India in July 2019. [21] Cars24 Financial Services provides consumer loan facilities to car dealers and end customers in the used car segment across 50 cities in India. [20] In 2019-20 the company claimed to have disbursed loans worth ₹ 400 crore (equivalent to ₹497 croreorUS$60 million in 2023). [22]

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