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Indian startups on hiring spree after 2 yrs

Cos More Cautious This Time
“We are also strengthening the technology and product functions significantly and plan to increase headcount by about 25%,” Hari said.
Tech-enabled logistics company Rivigo, which recently raised $50 million from Warburg Pincus and SAIF Partners, at a post-money valuation estimated at $1 billion, is planning to hire 2,500 people across functions in 2018, which includes 500 engineers and the rest in sales and operations.
“One of our biggest focus areas this year will be on building India’s best technology and AI (artificial intelligence) team. We are looking at hiring 500 top engineers from across the world for our technology team this year with a dedicated AI team that will work on futuristic AI applications in logistics,” said Gazal Kalra, co-founder, Rivigo.
“Startups are once again in a hiring mode, but this time it is being driven by a clear business case and real business need,” said CK Guruprasad, a consultant at Spencer Stuart. “It is real growth that is happening and not one that is artificially inflated by capital infusion. The companies are a lot more cautious about the kind of talent they want to hire as there is a lot more clarity on business requirements.”
ET reported on Friday that Flipkart is aggressively hiring in technology, data sciences, and analytics functions among others with about 700 open positions, according to estimates by HR consultants.
Early on, startups hired widely as they sought to scale up and money poured in. That tapered off about 18-24 months ago as funding dried up. Companies were forced to go back to the drawing board and rework business models as they figured out ways in which they could grow revenue streams.
The battle lines in several industries are now being redrawn as players are well-funded and fresh rounds of investment are coming in. For instance, in the grocery space, BigBasket will be in a fight with Amazon and Flipkart. In food tech, Zomato and Swiggy are slugging it out. Then there are the likes of Ubereats and Ola entering the fray.
“Hiring is set to increase in a big way. The fight will not just be about taking market share from one another but about expanding the online market itself. The market will grow and all companies will hire people in large numbers,” said Hari.
“The overall sector is far more positive than last year as realism seems to have set in in the ecosystem, where investors are largely investing in businesses where they see longer-term sustainability and that are well differentiated,” said Thammaiah BN, MD, Kelly Services India.
Among those in hiring mode are digital payment startup MobiKwik, which is planning to expand its team by 20% this year from 425, and online pharmacy Netmeds, which is looking at doubling manpower by the end of this financial year from about 550. Online brokerage startup Zerodha, which has trebled its user base to 600,000 this fiscal year, is planning to step up headcount by 20-25% from 1,000. It will double the technology team from 50, said Nitin Kamath, CEO, Zerodha
Source : TechGIG
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