New Delhi: Saurabh Kumar, the co-founder of the online grocery company Grofers, has left the company. The company’s second co-founder and CEO Albinder Dhindsa have given this information by tweeting. The special thing is that Saurav Kumar decided to leave the company at a time when online food delivery firm Zomato is in talks to buy a stake in it.
Albinder Dhindsa said that Saurav Kumar was preparing to invest in his personal evolution for the last 6 months so that he could establish himself as a designer, enabler and coach from the growth driver. Albinder Dhindsa praised Saurav Kumar a lot in his post.
Sourav Kumar said in his farewell e-mail addressed to the employees of the company that for the last 8 years, I do not know the world and life of Grofers’ bar. Whatever I have learned and known, I have to go here only in Grofers. I never felt alone here. Sourav Kumar wrote, “We made mistakes many times and tasted success together. Pointing towards his next entrepreneurial journey, he said that he wants to wander here and there again.
Zomato set to acquire Grofers
According to media reports, Zomato will either buy a minority stake in the company by investing $100 million in Grofers or is in the process of acquiring Grofers completely. Grofers, along with Tata Group-owned BigBasket, is the only major player in the online grocery market.
