Infibeam in July 2015. Infibeam was founded in 2007 by Vishal Mehta, a Cornell and MIT Sloan alumnus. After working for Dell and Amazon.com in the US for five years, Mehta returned to India in 2007 and started Infibeam along with a group of Flipkart employees. He funded the company by selling his personal assets rather than opting for external equity funding. The company was started with an initial capital of 100-150 million. Infibeam.com started as an automobile portal in 2007, but later turned into an online retailer. In 2010, Infibeam launched 'Pi', India's first e-book reader. In 2008, Infibeam acquired
Flipkart five days). On 4 May 2018, it was reported that the US retail chain Walmart had won a bidding war with Amazon to acquire a majority stake in Flipkart for US$15 billion. On 9 May 2018, Walmart officially announced its intent to acquire a 77% controlling stake in Flipkart for US$16 billion, subject to regulatory approval. Following the proposed purchase, Flipkart co-founder Sachin Bansal left the company, while the remaining management now report to Marc Lore, CEO of Walmart eCommerce US. Walmart president Doug McMillon cited the "attractiveness" of the market, explaining that their purchase "is an opportunity to partner