06/06/2019
BookMyShow the eponymous destination for online booking was founded by Ashish Hemrajani, Pariksh*t Dar and Rajesh Balpande. The firm started with the concept of online movie ticketing and soon expanded to online ticketing solutions for theatres, events, concerts and sports.
BookMyShow was invested in by Network18, which marked the company's first round of funding in 2007. In August 2012, Accel Partners invested USD 18 million and in June 2014, the company announced that it has raised USD 25 million from SAIF Partners. The recent investment leads to a leap in the company’s valuation from USD 58.3 million to USD166.6 million.
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