Business Plan Competition Jury - Swati Bhargava
Swati Bhargava is the Co-founder of CashKaro.com, India’s largest Cashback & Coupons website. Thousands of shoppers log on to www.CashKaro.com daily to get Offers and Coupons on 500 online sites that CashKaro has a tie-up with e.g. Myntra, Jabong, Amazon.in, eBay, Yatra. Plus CashKaro pays its members additional Cashback on their online shopping, over and above discounts already running. This makes CashKaro.com the cheapest way to shop online in India.
The business model of CashKaro.com is that it gets commission for every sale it drives to retailers. From this, Cashkaro pays Cashback to its members. Cashback sites are very popular in the West & CashKaro.com is pioneering the same in India.
Swati worked at Goldman Sachs London in Investment Banking for five years before starting UK Cashback business Pouring Pounds with her husband Rohan. After UK’s success they expanded to India as CashKaro.com, backed by UK investors.
Swati is an alumnus of London School of Economics (LSE) and graduated with an Honours in Mathematics & Economics in 2005. She was shortlisted for the Asian Woman of Achievement Awards in the UK. She is covered in Indian media regularly and is an active speaker at many high profile events in India and the UK.
