InShorts Elevates Deepit Purkayastha as CEO, Azhar Iqubal takes over as Chairman

The leadership of the news aggregator InShorts has changed. InShorts' co-founder and CEO, Azhar Iqubal, will now serve as chairman of the board. Iqubal has been in charge of the Noida-based company since its founding in 2013.

The company's co-founder Deepit Purkayastha will lead as CEO.

The company named Abhijeet Ranjan as Public app's chief revenue officer in 2022, Pavit Singh Katoch as general counsel, and Nikhil Taneja as head of corporate development and investor relations in 2022.

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To date, the company has secured $140 million, of which $41 million has been set aside specifically for the Public app. Vy Capital, Lee Fixel's Addition, Tiger Global, SIG, A91, and Tanglin Venture Partners are among its investors.

For convenient smartphone use, InShorts combines news articles into 60 words and covers a variety of topics, such as business, technology, sports, politics, and international entertainment.

About Inshorts Group

With users in India, the United States, the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates, Canada, and Southeast Asia, Inshorts Group operates tech platforms for content distribution.

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