Dinesh Agarwal (born 19 February 1969) is an Indian entrepreneur, founder and CEO of IndiaMART,[2] an online B2B marketplace in India.
[3] After completing an engineering degree with a specialization in computer science from Harcourt Butler Technological Institute, Kanpur, he worked with several firms.
[11] In 2007–2008 when recession hit the US, Agarwal and his cousin Brijesh decided to pivot the focus from export oriented business to India-focused B2B market and raised $10 million from Intel Capital.
He later became an investor, providing funding to Tolexo,[14] and Innerchef, a Gurgaon-based ready-to-eat and ready-to-cook meals delivery startup.
[15] Dinesh Agarwal has turned into a big-time investor in recent years, putting in money in a number of start-ups.