Hopscotch.in Strengthens Leadership Team With Key Hires

India’s leading discovery based e-Commerce destination for moms, Hopscotch.in has witnessed a 320% growth in employee strength from 70 in January, 2015 to 300 in December, 2015. In line with its rapid expansion plans, the company has announced key hires across functions.

The technology team at Hopscotch.in comprising engineers, design and product management has seen the inclusion of Shyam Seshadri, Head of Engineering. Prior to Hopcotch.in, Shyam, an alumni of the Indian School of Business, spent close to four years at Google, Mountain View. Nathan Stanton, Head of Design, an alumni of New York University, joins Hopscotch.in post leading the Product and UX at Minibar, New York. Two other key additions to the team are Rachel Steinberg (previously Housing.com) as the Senior Product Manager and R.V. Krishna (previously Tiny Owl) as the Senior Product Designer.

The recent appointments of Nupur Relekar, Art Director and Sanjay Jain, Mobile Lead is a step towards establishing strong creative and technology leadership in the e-commerce space. Nupur will lead the creative team and was previously Creative Head at The Home Label, a woman focused Indian e-commerce company. Sanjay Jain, previously the Android Lead at TinyOwl joins Hopscotch.in after a rich experience of over 11 years in mobile platforms.

On new talent and Hopscotch’s overall growth, Rahul Anand, Founder and CEO, Hopscotch.in said, "We are three times stronger with our new hires in Technology, Design and Product respectively. Hopscotch is here for one purpose: to serve Indian moms with the best brands for their kids, homes as well as themselves. This can only be done by having a team of world class merchants, designers along with technologists. Already we are seeing 75% of our revenue come from mobile devices. Every morning at 9:30 am, moms across India log on to their phones to shop new brands launched on Hopscotch. We love all our moms and look forward to serving them better in 2016." 

Co-founded by Harvard alumni Rahul Anand and Lisa Kennedy in October 2012, Hopscotch.in is a discovery-based e-Commerce destination for moms, offering a wide range of curated children’s merchandise. The idea of Hopscotch germinated in NYC while Rahul was working at Diapers.com, an online store dedicated to baby-care products. Identifying the need of Indian moms to provide the absolute best for their child, Hopscotch.in set up operation with the aim to make international standard merchandise and unmatched variety accessible to mothers around the country. Hopscotch currently caters to millions of moms across the country with over 2,500 local and international brands.