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Aditya Kothari
Working at the intersection of people, products and possibilities.
Aditya Kothari is a co-founder of Chingari, a popular short-video platform in India.12 He announced his departure from the company on May 12, 2023, after helping grow the platform to over 170 million users.12 Kothari is a serial entrepreneur who previously co-founded ventures such as Hey Leela, LogVisitor, and Spare Tickets.1 Before Chingari, he served as the business and strategy lead for EV startup Bounce.1
Kothari founded Chingari in 2018 along with Biswatma Nayak, Deepak Salvi, and Sumit Ghosh.2 The platform emerged as one of the leading short-video apps in India following the ban on TikTok.1 Chingari operates as an on-chain social app and introduced its own crypto token called GARI.12
While Kothari's exact future plans are not disclosed, he expressed openness to meeting startup founders as an investor or advisor to explore new ideas and possibilities.12
