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Mahindra First Choice

Aviation · India · Founded 2007

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Mahindra First Choice is a leading player in India's pre-owned auto business. The company operates an auto tech aggregation platform, offering a vast collection of certified used cars. It serves a broad range of clients, including individual car buyers and sellers, banks, non-banking financial companies (NBFCs), insurance companies, and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).

The company's business model is built around aggregating demand and supply in the used car market. It has the largest used car retailing network in India and has established significant procurement partnerships. Additionally, it operates the second largest auto-content portal in the country, carandbike.com.

Mahindra First Choice generates revenue through the sale of pre-owned cars, enterprise solutions for financial institutions and OEMs, and advertising on its auto-content portal. The company also offers a range of ancillary services, such as car inspections, valuations, and test drives, which contribute to its income.

Customers can reserve a car online, take a test drive from any location, and have the car delivered to their doorstep. The company also offers a 2-year warranty, a buyback guarantee, and free roadside assistance. For sellers, the company provides a hassle-free process, offering home inspections and same-day payment.

Mahindra First Choice is part of the diversified Mahindra Group and has attracted investment from Valiant Capital, Phi Capital, and Cox Automotive.

Keywords: Pre-owned cars, Auto tech aggregation, Car retailing, Procurement partnerships, Auto-content portal, Enterprise solutions, Online car reservation, Car inspection, Valuation, Same-day payment.

Company overview

Mahindra First Choice company information

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Status
Operational
Founded
2007
Headquarters
India
Employees
1,560
Open positions
4
Dealroom signal
39.3
client focusb2csub industrySearch, Buy & RentsectorAutomotivebusiness modelMarketplace & ecommercesectorMessagingsectorBrandingsectorInsurtechsectorCarsectorCar PurchasingsectorAviation and AerospaceindustryTransportation

Valuation & funding

Mahindra First Choice funding history

Company financing events and reported valuations.

Deal typeDateAmountValuationInvestorsSource
EARLY VCEquity / VC Feb 2018 $15M $265M Undisclosed
SERIES AEquity / VC Mar 2015 $15M $60M Valiant Capital Partners
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Financials

Workforce over time

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YearEmployees
2026 1,563
2025 1,531
2024 1,441
2023 1,425
2022 1,274
2021 926
2020 729
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Growth signals

Mahindra First Choice website traffic

Latest recorded traffic for Mahindra First Choice is 130K monthly website visits, down 7.1% over the last three months. Mahindra First Choice's team grew 1.9% over the past year.

Latest monthly visits130K 3-month web change-7.1% 1-year team growth+1.9%
Monthly website visits123 observations · Apr 2016–Jul 2026
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Comparisons

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Talent graph

Mahindra First Choice's talent

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Team profiled 19 named & role-tagged
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Key operators 6 quality Hidden — book a demo/100
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Investors

2 investors on Mahindra First Choice's cap table

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Series A 1 investor entered at this stage
Valiant Capital Partners
Other known 1 additional known investor
Phi Capital

Global footprint

Where Mahindra First Choice has talent and traffic

Workforce by country
5 countries with
team presence
🇮🇳 India98.3%
🇺🇸 United States0.4%
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates0.4%
🇳🇱 Netherlands0.1%
🇨🇦 Canada0.1%
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Market sentiment

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