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№ 001 · Press & Stories

What India is saying about HalfPe.com?

The press coverage, the awards, and the stories behind India's only permanent half-price marketplace. Updated as the headlines come in.

3000+

Orders / day

250+

Top brands

₹7,000Cr

Surplus committed

India's e-commerce future will not be won by whoever shouts the loudest discount. It will be won by whoever makes the discount the default — and HalfPe is doing exactly that.

Forbes India Brand Connect · June 2026

Awarded

E-Commerce Company of the Year 2026

Economic Times & Hindustan Times · Crafting Bharat Awards

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№ 002 In the press.

Independent coverage from India's leading publications. Every link goes straight to the source.

№ 003 From the founder's desk.

Long reads, founder notes, and the thinking behind every decision at HalfPe.

№ 004 · Leadership

Meet the people behind India's first half-price marketplace.

Founder

Mr. Venu G. Somineni

Two decades at the intersection of technology and entrepreneurship — much of it built in the San Francisco Bay Area. Bestselling author endorsed by Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Jack Canfield and Brian Tracy; director of Living Ayurveda; founder of cheQin.ai.

Co-Founder

Tirumala Rao Chamalla

Serial entrepreneur spanning public governance, global technology and education. Recipient of the Chief Minister's Award for Excellence. Has led billion-dollar digital transformation mandates across India.

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