Our story

Our story

Our story

Since time immemorial, you’ve been recommending your favourite brands to your friends and family. But what’s in it for you? Well, now there is — Kaching rewards you for your recommendations.

Why we started this

There’s nothing more authentic than a friend’s recommendation when it comes to trying out new stuff. Be it a restaurant, an app, or even a retail outlet. People trusting people is the bedrock on which Kaching is established.

We realized that even though word-of-mouth is the most prevalent and natural form of marketing, it is also the most difficult to track. Kaching was created to recognize and reward the influence of everyday people and the pivotal role they’ve been playing for years, in helping businesses grow.

We want you to experience the coolest new things in town and share them with your friends and family and finally get rewarded for it.

Why we started this

Why we started this

Why we started this

Why we started this

There’s nothing more authentic than a friend’s recommendation when it comes to trying out new stuff. Be it a restaurant, an app, or even a retail outlet. People trusting people is the bedrock on which Kaching is established.

There’s nothing more authentic than a friend’s recommendation when it comes to trying out new stuff. Be it a restaurant, an app, or even a retail outlet. People trusting people is the bedrock on which Kaching is established.

We realized that even though word-of-mouth is the most prevalent and natural form of marketing, it is also the most difficult to track. Kaching was created to recognize and reward the influence of everyday people and the pivotal role they’ve been playing for years, in helping businesses grow.

We realized that even though word-of-mouth is the most prevalent and natural form of marketing, it is also the most difficult to track. Kaching was created to recognize and reward the influence of everyday people and the pivotal role they’ve been playing for years, in helping businesses grow.

We realized that even though word-of-mouth is the most prevalent and natural form of marketing, it is also the most difficult to track. Kaching was created to recognize and reward the influence of everyday people and the pivotal role they’ve been playing for years, in helping businesses grow.

We want you to experience the coolest new things in town and share them with your friends and family and finally get rewarded for it.

We want you to experience the coolest new things in town and share them with your friends and family and finally get rewarded for it.

We want you to experience the coolest new things in town and share them with your friends and family and finally get rewarded for it.

What were we before

What were we before

What were we before

What were we before

What were we before

Initially founded in 2017 in Chennai, Kaching was an app that provided deals from restaurants and bars in town for free. You could just show your Kaching app to the waiter at a restaurant and get 20 percent off on the bill.

Initially founded in 2017 in Chennai, Kaching was an app that provided deals from restaurants and bars in town for free. You could just show your Kaching app to the waiter at a restaurant and get 20 percent off on the bill.

Initially founded in 2017 in Chennai, Kaching was an app that provided deals from restaurants and bars in town for free. You could just show your Kaching app to the waiter at a restaurant and get 20 percent off on the bill.

After scaling the app to more than 100,000 users in Chennai, we found the market to be saturated with bigger players like Zomato, Eazydiner, Nearbuy, Dineout, etc, and realized the need to pivot.

After scaling the app to more than 100,000 users in Chennai, we found the market to be saturated with bigger players like Zomato, Eazydiner, Nearbuy, Dineout, etc, and realized the need to pivot.

After scaling the app to more than 100,000 users in Chennai, we found the market to be saturated with bigger players like Zomato, Eazydiner, Nearbuy, Dineout, etc, and realized the need to pivot.

Meet the team

Meet the team

Meet the team

Come, get to know us

Come, get to know us

Come, get to know us

Shiv Shankar Ganesh

Founder

Loves Tres Leches & Badam Milk

Shiv is a trivia junkie that enjoys learning new things. His interests largely revolve around companies, inventions, history, travel, food, automobiles, and aviation. He's aiming to add a few more interests moving forward, specifically in hard sciences, health, and math. Shiv has been building in the brick-and-mortar space for 7+ years now in different avatars. His LinkedIn profile summarises his founding journey best. When not working on Kaching, he Midjourneys on aspirational projects in furniture, apps, and electronics.

Shiv is a trivia junkie that enjoys learning new things. His interests largely revolve around companies, inventions, history, travel, food, automobiles, and aviation. He's aiming to add a few more interests moving forward, specifically in hard sciences, health, and math. Shiv has been building in the brick-and-mortar space for 7+ years now in different avatars.
His LinkedIn profile summarises his founding journey best.

When not working on Kaching, he Midjourneys on aspirational projects in furniture, apps, and electronics.

Shiv is a trivia junkie that enjoys learning new things. His interests largely revolve around companies, inventions, history, travel, food, automobiles, and aviation. He's aiming to add a few more interests moving forward, specifically in hard sciences, health, and math. Shiv has been building in the brick-and-mortar space for 7+ years now in different avatars.
His LinkedIn profile summarises his founding journey best.

When not working on Kaching, he Midjourneys on aspirational projects in furniture, apps, and electronics.

Shiv is a trivia junkie that enjoys learning new things. His interests largely revolve around companies, inventions, history, travel, food, automobiles, and aviation. He's aiming to add a few more interests moving forward, specifically in hard sciences, health, and math. Shiv has been building in the brick-and-mortar space for 7+ years now in different avatars.
His LinkedIn profile summarises his founding journey best.

When not working on Kaching, he Midjourneys on aspirational projects in furniture, apps, and electronics.

Shiv is a trivia junkie that enjoys learning new things. His interests largely revolve around companies, inventions, history, travel, food, automobiles, and aviation. He's aiming to add a few more interests moving forward, specifically in hard sciences, health, and math. Shiv has been building in the brick-and-mortar space for 7+ years now in different avatars.
His LinkedIn profile summarises his founding journey best.

When not working on Kaching, he Midjourneys on aspirational projects in furniture, apps, and electronics.

Vidya venkatesh

Co-Founder

Loves Tiramisu

Vidya Venkatesh is the co-founder of Kaching and leads enterprise sales efforts. She holds a Masters degree in International Business and has a passion for understanding the world's evolution, as well as food, fashion, fitness, and different cultures. Her interests include the creator economy, AI, offline businesses, and interstellar travel. Before Kaching, she handled sales at The Hindu, and on-ground marketing at RedBull.

Vidya cross-functions across most roles within the company. Outside of work, she stays active by working out and going out/staying in with friends and family.

Sanskaara Lalwani

Brand & Marketing Lead

Loves Sushi and Passion Fruit Macarons

An architect by degree and an entrepreneur by heart, Sanskaara is the Brand & Marketing Lead at Kaching. She is also one of the founding team members at Kaching. Her expertise in marketing combined with her love for social media has helped Kaching grow exponentially. She founded Belboy, an on-demand errand running and instant shopping service in the hyperlocal space in 2018. Being a founder herself, she is well-versed with what it takes to grow a start-up.


Driven by experiences, when not at work, she loves sharing her culinary discoveries and travel expeditions digitally via her blog Slay Gourmet.

Somya Raghuwanshi

Brand & Marketing Executive

Loves Dark Chocolate

Somya is a mass-media graduate from Jai Hind College, Mumbai, and a proud Stoa alumna. Primarily from the domain of content writing, she pivoted toward marketing after she joined Kaching. Social media marketing and content marketing are her fortes as she continuously strives to put her best foot forward. 

She’s an introvert but not shy (yes!) and loves reading, writing, watching movies, and in turn, writing about movies. 

Shupraja KC

Operation Lead

Loves Crème Brûlée and Gulab Jamun

Shupraja acts as a bridge between BD and CS at every step, and holds interest in working with cross-functional teams. She makes sure that process flow is smoothly and has worked with companies like Amazon and Kanakavalli. She prefers to take the road less traveled, explore them, and learn new things.

She is passionate about sustainable living, architecture, food, culture, and colours and you can find her sketching, traveling, and learning new languages in her leisure time.

Nikita more mittal

Business Development Lead

Loves Cheese & Churros

Nikita is a graduate of Durham University and Nottingham University in the UK and has worked in Singapore for several years. She founded her own fine jewelry brand and has also worked in the spaces of education and corporate events. Nikita has been with Kaching since 2020 and is thrilled to have been a part of the tremendous growth curve. 

In her spare time, she enjoys teaching, dancing, as well as traveling around India and the world.

Nikita more mittal

Business Development Lead

Loves Cheese & Churros

Nikita is a graduate of Durham University and Nottingham University in the UK and has worked in Singapore for several years. She founded her own fine jewelry brand and has also worked in the spaces of education and corporate events. Nikita has been with Kaching since 2020 and is thrilled to have been a part of the tremendous growth curve. 

In her spare time, she enjoys teaching, dancing, as well as traveling around India and the world.

Sai Charan

Business Development Executive

Loves Semiyaa Paayasam, Carrot Halwa and Kaaju Katli

Graduated from Ludwig Maximilian Universität (LMU, University of Munich) with a Master’s in Theoretical Particle Physics. Sai is a bit restless and has worked in totally unrelated fields including video game concept art, front-end web development, experimental condensed matter physics, spectroscopy, and Karate coaching. He now wants to master The Art Of The Deal™ as he has watched The Wolf of Wall Street like 30 times. He has represented India in the World Karate Federation, published a peer-reviewed paper on Quantum Information theory, and aspires to become a professor of theoretical particle physics and a pioneer in particle physics model building.

Sai is a Pokemon collector but for hobbies, he aspires to be Batman by learning different martial and weapon arts and practicing power-lifting. Uncharacteristically, he paints as well. But characteristically enough, he loves to read films and anime. Gotta catch 'em all.

Akila ganesh

Business Development executive

Loves Brownie with Ice Cream & French Fries

Akila is a part of the business development team. She has done her masters in human resources. After working in her core field for a few years and spending the majority of her professional life teaching, training, and counseling, she has currently gotten into sales to explore and understand people.


She is passionate about cooking and dreams of running a food business on a small scale for pleasure someday!

She finds peace and cheer in cooking, cleaning, working out, and doing zen-tangle patterns, provided there is music playing around all the while.

Aman abdullah

generalist associate

Loves Mint Chocolate Ice-cream

Aman has previously worked as a content creation intern at Walnuts. One of the newest members of the Kaching ecosystem, he is currently in his final year of account and business finance honors and has enrolled at Heriot Watt University, Malaysia. A gym freak and a big-time foodie, his professional expertise lies in business operations and communications. He loves sports and acting.

Fun fact - He played a substantial role in the movie, Thoongavanam (2015).

Aadesh murali

Pre-Sales associate

Loves Gulab Jamun

Aadesh is a Mechanical Engineer from Peri Institute of Technology. He is passionate about cars and loves to learn new things. A creative soul with a technical mind, he enjoys photo and video editing, animations and 3D modelling in his spare time.

Aksharah jayasrikanth

Marketing associate

Loves Brownies and Boba

Aksharah is a visual communication student at St Joseph’s University, Bengaluru. She enjoys content writing and in her time with Kaching she has discovered her passion for social media and marketing. She’s always up for a challenge and strives for perfection methodically. When not working or studying you’ll find her working on music or her ongoing quest to try out every street food joint in the city.


She’s a textbook ambivert and will never turn down an opportunity to try something new.

Aditya Shrestha Agrawal

Marketing and Operations Associate

Loves Choco Truffle Pastry

Aditya started his first venture when he was 15, having worked in the corporate sector for 2 years now, he specializes in marketing, PR, and social media. He is pursuing his Bachelor’s in Commerce from Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi along with Chartered Accountancy.

An attendee of the Harvard Project for Asian and International relations and an international relations geek, he loves reading and debating about public policy and international geopolitics.

Outside of work, he likes to read books, and enjoys networking with diverse people.

Ronith Vijay

Onboarding & Customer Success Executive

Loves Red Velvet Pastry

Ronith is an MBA graduate from ISC Paris and is extremely passionate about building businesses. Apart from working as an onboarding and customer success executive at Kaching, he also runs his start-up. He has been a part of Kaching from the early stages and has contributed immensely to growing it. A total fitness enthusiast, he loves hitting the gym and nurturing his inner traveller every chance he gets.


He loves exploring new places and playing soccer when he’s not thinking about the next cool brand or outlet acquisition for Kaching.

Ayaan Gouse

Marketing Associate

Loves Homemade Kheer

Ayaan is a final-year B.E. student at SRM University, pursuing Computer Science. He loves data as much as he loves homemade kheer. He has won various inter-school and inter-college events in the domains of sports and tech. A versatile learner, he constantly strives to upskill himself.


He has great problem-solving and problem-analysis skills and is efficient in Cloud, DevOps, and Data Science. He enjoys sketching and graphic designing as a medium to exhibit his creativity. You can often find him talking about football or strumming his guitar.

Mehak gothi

Pre-Sales Executive

Loves Sizzling Brownie And Chocolate Truffle Pastry

Mehak completed her Bachelors of Commerce degree in corporate secretaryship from MOP Vaishnav College for Women, Chennai and is a proud ACCA Finalist pursuing an MBA in International Finance from Jain University Bangalore. She participated and bagged the 3rd position in the All India National Summit held at Loyola College. Accounting and finance are her forte.

She loves creating art and aspires to be a resin artist. She also enjoys exploring new things and traveling.

Hariharan kulendran

Pre-Sales Associate

Loves Brownie

Hariharan completed his B.Com from SRM University, Kattankulathur. His expertise lies in the field of business and finance, and marketing. He has worked in Tata Consultancy Services as an Associate. He’s a black belt in karate and is extremely passionate about motorcycles. He loves exploring new places and travelling on his motorcycle, a classic 350.

Mehak gothi

Pre-Sales Executive

Loves Sizzling Brownie And Chocolate Truffle Pastry

Mehak completed her Bachelors of Commerce degree in corporate secretaryship from MOP Vaishnav College for Women (Chennai) and is a proud ACCA Finalist pursuing an MBA in International Finance from Jain University Bangalore. She participated and bagged the 3rd position in the All India National Summit held at Loyola College. Accounting and finance are her forte.

She loves creating art and aspires to be a resin artist. She also enjoys exploring new things and traveling.

Hariharan kulendran

Pre-Sales Associate

Loves Brownie

Hariharan completed his B.Com from SRM University, Kattankulathur. His expertise lies in the field of business and finance, and marketing. He has worked in Tata Consultancy Services as an Associate. He’s a black belt in karate and is extremely passionate about motorcycles. He loves exploring new places and travelling on his motorcycle, a classic 350.

nishanth nagendran

Pre-Sales Associate

Loves Triffle Pudding

Nishanth is a skilled marketing and communication professional with a passion for food. With a Bachelor's degree in Engineering from SVCE College, he has honed his expertise in sales, marketing and communications to help businesses grow.

Outside of work, Nishanth can be found indulging in his hobbies of long-distance cycling and exploring new restaurants.

Hariharan kulendran

Pre-Sales Associate

Loves Brownie

Hariharan completed his B.Com from SRM University, Kattankulathur. His expertise lies in the field of business and finance, and marketing. He has worked in Tata Consultancy Services as an Associate. He’s a black belt in karate and is extremely passionate about motorcycles. He loves exploring new places and travelling on his motorcycle [classic 350].

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West Mambalam, Chennai 600033.

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Contact

1, Ramakrishna Puram, 1st street,

West Mambalam, Chennai 600033.

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© Kaching Software Pvt. Ltd.

Contact

1, Ramakrishna Puram, 1st street,

West Mambalam, Chennai 600033.

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© Kaching Software Pvt. Ltd.

Contact

1, Ramakrishna Puram, 1st street,

West Mambalam, Chennai 600033.

Socials

© Kaching Software Pvt. Ltd.

Contact

1, Ramakrishna Puram, 1st street,

West Mambalam, Chennai 600033.

Socials

© Kaching Software Pvt. Ltd.