Lokal

What is Lokal?

Lokal is a hyperlocal super-app built for India's native-language internet users, serving what its founders call "Bharat," the hundreds of millions of people in Tier 2 and Tier 3 India who are more comfortable online in their regional language than in English. The core Lokal App delivers hyperlocal news, weather, local jobs, classifieds, real estate, and community content that would otherwise be scattered across local newspapers and word of mouth. Around that core, Lokal has built a wider family of products: Sahi Jobs and Lokal Jobs (verified, location-based job listings ranging from delivery roles to government jobs), Lokal Matrimony (district-based matchmaking), Agrilokal (agricultural advisory for farmers), GyanTV (educational short videos), AstroLokal (astrology consultations), and Eaze and Dostt (peer mental-health support). The platform is available in more than 10 Indian languages, including Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, and Marathi, reaching more than 250 districts and over 60 million users across its products. Lokal was founded in 2018 by Jani Pasha, who is CEO, and Vipul Chaudhary, Co-Founder and CTO. It is headquartered in Bengaluru, India, and is backed by Y Combinator, 3one4 Capital, India Quotient, Sony Innovation Fund, and Global Brain, having raised about $31.8 million in total funding, including a $14.7 million Series B in October 2022.

Mission & values

Strengthen hyperlocal communities across India by letting people share, connect, and transact in their own regional language.

Qualifications

Lokal hires across the functions of a large, multi-product consumer app company. On the technical side: software engineering (backend, frontend, Android/iOS mobile, data, and machine learning, given the scale of localized content and matching across its products), data science and analytics, and product management and design, working across the Lokal App and its Sahi Jobs, Matrimony, Agrilokal, and other sub-products. It also hires content and language operations (moderating and localizing content across 10+ Indian languages), city and district-level growth/operations teams, sales (for local business advertisers and classifieds), and trust and safety, plus marketing, finance, and people functions. Application flow lives at lokalapps.com (careers) and its LinkedIn page. Lokal is an India-focused company, headquartered in Bengaluru, and its roles generally require being based in India, with many roles centered on its Bengaluru office rather than globally remote; check each posting for specific location and remote eligibility. Fluency in one or more Indian regional languages is valuable for content, moderation, and city-operations roles.

Leadership

Hiring process

1. 1

   Apply at lokalapps.com careers

   Browse engineering, product, content/language operations, city/district growth, sales, and corporate roles and submit through the Lokal careers page or LinkedIn.

2. 2

   Recruiter screen

   Confirms role fit, level, India work eligibility, Bengaluru office vs remote/hybrid expectations, and pay.

   About 7 days

3. 3

   Technical or role-specific interview

   Engineering/product: coding and system design at scale, or a product case. Content/language: a localization or moderation exercise. Sales/growth: a local-market scenario.

   About 10 days

4. 4

   Team interviews

   Cross-functional interviews with the team on depth, understanding of the Bharat/regional-language user base, and fit.

   About 7 days

5. 5

   Offer

   Offer in INR aligned to role and level, typically with equity.

   About 7 days

Funding

Awards & recognition

• Reached 60M+ users across 250+ districts in 10+ Indian languages · 2026

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• Raised a $14.7M Series B led by Global Brain and Sony Innovation Fund · 2022

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Company information

• Industry: Hyperlocal Media & Classifieds (India)
• Location: Bengaluru, India (India-focused; not a global remote employer)
• Founded: 2018
• Company size: 201-1000
• Website: www.lokalapps.com ↗
• LinkedIn: Company page ↗

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