Technology-based and consumer-centric real estate buying platform, Blox adds another asset to its team with the appointment of Shivani Karia Jhaveri as the Chief Marketing Officer and Founding Member of BLOX.
As India’s first technology-based and consumer-centric real estate buying platform, Blox is building on its reputable stature and has gained the attention of several leading investors. Post its successful first round of funding of $2M led by Tinder founder Justin Mateen, celebrity investor, Brad Bao, the Co-Founder of Lime and Kinzon Capital has invested an undisclosed amount in the company. Blox also has a post-funding valuation of $12M, making it one of the high valued startups at the early seed stage.
With over a decade of experience in marketing ranging from luxury marketing, strategy, and brand building, Shivani Karia Jhaveri is all set to take on this new and exciting step in her journey as she lifts off another brand in its 0-1 journey.
As the COVID-19 induced lockdown became the new normal, Shivani assisted Aditya Jhaveri, Founder, and CEO – BLOX, in building the investor pitch deck while conceptualizing BLOX’s big real estate technology play in the initial stages of the company is developed. As the fundraising activity and finalization of the concept began, Shivani was instrumental as a Strategic Advisor in cross-functional roles. At that time, Shivani was working with House of Anita Dongre as the Brand manager and handling cross-functional marketing roles for all of Anita’s luxury brands. Subsequently, she was approached by Aditya Jhaveri to serve as Chief Marketing Officer to lift off the new brand from scratch along with other leadership functions as a founding member with her expertise in product positioning and digital direct-to-consumer marketing.
Shivani’s role has included brand discovery and creation for the new company as she has been instrumental in building out the whole team while driving the strategic vision of the company. She plays the primary role in decision making on the product, go-to-market positioning, branding along major business decisions for the company as well.
Commenting on the new appointment, Aditya Jhaveri – Founder & CEO said, “It is with immense pleasure that we bring on board Shivani as the new Chief Marketing Officer of Blox. With her expertise and ambition, she has truly been a guiding force for Blox – right from its conceptualization to where it is today. I am positive that she will take on her role with great zeal and will significantly contribute to the company’s growth in the future.”
With this appointment, Bloxis heading towards being the leader in innovation and services in the real estate buying sector in India.
