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Kunal Bahl

Snapdeal / Titan Capital · Delhi

A Wharton kid who came back to India to sell coupons door-to-door. Rode the ecommerce wave to billions in valuation, then survived the crash and rebuilt.

ResilienceOperator-investorBharat focus
Kunal Bahl
Snapdeal / Titan Capital logo
Company
Snapdeal / Titan Capital
Journey

Moves that mattered.

  1. 2010
    Co-founded Snapdeal with childhood friend Rohit Bansal.
  2. 2014
    Snapdeal raised from SoftBank, valued at $5B at peak.
  3. 2016
    Survived a brutal funding winter; rejected Flipkart's $950M acquisition offer.
  4. 2021
    Refocused Snapdeal on Bharat; launched Titan Capital to back next-gen founders.
Struggles

Watched valuation crash from $6.5B to under $1B. Mass layoffs in 2017. Public humiliation in tech press.

Family

Married to Ruchi Mishra. Two children. Notoriously private about personal life.

The full story

Kunal Bahl, in 1 chapters.

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    The story

    A Wharton kid who came back to India to sell coupons door-to-door. Rode the ecommerce wave to billions in valuation, then survived the crash and rebuilt.

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