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Sahil Barua

Delhivery · Bengaluru

Quietly built India's logistics backbone — the company that makes 'free delivery' possible for hundreds of D2C brands.

Infrastructure thinkingQuiet builderB2B compounding
Sahil Barua
Delhivery logo
Company
Delhivery
Journey

Moves that mattered.

  1. 2011
    Co-founded Delhivery as a hyperlocal logistics player.
  2. 2015
    Pivoted to full-stack e-commerce logistics.
  3. 2019
    Unicorn.
  4. 2022
    IPO. India's largest 3PL.
Struggles

Listed in a brutal market window. Stock crashed post-IPO. Kept building.

Family

Married. Co-founders Mohit, Bhavesh, Suraj and Kapil — IIT-Bombay batchmates.

The full story

Sahil Barua, in 1 chapters.

  1. Ch 01

    The story

    Quietly built India's logistics backbone — the company that makes 'free delivery' possible for hundreds of D2C brands.

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