# Sahil Barua

> Sahil Barua is a seed investor at Delhivery (Gurgaon) backing E-Commerce and Retail. See 20 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Delhivery](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/delhivery)
- Location: Gurgaon, India
- Total investments: 20
- Last investment: Feb 2023
- Lead investor: 5%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sahil-barua-32bb10171
- Website: http://www.delhivery.com

Sahil Barua is a seed investor at Delhivery in Gurgaon focused on E-Commerce and Retail. Sahil Barua is based out of Goa, Goa and is the Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Delhivery. Sahil previously worked at Bain & Company as a Consultant. Sahil Barua attended the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $500k–$10M |
| Angel | $36k–$200k |
| Pre-Seed | $725k–$800k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 4 | 20% |
| Retail | 3 | 15% |
| Internet | 3 | 15% |
| Health Care | 3 | 15% |
| Apps | 2 | 10% |

39 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 7 | 35% |
| Angel | 4 | 20% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 10% |
| Series A | 2 | 10% |
| Series B | 2 | 10% |

8 stages tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Crest | Crest is the world's first end-to-end automated inventory planning software, created with the same technology that allows some of the world's most well-known businesses to avoid running out of stock and increase revenue by fulfilling every single demand. | $800K | Pre-Seed | Feb 22, 2023 |  |
| Vidyut | Vidyut offers end-to-end solutions for purchase and financing to resale which provide superior economics on electric vehicles compared to petrol & diesel vehicles. | $3.9M | Seed | Dec 08, 2022 |  |
| The Souled Store | The Souled Store is an online retailer that sells a range of fashion items and accessories to its users.The platform's product portfolio consists of t-shirts, mobile covers, badges, boxers, pajamas, notebooks, mugs, posters, coasters, backpacks, socks, umbrellas, tote bags, painted shoes, and wristbands. Furthermore, it enables its users tocreate personalized t-shirts. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 07, 2022 |  |
| Nestasia | Make Home Special is not only a motto Nestasia follows but heeds to celebrate creativity and individuality. With products that are as functional as they’re beautiful, Nestasia is a home decor brand with a wide range of uniquely designed, quality products to suit all home decor styles ranging from Contemporary, Scandinavian, Bohemian, Minimalist,Eclectic and more. | $4M | Series A | Dec 15, 2021 |  |
| Hoopr | AI powered music selection for video creators with vlogs, reels, films, and ad campaigns with unparalleled and royalty-free tracks. | $1.5M | Seed | Dec 14, 2021 |  |
| Sutradhar | Sutradhar means a narrator. India is a country of stories and storytellers. Traditionally our mythological stories have propagated through oral communication. With mobile phones taking over our day to day conversations that tradition is disappearing faster than we can Imagine. With Sutradhar our objective is to give these storytellers a platform totell mythological stories from their local tradition and culture to a wide audience through mobile phones. The larger objective is to make Indian Mythology and Cultural Traditions mainstream once again by giving easy access to stories behind those traditions. | $500K | Seed | Nov 24, 2021 |  |
| BeepKart | BeepKart is building a buyer-focused brand of used 2-wheelers. It is taking a digital-first approach to provide the trust that buyers seek in this high consideration & involvement category. BeepKart is helping write buyer-friendly rules to make the experience of buying and owning a used 2-wheeler as haggle-and-hassle-free as with new2-wheelers. | $3M | Seed | Sep 22, 2021 |  |
| Flatheads | Flatheads is a lifestyle brand that designs and creates shoes from India for the world. Flatheads designs footwear and apparel made for all-day casual dressing and appropriate for the climate and everyday use cases.The company innovates by using natural fibres and sustainable materials for making shoes and apparel. Flatheads has launchedIndia's first bamboo footwear.Flatheads is based in Bangalore, India and founded in 2019. | $992.3K | Seed | Sep 16, 2021 |  |
| The Souled Store | The Souled Store is an online retailer that sells a range of fashion items and accessories to its users.The platform's product portfolio consists of t-shirts, mobile covers, badges, boxers, pajamas, notebooks, mugs, posters, coasters, backpacks, socks, umbrellas, tote bags, painted shoes, and wristbands. Furthermore, it enables its users tocreate personalized t-shirts. | $10M | Series B | Aug 04, 2021 |  |
| Pratilipi | Pratilipi is a platform which brings readers, writers and their stories together. From the next door neighbour reading stories in the afternoon, to the funny college kid downstairs, millions of people around you are using Pratilipi to discover, express and share their stories in the language they love. | $48M | Series D | Jul 14, 2021 |  |

10 of 20 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Stellaris Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stellaris-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Elevation Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elevation-capital-6e8a) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Tracxn labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tracxn-labs) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Force Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/force-ventures-3142) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [IAN Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/indian-angel-network) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Nexus Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nexus-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Delhivery

VC Fund · Gurgaon, India

Delhivery is a supply chain services company that provides transportation, warehousing, freight, and order fulfillment services. It aims to build trust and improve the lives of its consumers.Logistics company SSN Logistics Pvt Ltd operates the web platform Delhivery.com. It offers a full suite of services such as last-mile delivery, third-partyand transit warehousing, reverse logistics, payment collection, vendor-to-warehouse, and vendor-to-customer shipping. It transforms the logistics industry by utilizing a strategy that enables faster delivery speed, thus decreases logistics costs and increases e-commerce supporters. The company is backed by Times Internet Ltd, which had acquired a minority stake in the firm, as well as Japan's SoftBank Vision Fund, Carlyle, Fosun, Tiger Global, Nexus Ventures, and Steadview Capital.The company was started in Gurgaon, Haryana, India in 2011 by Bhavesh Manglani, Kapil Bharati, Mohit Tandon, Sahil Barua, and Suraj Saharan.

5 contacts available at Delhivery.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bhavesh Manglani | Co-founder & COO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bhavesh-manglani-7203 |
| Mohit Tandon | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mohit-tandon |
| Sahil Barua | Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sahil-barua |
| Suraj Saharan | COO, Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/suraj-saharan |
| Ajith Pai | COO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ajith-pai |

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## FAQ

### What does Sahil Barua invest in?

Sahil Barua invests primarily in E-Commerce, Retail and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 20 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Sahil Barua's check size?

Sahil Barua typically joins rounds of $500k–$10M at Seed, $36k–$200k at Angel and $725k–$800k at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Sahil Barua participates in.

### When did Sahil Barua last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Sahil Barua closed in Feb 2023. Shizune tracks 20 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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