Kunal Bahl | |
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 Bahl in 2015 | |
| Born | New Delhi, India |
| Education | B.S.E in Entrepreneurship, Operation & Information Management, Wharton B.A.S in Engineering |
| Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania |
| Occupation(s) | Entrepreneur, Investor |
| Known for | E-commerce, Venture Capital |
Kunal Bahl is an Indian technology entrepreneur and investor. [1] [2]
Bahl was born in India and had completed his initial school education at Delhi Public School R. K. Puram (DPS) New Delhi. He applied to the University of Pennsylvania and received admission. He graduated from the Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology at the University of Pennsylvania, earning two bachelor's degrees in Entrepreneurship, Operation & Information Management from The Wharton School and Engineering from the School of Engineering and Applied Science. He finished an executive marketing program from Kellogg School of Management. [3] He worked with Microsoft for a short period, as he went back to India due to a visa issue in 2007. [4] [5]
Bahl co-founded the e-commerce company Snapdeal in 2010. [6] [7] In 2022, the company assumed the group corporate identity of AceVector, which houses multiple businesses such as Snapdeal, Unicommerce, and Stellaro Brands. [8]
He is the Promoter of Unicommerce, a SaaS company in India, which had its IPO in 2024 becoming on the most highly subscribed IPOs of the year. [9]
He is also the Co-founder of Titan Capital, an early stage venture capital firm in India and has invested in companies like Ola, Urban Company, Mamaearth, Credgenics, Shadowfax, Razorpay, Giva, among others. Famously Titan Capital, which invests the personal funds of Kunal and Rohit Bansal, has made returns of over 100 times in many investments like Ola, Urban Company, Mamaearth, among others. [10]
Bahl has also been involved with various industry associations and think-tanks. He has been on the board of governors of the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, [11] a member of the executive council of NASSCOM, [12] and the chairman of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) National Committee on E-commerce. [13] He also serves on the National Startup Advisory Council, a committee to advise the Indian government on efforts needed to build a strong startup ecosystem. [14]
He also serves as an Independent Director on the Board of Piramal Enterprises, an Indian conglomerate. [15]
Kunal was one of the three main judges and investors in Prime Video's reality TV show "Mission Start Ab" aired on 19 December 2023. [16] [17] He is also one of the sharks and investors in Shark Tank India Season 4 which is being aired on Sony Liv [18]
Bahl is married to Yashna, who ran a confectionery business. [29]
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