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Kabeer Biswas resigns from Flipkart, may join BigBasket
By Startup Enthusiast ·
- Date
- Company
- Dunzo
- What it does
- Quick-commerce delivery startup
- Kind
- People
- Based in
- Bengaluru
- Founded
- 2014
What they do
Dunzo co-founder Kabeer Biswas left Flipkart after 10 months as VP of Flipkart Minutes
What happened
He is in advanced talks to lead BigBasket's quick-commerce vertical; an offer letter has been sent
Why it matters
His move could reshape strategy for the Tata-backed grocer's fast-delivery arm; flipkart promoted veteran Kunal Gupta to take over Flipkart Minutes
The details
- Kabeer Biswas resigned from Flipkart, where he was VP leading Flipkart Minutes.
- He joined Flipkart on 9 Jan 2025 and left after about 10 months.
- Biswas is in advanced talks to join BigBasket to lead its quick-commerce vertical.
- BigBasket has sent an offer letter to Biswas.
- Flipkart stated Biswas decided to leave to pursue other opportunities.
- Kunal Gupta, a Flipkart veteran with over a decade at the company, will take over Flipkart Minutes.
- Biswas co-founded Dunzo in 2014 in Bengaluru and led it for nearly a decade.
- Dunzo faced operational and funding troubles and eventually shut down.
The bigger picture
- Biswas's exit is another leadership change in India's quick-commerce sector as companies focus on sub-30-minute delivery.
- If Biswas joins BigBasket, it could reshape strategy for the Tata-backed grocer's fast-delivery arm.
- Promoting Kunal Gupta internally signals Flipkart wants stability at Minutes while improving economics and customer experience.
- Reliance invested about $200M in Dunzo in 2022 and has since written off that investment.
About the business
- Dunzo was a quick-commerce delivery startup founded in 2014 in Bengaluru.
- It faced operational and funding troubles and eventually shut down.
- Flipkart Minutes is Flipkart's rapid-delivery arm, launched in 2025 to compete with Blinkit, Swiggy Instamart, and Zepto.
- BigBasket has about 800 dark stores, of which around 700 are enabled for rapid deliveries.
Founders
- Kabeer Biswas, co-founder