Saahil Goel and the Rocket That Took Off: The Rise of Shiprocket

In the bustling bylanes of Delhi, where every street pulses with trade and hustle, a young boy named Saahil Goel was quietly absorbing the spirit of Indian enterprise. His early life was steeped in simplicity, his schooling grounded in the discipline of St. Columba’s. But even then, there was a sense that Saahil’s path wouldn’t follow the usual lanes. It would chart its own course, maybe even launch its own rocket. A Curiosity That Crossed Continents Saahil’s journey took him across the world, from Delhi to the US, where he completed his undergraduate and master’s degrees. It was in the academic corridors of America that he met Gautam Kapoor (Co-founder), a fellow Indian with an equally entrepreneurial heart. Both hailed from small-business families: Saahil from tech, Gautam from operations. Their conversations often circled around one big question, why wasn’t anyone building real tech for India’s millions of small and medium businesses? Those conversations didn’t end with college. Instead, they sowed the seed of what would become one of India’s most influential logistics startups. The First Draft: KartRocket