Vivek Gupta is a co-founder of Licious, the Bengaluru fresh meat and seafood brand. He founded it with Abhay Hanjura in July 2015 under the name Delightful Gourmet.
He has a BCom from Punjab University and is a chartered accountant. He moved to Bengaluru to work in the software industry. He started in corporate finance at Tavant Technologies, then became finance controller at Helion Ventures, with nearly ten years in venture capital finance.
Licious launched in Whitefield, Bengaluru with a team of five. In the early months the founders sourced chicken directly from farms within about 200 km. The company took about 1,300 orders in a month by October 2015.
Licious reported FY25 revenue of Rs 795 crore and FY26 revenue of Rs 1,166 crore. Its IPO plans were delayed in August 2025.