Gautam Kapoor is a co-founder of Shiprocket. He is known for the operations side of the business. Before the startup he worked in his family's distribution business for industrial automation parts.
In 2012 he and Saahil Goel began KartRocket, an online store platform for small sellers. It ran as a part-time venture at first, under Bigfoot Retail Solutions, in New Delhi.
In 2017 the founders moved the focus to shipping and incorporated Shiprocket. The company was net profitable from March 2019.
In August 2022 Shiprocket's valuation passed $1 billion. It has raised about $310 million over nine rounds, with Zomato, 9Unicorns and Temasek among its backers.