Amitava Saha studied at IIT (BHU) Varanasi and then did a PGDM at IIM Lucknow. He started at Tata Steel as a senior officer, then worked in business development at NIIT Technologies and Aricent.
He partnered with Supam Maheshwari at Brainvisa Technologies, where he rose from director to senior vice president. Together they built FirstCry, where Saha was co-founder and COO.
Delivery decided whether FirstCry customers came back. In 2015 the logistics arm became Xpressbees, based in Pune, with Saha as CEO. It had parcel volume from day one. Alibaba invested about $35 million in 2017, and the company bought NimbusPost in February 2021.
In February 2022 Blackstone Growth, TPG Growth and ChrysCapital led a $300 million Series F at a valuation above $1 billion. Xpressbees bought Trackon Courier in August 2023. It reported revenue of Rs 2,831 crore and a net loss of Rs 200 crore in FY24, with EBITDA of Rs 5 crore. By March 2025 it had about 4,500 service centres and 250 hubs.