BENGALURU: Kabeer Biswas has skipped out from Flipkart after barely ten months, leaving behind the quick-commerce outfit he helped scale to over 300,000 daily orders. The Dunzo co-founder, who joined the e-commerce behemoth in January 2024 as vice-president of Flipkart Minutes, is already eyeing his next move—likely within the cut-throat world of ten-minute delivery.
Flipkart confirmed the exit, with company veteran Kunal Gupta, currently vice-president, taking the reins. “Biswas has contributed notably to the growth of Flipkart Minutes and strengthening of customer experience,” a spokesperson told Moneycontrol, which first reported the departure.
During his blink-and-you’ll-miss-it tenure, Biswas expanded Flipkart Minutes to multiple cities including Guwahati, marking the firm’s deeper thrust into India’s north-east. He built out a network of roughly 800 dark stores, narrowing the gap with established rivals Blinkit, Zepto and Swiggy Instamart. Executives reckon the platform pulled in over 50 million new visitors to Flipkart’s ecosystem last year—proof that rapid delivery has become a potent customer magnet.
Biswas founded Dunzo in 2015 before stepping down from the Reliance-backed startup ahead of his Flipkart move. Industry watchers now expect him to resurface at one of the big three quick-commerce players, either at the helm or whispering strategy from the sidelines. In India’s breakneck delivery wars, a ten-month pit stop counts as a breather.
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