Akash Gupta, Co-Founder and CEO at Zypp Electric Mobility

Akash Gupta is the co-founder and CEO at Zypp Electric Mobility which is the largest electric logistics startup in India and the country’s first dock-free electric scooter sharing app.

In order to create more livable cities and a sustainable India, his ambition for Zypp is to address micro-mobility in cities in a practical, cost-effective, and environmentally friendly manner. Akash is in charge of creating the most successful electric scooter sharing company from the ground up in his capacity as chief evangelist. Akash enjoys speaking and has participated in conferences on electric mobility, startups, and marketing as a thought leader.

He worked in a number of companies after earning his MBA from IMT Ghaziabad, including Airtel as the National Acquisition Head. Later, he worked for MobiKwik and Snapdeal, two startups. He extensively collaborated with the company’s founders there as they virtually quadrupled their revenue. He decided to start his own startup, which was formerly known as Mobycy, after gaining extensive experience in both the corporate world and the start-up environment.

They made their initial 1.5 crore investment out of their own money, and during the past four years, they have participated in three rounds of angel and seed financing. They received investments in each of the first two rounds totaling Rs. 1.5 crores, and in the third round they received investments totaling Rs. 15 crores.