Gaurav Gupta : Journey from Zomato Co-Founder to Gabit Health-Tech Entrepreneur

Former Zomato co-founder Gaurav Gupta has ventured into the health-tech space with the launch of Gabit. This platform brings together personalized nutrition and fitness plans, fitness wearables, health-tech products, skincare, and more under one roof.

Last year, Gabit raised $9.5 million in seed funding from Norwest Venture Partners and several prominent angel investors, including Amit Agarwal (Amazon), Deepinder Goyal (Zomato), and Kunal Shah (Cred).

“We at Gabit are taking a holistic approach – combining the best of fitness, nutrition, sleep, mental wellness and skincare – towards health goals like weight management, staying fit, managing chronic conditions like diabetes and hypertension, acne control, healthy ageing, and more. Our singular commitment to balancing this interconnectedness of health is what sets Gabit apart from the rest,” Gupta said in his blog post.

Positioned as a one-stop health and wellness platform, Gabit offers:

• Personalized nutrition and fitness plans

• Fitness wearables

• Health-tech and nutrition products

• Some skincare products include moisturiser, serum, face wash, and sunscreens.

Gupta founded Gabit with his wife, Aparna Shahi, to combine science and technology startups to deliver the best solutions. It is expected to compete with Healthtify, which Unilever Ventures and Khosla Ventures back.

Gupta's journey with Zomato began in 2015, where he rose to the role of Chief Operating Officer in 2018 and was later named Co-founder in 2019. Two months after Zomato went public in 2021, he stepped down, ending his six-year tenure at the food delivery giant.

As of now, Gabit's community is expanding rapidly, with members ranging in age from 18 to 70. The company is operated by Betterlife Horizons Pvt. Ltd., incorporated in 2022, with Gupta and Shahi listed as directors.

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About Gaurav Gupta

Gaurav Gupta also known as GG, is one of the well known entrepreneurs   known for its major role in the food-tech industry. He is co-founder as well as coo of Zomato, where he is responsible for the business operations, sales strategies, and advertising initiatives. An alumnus of IIT Delhi, Gaurav has leveraged his technical and business expertise to drive growth in the highly competitive online food delivery space.

Gaurav Gupta’s Journey at Zomato

Promotion to COO (2018)

In January 2018 Gaurav Gupta was elevated from his role as Global Head of Advertising Sales to Chief Operating Officer (COO).

As COO, he took charge of core operations, content and new initiatives, including the company’s cloud kitchen model, Zomato Infrastructure Services, as well as platform sourcing and reviews.

Elevated to Co-Founder (2019)

 On March 2019 Zomato’s CEO and Co-Founder Deepinder Goyal announced via an internal email that Gaurav Gupta would be recognized as a Co-Founder of Zomato in addition to his role as COO. Goyal clarified that this was not a reward, but an act of empowerment, acknowledging Gupta’s proven potential and impact.

Following this, Gupta continued to serve as both Co-Founder and COO, overseeing several of Zomato’s high-growth verticals such as:

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• Zomato Gold – the subscription service,
• Hyperpure – restaurant supplies of fresh produce and meat,
• Zomaland – the events and experiential business.

Deepinder Goyal praised Gupta’s contributions multiple times, crediting his leadership for driving Zomato’s success beyond its core food delivery business.

Zomato and Resignation of its COOs

Gaurav Gupta is not the only senior leader to step down from Zomato. The company has witnessed multiple high-profile exits from the COO position and other top-level roles over the years.

• Pankaj Chaddah, one of Zomato’s early team members who held several key responsibilities, also served as the company’s COO before resigning.
• Deepak Gulati, who joined as President and COO in early 2017, resigned within just six months, in September of the same year.

Conclusion

Leadership transitions and resignations are natural in the journey of any growing organization and Zomato is no exception. What sets the company apart is the opportunity it provides for individual and professional growth, fostering both leadership and teamwork.

Backed by strong investors such as Ant Financial, Sequoia Capital and Info Edge, Zomato has maintained a valuation of over $2 billion. However, with stiff competition from rivals like Swiggy and ever-rising consumer expectations, the true test lies in how Zomato leverages its leadership changes to maintain its competitive edge.