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Velocity

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Gurugram, IN · Founded 2020 · 424 employees on LinkedIn · 13 known investors

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Velocity provides financing, shipping, AI, and analytics products for eCommerce brands in India. It operates as an eCommerce enabler offering financial products to online sellers.

Also known as Velocity.in

Founders & leadership

Velocity was founded in 2020 by Abhiroop Medhekar.

AMAbhiroop Medhekar
Abhiroop MedhekarinFounderAbhiroop Medhekar spent five years as a management consultant at McKinsey working across financial services and technology in India and Southeast Asia, co-founded the consumer internet startup Taskbob in Mumbai, and later led fintech and financial services investments at SAIF Partners. He holds a degree in computer science and engineering from IIT Bombay (2008) and an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad (2010), and now leads Velocity, which provides financing, shipping, AI, and analytics products for eCommerce brands in India.
SSSaurav Swaroop
Saurav SwaroopinCTO
AKAtul Khichariya
Atul KhichariyainFounder

Investors · 13

Also in the syndicate · 2

CoinbaseDragonfly Capitallead

Funding

SEC filings, press & company announcements

$38M disclosed across 1 of 2 rounds · 2026

Source: company announcements and press reports — follow each round's link for the claim.

Company profile

researched Aug 2026

Velocity (velocity.in) is an India-based eCommerce growth platform that bundles financing, logistics, payments and AI products for digital-first brands. Its product set, as described on its own website, includes Finance (funding of up to ₹4 crore disbursed in as little as four days), a credit Card product offering up to 50 days of credit period and stated 5x higher limits, Shipping, Vani AI (an AI calling tool intended to sound human), and Insights, an analytics product for eCommerce decision-making.

On the financing side the company offers three structures: term loans with fixed monthly repayments, aimed at businesses with predictable cash flow; overdraft facilities positioned as on-demand lines of credit for ad hoc capital needs; and revenue-based financing in which repayments are tied directly to revenue, positioned for businesses with variable cash flow. Beyond capital, the company markets analytics dashboards covering loan status, shipping performance and AI-calling activity, industry benchmarking data, partner offers, introductions to venture investors, and networking events for founders.

Press claims aggregated on the company site reference the launch of Shipfast, a quick-delivery service for D2C brands built with logistics partners, and Vani AI, a generative-AI customer service tool; a ₹300 crore capital fund for B2B SaaS companies and a ₹400 crore festive-season fund for D2C brands; roughly 2,000 investments in D2C and eCommerce with ₹750 crore deployed since inception; and a $10.3M seed round led by Valar Ventures described as that firm's first Indian investment. These claims appear only as headline snippets on the company's own site and are not independently corroborated by the other sources supplied.

Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.

Key figures

latest reported
HeadcountAug 2026424

Company-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.

Founder mafia

4 people who came through Velocity went on to found or lead other companies.

Competitors · 3

by search overlap

Companies competing with Velocity for the same Google search keywords, organic and paid, via search-intersection analysis.

In the news

Research sources · 8

primary sources listed

8 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.

Frequently asked questions

What does Velocity do?
Indian eCommerce growth platform offering capital, shipping, payments and AI tools to digital-first D2C brands.
Who founded Velocity?
Velocity was founded by Abhiroop Medhekar in 2020.
Who are Velocity's investors?
Velocity's investors include DST Global, FJ Labs, iSeed, Presight Capital, Valar Ventures Llc, Capital One Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Dragonfly and 3 more.
How much funding has Velocity raised?
Velocity has disclosed $38M raised across 1 of its 2 known rounds.
Where is Velocity headquartered?
Velocity is headquartered in Gurugram, IN.