# Gaurav Khandelwal

> Gaurav Khandelwal is the founder and CEO of Velostics, a Houston-based logistics SaaS company that automates appointment scheduling, dock and yard management, and the gate in/out process for shippers and carriers. The son of a tea blender from India, he came to the US for college at tiny Goshen College in Indiana, built the behavioral-science software studio ChaiOne into a multi-million-dollar firm starting in 2009, then turned his attention to the friction-filled 'middle mile' of commerce. He launched Velostics to digitize the antiquated handoffs between warehouses and trucks, raised a $2.5M seed round led by Flyover Capital, and is a fixture of Houston's startup ecosystem as the founder of START co-working space and a Houston Exponential board member.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Velostics
- **Organizations:** Velostics, ChaiOne, START Houston, Houston Exponential, Magic Bus
- **From:** India
- **Nationality:** Indian-American
- **Education:** Undergraduate, Goshen College, YPO Presidents Program, Harvard University
- **Known for:** Founder and CEO of Velostics, a logistics SaaS company serving shippers and carriers, Founder and CEO of ChaiOne, grew it to a multi-million-dollar software firm, Raised $2.5M seed round for Velostics led by Flyover Capital

## Career timeline

- **2009** — Founded ChaiOne, a behavioral-science-driven enterprise software studio in Houston
- **2014** — ChaiOne profiled as a bootstrapped multi-million-dollar Houston company
- **2019** — Founded Velostics to digitize the logistics middle mile
- **2022** — Velostics acquired Terusama, a dock management and truck scheduling firm
- **2023** — Velostics raised $2.5M seed round led by Flyover Capital

## Achievements

- Founder and CEO of Velostics, a logistics SaaS company serving shippers and carriers
- Founder and CEO of ChaiOne, grew it to a multi-million-dollar software firm
- Raised $2.5M seed round for Velostics led by Flyover Capital
- Houston Business Journal 40 Under 40 honoree
- EY Entrepreneur of the Year finalist
- Founded START, Houston's first tech co-working space
- Board member of Houston Exponential
- Board member of Magic Bus, a poverty-alleviation nonprofit in India

## Latest updates

- **2023-10** — Velostics raised a $2.5M seed round led by Flyover Capital to expand its AI-driven inbound logistics platform.

## Links

- Website: https://velostics.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gauravkhandelwal
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MR1u-NfjiDg

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Last updated: 2026-06-24