# Kashyap Deorah

> Kashyap Deorah is an Indian entrepreneur, investor and author who founded HyperTrack after building and selling RightHalf, Chaupaati Bazaar and Chalo. An IIT Bombay computer science graduate, he has moved between India and Silicon Valley while working on software for marketplaces, restaurant payments, location intelligence and shift-work operations. He also wrote The Golden Tap, has backed roughly 100 startups according to IIT Bombay, and received the institute's Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2024.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at HyperTrack
- **Organizations:** HyperTrack, RightHalf, PurpleYogi/Stratify, Chaupaati Bazaar, FutureBazaar.com, Chalo, OpenTable, Oski Technology, IIT Bombay Heritage Foundation
- **Nationality:** Indian
- **Education:** B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
- **Known for:** Founded four technology companies: RightHalf, Chaupaati Bazaar, Chalo and HyperTrack., Completed exits of RightHalf, Chaupaati Bazaar and Chalo to Stratify, Future Group and OpenTable respectively., Led Pay with OpenTable after the acquisition of Chalo; the product appeared in Apple's introduction of in-app Apple Pay.

## Career timeline

- **2000** — Graduated from IIT Bombay and started RightHalf, a publishing platform created while he was a student.
- **2000-2002** — RightHalf was acqui-hired by PurpleYogi, which evolved into Stratify; Deorah then worked in Silicon Valley with technology startups.
- **2007** — Returned to India and started Chaupaati Bazaar, a phone-commerce marketplace.
- **2010** — Chaupaati Bazaar was acquired by Future Group; Deorah went on to lead FutureBazaar.com.
- **2012** — Co-founded Chalo, a mobile payment product for US restaurant diners.
- **2013** — OpenTable acquired Chalo; Deorah became general manager of Pay with OpenTable.
- **2015** — Published The Golden Tap, his account of India's venture-funded startup ecosystem.
- **2016** — Founded HyperTrack as a location and logistics API company.
- **2019-2020** — HyperTrack completed a multi-year infrastructure rebuild and migrated customers to the new system.
- **2021** — As an independent board member, represented Oski Technology in the M&A process that led to its acquisition by Nvidia.
- **2022** — HyperTrack raised $25 million in Series A funding led by WestBridge Capital with Nexus Venture Partners.
- **2024** — Received IIT Bombay's Distinguished Alumnus Award for contributions to entrepreneurship.
- **2026** — HyperTrack describes its focus as automating shift-work operations with location intelligence and AI agents.

## Achievements

- Founded four technology companies: RightHalf, Chaupaati Bazaar, Chalo and HyperTrack.
- Completed exits of RightHalf, Chaupaati Bazaar and Chalo to Stratify, Future Group and OpenTable respectively.
- Led Pay with OpenTable after the acquisition of Chalo; the product appeared in Apple's introduction of in-app Apple Pay.
- Authored The Golden Tap, published in 2015.
- Received IIT Bombay's Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2024 for contributions to entrepreneurship.
- Served as an independent board member of Oski Technology and helped lead the M&A process that ended in Nvidia's 2021 acquisition.
- Invested in roughly 100 startups according to IIT Bombay, including Meesho, Gupshup, LEAD, DealShare, H2O.ai and Toppr.
- Contributed to IIT Bombay's C-MInDS and served as a founding donor to UC Berkeley's India Energy and Climate Center.
- Named inventor on US patents covering mobile payments integrated with a booking system and receiving mobile-device sensor data.

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — Published a LinkedIn article about the operational and financing gap between completing a staffing shift and closing it out for payment and billing.
- **2026-02** — Reflected publicly on performing with his son at his December 2025 IIT Bombay silver-jubilee reunion.
- **2025-08** — Explained HyperTrack's move to remote-first work as a way to mirror customers who coordinate distributed field and shift workers.
- **2024-03** — Received IIT Bombay's Distinguished Alumnus Award for contributions to entrepreneurship.
- **2023-12** — HyperTrack announced that it had achieved the AWS Supply Chain Competency in the Move category.

## Links

- Website: https://hypertrack.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kdeorah

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