# Manasij Ganguli

> Manasij Ganguli is the New Delhi-based co-founder and CEO of ZapScale and the author of The Economy Class Founder. An electrical and electronics engineer, he previously co-founded ThreadSol, whose apparel-manufacturing software business was acquired by Coats in a deal completed in February 2019. He is now building customer success software for small and medium-sized B2B SaaS businesses with fellow founders Mausmi Ambastha and Bratish Goswami.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at ZapScale
- **Organizations:** ZapScale, ThreadSol, Coats Digital, Terracotta, TCS, CSC, Impetus Technologies, RS Software
- **Education:** Engineering in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra
- **Known for:** Co-founded and led ThreadSol, which Coats acquired in a transaction completed in February 2019., At its December 2018 acquisition announcement, ThreadSol served approximately 130 businesses in 13 countries and planned more than 1.5 billion garments annually., Authored The Economy Class Founder, published by Juggernaut in 2023.

## Career timeline

- **2002** — Graduated in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology.
- **Before ThreadSol** — Worked in software at several companies, including Terracotta, where he was an early employee.
- **2012-2013** — Co-founded ThreadSol; early interviews date its origins to 2012, while Coats records its Delhi founding in 2013.
- **2018-12** — Coats announced a ThreadSol acquisition agreement for cash consideration of up to US$12 million.
- **2019-02** — Coats completed the acquisition on February 12; Ganguli subsequently held a technology innovation role at Coats Digital.
- **2020-02** — In a later personal essay, recalled a Munich stopover and flight that prompted him to reconsider corporate life.
- **2021** — He and his co-founders left their jobs and began building ZapScale, according to his April 2022 essay.
- **2022** — Published personal essays about starting again and the Learn From Churn series.
- **2023** — Published The Economy Class Founder with Juggernaut.
- **2023-06** — ZapScale announced a US$2.5 million seed round with investors including Blume Ventures.

## Achievements

- Co-founded and led ThreadSol, which Coats acquired in a transaction completed in February 2019.
- At its December 2018 acquisition announcement, ThreadSol served approximately 130 businesses in 13 countries and planned more than 1.5 billion garments annually.
- Authored The Economy Class Founder, published by Juggernaut in 2023.
- Co-founded ZapScale, which announced a US$2.5 million seed round in June 2023.

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — Shared a conversation with Magenta founder Vikas Mundhra titled From 0 Sales to Global Business in 13 Countries.
- **2024-09** — Publicly reflected on reducing weekend work at ZapScale.
- **2023-11** — Spoke at IIM Nagpur in a session organized with the Vidarbha Literary Fest and VEDA reader community.

## Links

- Website: https://manasij.wordpress.com/
- LinkedIn: https://in.linkedin.com/in/mganguli
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/themanasij
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manasij.ganguli

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