# Mayank Kukreja

> Mayank Kukreja is the founder and CEO of ITILITE, a travel and expense software company he started with Anish Khadiya in 2017. Trained in computer science at IIT Delhi and awarded a gold medal at IIM Ahmedabad, Kukreja moved from software engineering to McKinsey and product leadership at Myntra before turning years of corporate-travel frustration into an integrated booking, expense, payments, and analytics platform.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at ITILITE
- **Organizations:** ITILITE, Myntra, McKinsey & Company, Lime Labs
- **Education:** B.Tech in Computer Science, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, PGDM in Business Management; gold medalist, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, Exchange student, McGill University
- **Known for:** Received the gold medal at IIM Ahmedabad in 2011., Co-founded ITILITE in 2017 and led it through Series A, Series B and Series C financing., Filed a US patent application for 'Tagboards for video tagging' in 2008.

## Career timeline

- **2007-2009** — Worked as a senior software developer at technology startup Lime Labs.
- **2009-2011** — Completed a management degree at IIM Ahmedabad and received the institute's gold medal.
- **2011-2015** — Worked at McKinsey & Company, progressing to engagement manager and serving clients in India and the United States.
- **2015-2017** — Led strategy, planning and product management work at Myntra.
- **2017** — Co-founded ITILITE with Anish Khadiya.
- **2020** — ITILITE raised a $13 million Series B as the pandemic brought corporate travel to a halt.
- **2022** — ITILITE raised a $29 million Series C led by Tiger Global and Dharana Capital.
- **2026** — Continued leading ITILITE as it introduced voice-based AI trip booking for US mid-market travel and expense teams.

## Achievements

- Received the gold medal at IIM Ahmedabad in 2011.
- Co-founded ITILITE in 2017 and led it through Series A, Series B and Series C financing.
- Filed a US patent application for 'Tagboards for video tagging' in 2008.
- Led ITILITE through the pandemic-era collapse in business travel; the company later reported retaining about 95 percent of pre-pandemic customers.
- Completed ITILITE's first employee stock-option buyback in 2022.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — ITILITE announced that Kukreja would meet travel and expense professionals at the IAAP Summit in Los Angeles.
- **2026-06** — Kukreja introduced ITILITE's voice-based AI trip-booking direction and argued that voice can carry traveler intent better than fixed forms.
- **2024-12** — Appeared on The Scaleup Flight to discuss ITILITE's post-pandemic growth, US expansion, hiring, delegation and AI in travel and expense software.

## Links

- Website: https://www.itilite.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mkukreja
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/itilite
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/itilitetechnologies/

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Last updated: 2026-08-18