Kunal Bahl

Creating impact through entrepreneurship.

Please email startups@titancapital.vc if you are looking to raise seed capital and you'll get a prompt response. I may miss your LinkedIn message/invite given the number of them I get every day. Thank you for understanding 🙏🏼


Co-Founder

Seed stage VC firm supporting entrepreneurs with capital and mentorship. Early investor in Ola Cabs, Urban Company, Shadowfax, Bira, Razorpay, Khatabook, Beardo, Zinier, Mamaearth, OfBusiness, GoMechanic, Yellow Messenger, among others. Please write to startups@titancapital.vc with details in case you are looking to raise seed capital.

So proud to see how well Mohit Yadav (now as a fellow Shark on Shark Tank India) and Rahul Yadav have done with Minimalist! Less known fact is that nearly 15 years ago, in 2011, Rohit Bansal and I made our first ever startup investment in Mohit and Rahul's first venture, Mangostreet, an apparel company. Since then, it's been incredible to see their journey as founders over the last 15 years, how far they have come, how humble they have continued to be and the way they are inspiring the next generation of founders. Wishing them continued success!

Full circle moments like these never get old.

Years ago, Ashish Lath was an integral part of the Snapdeal journey with us. Now, he walked into the Tank as a founder, pitching his own dream. Watching that arc come together is deeply fulfilling.

We’ve always believed that leadership is not just about what you build, but about the people you help grow along the way. When someone from our team feels ready to step out, take risks, and build something of their own, they will always have our respect and support.

Ashish, this moment is well earned. Proud of the humility, conviction, and ambition along with deep knowledge you bring to the table. 

Onwards and upwards 🚀


AceVector Titan Capital Shark Tank India

We met Abhishek Bansal through Rohit Bansal's IIT Delhi connection nearly 11 years ago when he was all of 24 years old. Over the last decade, the Shadowfax team has exhibited incredible resilience, efficiency, resourcefulness and speed, in building one of the most critical backbones of the e-commerce ecosystem in India and the fastest growing player in its sector. We have been proud partners with Abhishek, Vaibhav, Praharsh and Gaurav since the beginning and look forward to continuing our partnership with them as they embark on their new journey as a public company. So proud of what they have achieved and build what Abhishek calls the "heartbeat of Indian e-commerce"! 🚀

Titan Capital

Happy National Startup Day everyone! ✨🇮🇳🚀

Always moved by founders who keep going, not because it’s easy, but because they have a deep sense of purpose.

Conversations like these stay with you.

However, waiting too long to take hard decisions can make the road harder - acting early to extend the runway for the startup and taking control of your destiny often makes all the difference.

Always hoping to see founders find the right path and build towards their purpose.



Shark Tank India

Shark Tank India Season 4 was an unforgettable experience - meeting founders from across the country and observing how they think, adapt, and build. Being part of these journeys has been both grounding and energising.

As Season 5 begins, I look forward to the conversations, ideas, and learnings it will bring.

Shark Tank India returns tonight at 10 PM on Sony.

Interesting how quietly consistency compounds.

#Top5 shopping apps in India.

Credit to the Snapdeal team. Onward.

It is always so heartwarming to see messages from our customers and seller-partners. We are blessed to have had the opportunity to create a platform in Snapdeal that has given a chance to so many founders to start or accelerate their entrepreneurship journey by unlocking demand to millions of buyers, and in some cases like Aakash's, discovering their true calling in the process. We always appreciate the gratitude our partners have for the platform and to receive such a thoughtful message 12 years later means a lot 🙏🏼

Everyone is ordering food in hotels from food delivery apps. Time for introspection for hotels 🙃

There is a clear shift in how this generation is building.

No long corporate stints, no waiting for the “right” degree. Just early internships, real exposure, and the courage to start young.

The old rules are being rewritten.

Shark Tank India

A great product is a necessary starting point, but it is never the finish line.

What truly builds companies is momentum. That inner drive to move faster, think bigger, and lean fully into the opportunity in front of you. When the market opens its doors, the courage to push ahead with intensity matters just as much as what you have already built.

Wishing the founders of Pista Barfi the very best. The opportunity is real, and with the right momentum, it can become something truly meaningful.

Shark Tank India

Speaking with these founders reminded me that some companies are built with a deeper sense of care.

When you’re influencing the next generation, intention matters just as much as innovation.

Wishing the team every success in the journey ahead.


Shark Tank India

Backing founders is about thinking long term and alignment of interests.

When capital is aligned with growth rather than early payouts, founders have more room to reinvest, experiment, and build with conviction. Structures without royalty create that space and keep the focus on the journey ahead.


Shark Tank India

Clear direction is critical when building a brand. When founders try to respond to every market signal, focus starts to slip and quality can take a hit. The real challenge is choosing a core and staying committed to it.

That clarity becomes even more powerful when it is backed by experience and honest intent, both of which these founders bring. With sharper focus, wish them the very best as they continue building.

Shark Tank India

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Senior Engineer - Customer Support

[Get your Cold Emails & Marketing Emails delivered to INBOX & not Spam] + [FIX Your Email Deliverability] + [STOP hackers from impersonating your business to send phishing emails to your customers] ==> #YourEmailGuy

Email Marketing + Cold Emails + Email Deliverability + Email Impersonation Protection ==> #YourEmailGuy

>> “ Breathing Email since 2007”
More than 17+ years of experience in building email platforms, custom solutions & email channel strategies for organisations ranging from BFSI to Startups.

Email Deliverability is the one thing that still excites me every morning & gives me a kick when I solve the customer's complex email delivery problems.

>> "Email is in my DNA"
Expertise in setting up:
- Inbound Email Hosting Platforms.
- Outbound SMTP/Email Delivery Platform for Bulk & Promotional Emails sending millions of emails on a daily basis.
- Outbound Email Delivery Platform for Transactional Emails especially for BFSI & eCommerce Clients.
- Email Deliverability & Email Strategies.
- Deploying Email Authentication protocols like SPF, DKIM, DMARC & BIMI.
- Implementing the Email Anti-Fraud and Anti-Phishing Solution.
- Crafting email campaign strategies to deliver good lift in terms of Opens, Clicks, CTOR, etc
- Focusing on more rich metrics like RPE (Revenue Per Email). RPE is the most important KPI for me.

>> "I Love Email"
I'm very passionate about anything and everything around Email.
I've worked hard for years with the solution-driven approach and spent countless sleepless nights working on solving Email problems and developing Email solutions for various type of clients and projects.
I consider myself as a student of the ever-evolving Technology with a focus on Email Specialisation.

My aim is to become the go-to guy for solving any problems related to Email.
Still learning every passing day…
I treat myself as a lifelong student of Email Deliverability field.

Strongly believe in this:
“A single person can make difference but with great TEAM can create MAGIC"

Founder

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Here's my cold outreach "very simple" framework for getting Qualified LEADS:

1. Every message should read like a text from a colleague and not like a sales pitch.
This is the one of the most important thing for me.

2. I spend 70-80% of my time on the Subject Line && I'm not exaggerating this...
If the email doesn't get opened, nothing else really matters.
I have to SELL the "Open" first because everything else does not matter if the recipient person does NOT open my email. Period.

3. The entire message answers one question: WIIFM?
"What's in it for me?"

4. People don't care about your agency or company.
They care about their own growth problem.
That's why the Subject Line of our email should be something that makes "ignoring it" feel impossible.

5. I write the copy & spend a decent amount of time thinking about it as a reader.
If I realise I wouldn't respond to it myself, 90% of the time I'll delete it and restart with something fresh and unique.

6. Normally it takes 2-5 iterations before I'm properly satisfied.

7. For any new client or any new campaign, I test in small batches first.
10-15 emails are sent in the batch 0 purely for testing purpose.
Manually or using any email automation sending tool.

8. What if I get No response?
I'm back to the drawing board. Simple.

9. If there is decent response, I'll scale immediately...

10. Plain text only.
No formatting, no images, no tracking pixels.
Just raw text like an SMS.
Don't experiment here.
Trust me on this.

11. No links in the first email.
Links trigger SPAM filters.
Anyone from Email industry knows this by heart and it's in their DNA to avoid this sinner's practice  ;)
Obviously we have to send the call/meeting booking links, website links or doc links AFTER they've replied.

12. Our goal is to have a CONVERSATION and not an instant sale.
Once they engage & are warmed enough, I'll ask if they know anyone else who'd benefit.

13. I normally aim for 15-20%+ reply rates.
Anything lower means the email content/copy needs a rework.

14. I use automation tools to build lists and manage email sending but the strategy stays completely HUMAN for sure.

Still refining this daily.
Still learning...

BTW, what's working for you in your cold outreach?



P.S
I forgot to mention 1 critical point... the timing.
Email Send Time matters a lot for high Email Deliverability overall.

Zakir Shaikh - YourMarketingBhai

​>​> Helping Companies Build Their REVENUE Engines using {AFOS Method} with “LinkedIn Content & Outreach | Cold Emails | WhatsApp & SMS Funnels | Lead Generation | Email Marketing | Email Deliverability”

i love BDSM   (public announcement)
you can like this or hate this but you can’t ignore this...

And no, this is not about what your creative mind is jumping to.
This is about Email Inboxing.

Because in the Email Universe, successful inboxing depends on BDSM.

In Email Marketing + Cold Emails, BDSM rules everything.

where BDSM means:
B = Bounce Rate
D = Domain Reputation
S = Subject Line
M = Message Copy

If your emails don’t land in the INBOX,
it’s game over before it even begins.

Master these 4  & 
you don’t become a spammer.
you don’t become a volume junkie.
you become a real inbox whisperer...

Because inboxing isn’t luck.
It’s BDSM done right !!

BTW, if you liked how this post started,
share it with your most corrupt-minded friends...

here BDSM means:
B = Bounce Rate
D = Domain Reputation
S = Subject Line
M = Message Copy
Email Marketing
Email Deliverability
Cold Emails
Email Inboxing

R.I.P. email marketing
R.I.P. copywriters
R.I.P. cold emails
R.I.P. ghostwriters
R.I.P. media teams

In marketing, attention is currency.
We all know that.
But right now, it feels like everyone is playing headline SPAM game on LinkedIn.

Have you thought that if you shout louder in today's world, people just might NOT listen any more...

I’m seeing these exaggerated "R.I.P." hooks everywhere.
They’re trying so hard to shock, spark curiosity & grab eyeballs
that they forget one very simple thing:

attention WITHOUT value is just noise. <<====

>> Stay with me guys ... and let me explain more on this <<

Yes, hooks are important.
A strong first line gets someone to stop scrolling.

But headlines like “This will kill your marketing team” or “R.I.P. email forever” often have no genuine substance behind them.
They’re designed to lure you in, not to inform you.
I think that's essentially a clickbait --> attention‑grabbing without real content behind it.

Let’s be honest here:
Clickbait worked well for BuzzFeed and Upworthy when content itself was entertaining.
But most people writing these dramatic hooks today are just repeating a formula without thinking about what comes after the hook.

Here’s the thing most marketers forget:
A great hook is not about what shocks you.
It’s about what delivers on the PROMISE of the hook.

There’s a huge difference...

Clickbait WORKS when the headline teases curiosity but the content actually delivers value.
Clickbait FAILS when the headline over-promises and under-delivers .

And trust me, the audience remembers the disappointment.
Humans hate feeling tricked.
One bait‑and‑switch click is enough for a user to scroll past you forever...

Algorithms & even Humans/Users themselves are telling us very clearly:
- Sensationalism can temporarily increase clicks.
- But long‑term engagement comes from content that delivers.
- Trust matters more than a ticking engagement counter.

So yes, we ALL should use hooks.
But let's try to make them as honest as possible.
Make them relevant.
Make them actually worth clicking and staying with the content.

A good hook doesn’t just grab attention.
It sets up what comes next.
It opens a conversation.
It earns your reader’s respect.

Copywriters and brands should ask themselves before posting:
is this clickbait that tricks people??
or
is this a hook that leads to real insight??

Because one builds short‑term NOISE,
and the other builds long‑term AUTHORITY.

Lesson:
Attention gets people to read.
Value gets them to stay.
Trust gets them to come back.

Let’s use hooks responsibly. And this goes for me too obviously :)
Let’s not confuse shock‑value noise for thoughtful content marketing.

Let’s bring back meaning behind the message.

At least we all can try in a right way, right? 



P.S.
If you've truly stayed with me and read the complete post, then comment your opinion about it.
Tell me whether you agree or disagree with my perspective & understanding...

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