The bittersweet journey of Ixigo

The school of hard knocks is what made the travel startup the gritty survivor it is today, says CEO Aloke Bajpai ahead of a public market listing.

This interview is part of a series called Chasing Outcomes. In the two decades of India’s startup tapestry, success stories have come in different shapes and sizes. But in the day-to-day of startup coverage, these often get ignored. As an entrepreneur says in this series: “People laud or congratulate a very high fundraise much more than they would an outcome.”

So, this series is our attempt to document some of the most diverse startup outcomes and answer a few basic but important questions: what is a good result, should you sell your startup, is there a right time for it, …