Where is Pods located?

Pods is headquartered in Gurugram, India.

Where does Pods rank among its competitors?

Pods ranks 11th amongst 22 active competitors, of which 2 are funded. It stands 11th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Cityflo, which secured $3.72M in Nov, 2025.

Who are the top competitors of Pods?

Pods' top competitors include Cityflo, Shuttl and ZipGo. Among them, Cityflo secured the most recent funding round in November, 2025.

Pods - 2026 Company Profile, Team & Competitors

Pods is a deadpooled company based in Gurugram (India), founded in 2015 by Pulkit Khurana, Siddharth Sikka, Kishalve Pethia and Tushar Misra. It operates as an App based bus pooling for intra-city commute. The company has 22 active competitors, including 2 funded and 2 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Cityflo, Shuttl and ZipGo.

Company Details

Pods is a mobile app based bus pooling service for intra-city commute. Users can select their pick up and drop off points from the list/map and can also book seats by tracking the shuttles through the application. Operates in selected areas of Gurgaon as on August 2015. Founding team from IIT Kanpur, Schlumberger, Deutsche Bank and Flipkart. The website is no longer operational and the founders left the company in Nov 2015.

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Founded Year

2015

Location

Gurugram, India

Stage

Deadpooled

Ranked

11^th among 22 active competitors

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Pods has not raised any funding rounds yet.

The founders of Pods are Pulkit Khurana, Siddharth Sikka, Kishalve Pethia and Tushar Misra.

Here are the details of Pods' key team members:

Pulkit Khurana: Former Co-Founder of Pods and founder of 1 other company. They are also an angel investor in 1 startup and serve on the board of 1 company.
Contact Info: 3 email addresses and 1 phone number
Siddharth Sikka: Former Co-Founder of Pods and founder of 1 other company. They serve on the board of 1 company.
Contact Info: 2 email addresses and 1 phone number
Kishalve Pethia: Former Co-Founder of Pods.
Tushar Misra: Former Co-Founder of Pods.

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Top competitors of Pods include Cityflo, Shuttl and ZipGo. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Pods, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Cityflo 2015, Mumbai (India), Series B	Operator of app based bus services for daily office commutes	$19M	Chiratae Ventures, IQ Capital & 52 others	78/100
2nd	Shuttl 2015, Gurugram (India), Acquired	Provider of shared and private shuttle services for airport transportation and intra-regional travel	$112M	Trifecta Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners ... & 45 others	64/100
3rd	ZipGo 2015, Bengaluru (India), Series B	App-based shuttle-pooling platform for daily commute	$52.6M	Orios Venture Partners, Ventureast & 21 others	49/100
4th	MYLO1 2016, Mumbai (India), Unfunded	Online platform offering ridesharing services for office commuting	-	-	36/100
5th	Hexa H2O 2015, Kolkata (India), Unfunded	Provider of corporate mobility services	-	-	34/100
6th	Redyrider 2020, Kolkata (India), Unfunded	App-based platform for shuttle services	-	-	30/100
7th	Early Shuttle 2018, Delhi (India), Unfunded	App-based shuttle booking platform	-	-	30/100
8th	EasyCommute 2016, Hyderabad (India), Deadpooled	AI-based cc	-	-	29/100
9th	Commut 2015, Hyderabad (India), Acquired	Mini bus aggregator app	$378K	50k Ventures, CIE IIITH & 21 others	29/100
10th	CitiRyder 2010, Kolkata (India), Unfunded	App-based platform for booking shuttle and car rental services	-	-	24/100
11th	Pods 2015, Gurugram (India), Deadpooled	App based bus pooling for intra-city commute	-	-	24/100