Ankit Garg
Ankit Garg is an Indian entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of the home and sleep solutions company WakefitWakefitWakefit (Wakefit Innovations Limited) is a Bengaluru-based Indian direct-to-consumer home and sleep solutions company founded in 2016 by Ankit Garg and Chaitanya Ramalingegowda; it began with mattresses, expanded into furniture and home furnishings, and listed on the National Stock Exchange of India and BSE in December 2025.Open the full entry; a chemical engineering graduate of IIT Roorkee, he worked at Bayer and Helpchat (Tapzo) before founding the company.
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Key facts
Before 2016Education and Early Career
Ankit Garg graduated from IIT Roorkee with a BTech in chemical engineering. Before starting Wakefit he worked in new product development at Bayer Chemicals and later in process excellence at Tapzo. Wakefit is his second venture.[1]
2015–2016Founding Wakefit
After working at Bayer and Helpchat, he launched the sleep products company Wakefit, aiming to help people fall asleep smoothly, easily and deeply. He has said he considers his greatest achievement to be making Wakefit a popular and profitable company without financial support.[2]
February 2019Personal Questionnaire
In a questionnaire published in February 2019, he named Bengaluru as the place he would most like to live, Jim Collins as his favourite writer and a biking trip from Manali to Leh as his favourite journey.[2]
January 2023Wakefit’s Series D
When Wakefit closed its Series D round in January 2023, he said as CEO: “The Series D round comes at a vital point in our growth journey.”[3]
December 2025Wakefit’s IPO
Before Wakefit’s listing, Ankit Garg, one of its promoters, held 33.03% of the company.[4]
He was among the selling shareholders in the IPO’s offer for sale, alongside Chaitanya RamalingegowdaChaitanya RamalingegowdaChaitanya Ramalingegowda is an Indian entrepreneur and investor who co-founded the home and sleep solutions company Wakefit with Ankit Garg and serves as an executive director; before that he worked in management consulting and earned an MBA from the Indian School of Business.Open the full entry and others.[5]
Related Organizations, Websites, and Public Accounts
Wakefit: Official website: https://www.wakefit.co/ (opens in a new window)[6]
Sources
- Co-Founder & CEO, Wakefit.co (opens in a new window)
- ‘The lowest depth of misery is running out of ideas’: Ankit Garg, entrepreneur (opens in a new window)
- Wakefit.co Raises INR 320 Crore In Series D Funding (opens in a new window)
- Wakefit sets IPO band at Rs 185-195; Peak XV eyes 10X return (opens in a new window)
- Wakefit sets IPO price band at ₹185-195; check key dates, GMP, objective (opens in a new window)
- Wakefit (opens in a new window)