A group of friends who were passionate about the great outdoors started Wildcraft in a garage in the late ‘90s. It was still early days for the outdoors and adventure industry in the country. Quality equipment remained a distant dream for most Indians. Spotting the opportunity, they channelled their passion for the outdoors into a company that would make international quality gear accessible to India’s growing outdoor community.
Be it outdoor-friendly clothing, ergonomically designed rucksacks or all-terrain footwear, Wildcraft as a head-to-toe outfitter has one mission – to engineer products for the savvy traveller with a backpacker’s mindset, that are versatile, multi-functional, lightweight, weather-resilient products; that enable people’s exploration of the outdoors.
Started in the late 1990s by Dinesh K.S. (on the right), an engineer and an outdoor enthusiast, Wildcraft was born out of a need to create reliable and great quality outdoor gear and equipment in India. The story goes that during one of his outdoor excursions, Dinesh met with an accident. It was after this incident that the idea of Wildcraft was born.
Gaurav and Siddharth joined Wildcraft fresh out of B-School in 2000. It was a part-time role for both of them at that time as they had corporate careers of their own. It was in 2007 that they decided to take this passion in the outdoor space and turn their entrepreneurial zeal into a commercial opportunity.