According to reports, travel and lifestyle startup Escape Plan has raised $5 million in a seed round led by Jungle Ventures' First Cheque@Jungle initiative and Fireside Ventures. Established in 2025 by Abhinav Pathak and Abhinav Zutshi, Escape Plan is a versatile platform encompassing everything related to travel.

The platform is designed to offer a diverse selection of items, including suitcases, backpacks, passport holders, and neck pillows, and deliver them within two hours of the order being placed.

"From a solution standpoint, we’re not a luggage brand; we’re a platform. Our focus is on solving for every micro category, however small, with a distinct approach tailored to different customer needs and experiences. We're also building a rewards ecosystem and exploring services like second-hand purchases and refurbishment. The goal is to create a focused platform that addresses all the needs of a traveller, with quick delivery and multi-brand retail stores," says Abhinav Pathak, Co-founder and CEO of Escape Plan.

This marks Pathak's second endeavor, following the establishment and subsequent sale of the retail tech firm Perpule to Amazon in 2021. Zutshi possesses more than ten years of experience in retail with Landmark Group, Forever 21, and Sahara. In his most recent role, he served as the chief operating officer at Splash India.

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The Bengaluru-based firm aims to connect with consumers via a hybrid retail strategy that incorporates stores, hyperlocal delivery, and shoppable experiences. It intends to allocate a portion of its recent capital raise to enhance category depth and inventory, forge partnerships with leading brands, and bolster its quick commerce integration.

"Indian consumers today are exposed to global tastes but left with few local choices that reflect that sensibility. The founders bring hard-won lessons from retail and tech, and their approach to product, distribution, and customer experience is a genuine departure from the category’s legacy players, addressing a clear whitespace in the Indian consumer market,” says Rishab Malik, Partner, Seed investments, at Jungle Ventures.

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“There’s a massive opportunity to build a dedicated travel vertical today, something that wasn’t feasible even three years ago. The supply chain for travel products is fundamentally different, and existing horizontal players can’t prioritize it because it makes up less than 1 percent of their business. That’s where we see a gap and an opportunity to step in and enhance the entire travel retail experience,” adds Pathak.