India, March 22 -- When IIT-Bombay and IIM-Calcutta alumnus Saket Dhankar spent over two decades in fashion and lifestyle-leading growth at ITC's Lifestyle Business and heading Lakme Fashion Week-he realised that India's home and baby essentials market lacked a strong, design-forward brand. Inspired by globally renowned players like Pottery Barn and Crate & Barrel, he saw an opportunity to build a modern, premium yet accessible brand for urban consumers.

In 2018, he and his wife, Kanupriya Anand, founded Haus & Kinder, a D2C brand that blends fashion and functionality in home and baby essentials. The brand was built with a vision to disrupt the traditional home textiles space, where mass-market players focused on functionality over aesth...