Archive · 25 Aug 2026
Sameer Gehlaut Builds Businesses Across India, Britain and America
Sameer Gehlaut is an entrepreneur who has built businesses in three parts of the world.
He studied mechanical engineering at IIT Delhi.
At age 25, he started the Indiabulls Group in India.
The group later worked in housing finance, real estate and other financial services.
Gehlaut then expanded into luxury property and banking in Britain.
In 2025, he started Spring Cash in New York to lend money to small businesses using artificial intelligence.
His companies have handled large amounts of money and property.
His career is described as a series of businesses built and rebuilt across different countries and industries.
IIT Delhi graduate Sameer Gehlaut founded the Indiabulls Group in India at age 25.
Indiabulls Housing Finance became one of India’s largest housing finance companies.
Gehlaut’s Clivedale Group has deployed more than £1 billion across prime Central London property.
He acquired a majority stake in UK challenger bank GB Bank in 2024.
In 2025, he founded New York-based Spring Cash, which originated more than $100 million in six months.
- Who
- Sameer Gehlaut, an IIT Delhi graduate and entrepreneur.
- What
- He built and backed businesses in Indian finance and real estate, British property and banking, and United States fintech.
- When
- He founded Indiabulls in 2000, acquired a majority stake in GB Bank in 2024, and founded Spring Cash in 2025.
- Where
- His businesses span India, Britain and the United States, including London and New York.
- Why
- He expanded into new sectors and countries as part of a broader approach to building and reinventing businesses.
- Education
- Mechanical Engineering graduate of IIT Delhi, Class of 2000
- First major venture
- Founded the Indiabulls Group at age 25
- Major 2018 transaction
- One Indiabulls Center and Indiabulls Finance Center were sold to Blackstone for approximately $2 billion
- London property investment
- Clivedale Group deployed more than £1 billion across Central London
- GB Bank
- Gehlaut acquired a majority stake in the UK challenger bank in 2024; the bank later reported more than £2.3 billion in retail deposits and profitability in under two years
- Spring Cash
- Founded in New York in 2025 as an AI-native working-capital platform
- Spring Cash originations
- More than $100 million originated in its first six months, backed by HOF Capital
- Sammaan Capital investment
- International Holding Company announced an investment to acquire majority control of Sammaan Capital, formerly Indiabulls Housing Finance, with approximately $938 million committed