Most founders pick a lane and stay in it. Sarfraz Khan built three.
Over the past six years, the Delhi NCR-based entrepreneur has moved from documenting India’s startup ecosystem to building the technology infrastructure behind it, and now to convening the private rooms where its biggest decisions get made. Along the way, he has built relationships with more than 1,000 founders, operators, and investors — not as a byproduct of networking, but as the actual engine behind everything he has built since.
From Mathematics to the Boardroom
Khan’s story doesn’t start with a headline-grabbing exit or a viral pitch deck. It starts with a mathematics degree from Delhi University in 2016, followed by three formative years as Chief Operating Officer at SM DevOps in Delhi, where he ran daily operations, set performance targets, and supported fundraising efforts for a growing company. In 2018, he added an Entrepreneurship Certification from IIT Delhi — training that would shape a career built as much on operational discipline as on storytelling instinct.
Building Startup Times: A Media Network, Not Just a Publication
In June 2020, Khan founded Startup Times, and over six years it grew into a multi-publication network spanning INC91 (startup and innovation coverage, including its “30 Under 30” list), Business Press, Gulf Times, and the Founderbaaz podcast, where Khan interviews entrepreneurs about the unglamorous realities behind their success. The platform has hosted Union Ministers at policy dialogues and welcomed international diplomats — a level of institutional credibility rare for a founder-led media brand.
Devobyte: Where Storytelling Meets Delivery
Storytelling alone was never the endpoint. In August 2022, Khan founded Devobyte, a technology and growth agency with operations spanning Greater Noida/Delhi and Dubai. As Founder & CEO, he has built a client roster that includes a UK-based agritech biocontrol company, a licensed investment management firm operating across the UK and US, a children’s coding education platform, a veteran-led cybersecurity consultancy, and businesses in glass manufacturing and wellness — a deliberately diverse book built on measurable outcomes rather than generic service packages.
From Media Builder to Institution Builder
In July 2026, Khan took on a new role: Co-Chair of the World Leaders Consortium (WLC), a closed-door executive council that convenes just 25 carefully selected leaders per session — no panels, no media, no posturing. In this role, he supports WLC’s strategic growth across India, builds partnerships with government bodies and institutions, and coordinates leadership summits and policy dialogues — work that draws directly on six years of trust-building through Startup Times.
The Common Thread
What connects a media network, a technology agency, and a closed-door policy council isn’t industry — it’s a consistent bet that the most valuable business happens through relationships built on substance, not visibility. Startup Times built the network. Devobyte built the delivery engine. The World Leaders Consortium is building the room where the real conversations happen.
Sarfraz Khan is the Founder & CEO of Devobyte and Founder of Start Times.
Credits to NewsAye Editorial Team.