India has become a hub for startups, and is often described as “the poster child of emerging markets” for its vast commercial potential. In a country with a population of nearly 1.3 billion people, even niche products can have significant market potential. Here is a list of 50 startups that have left a positive impact on the startup economy of India
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S. No. | Name | Year of establishment | Current net worth | Founder/s |
1 | Urban Company | 2014 | $2.8 billion | Abhiraj Singh Bhal, Varun Khaitan, Raghav Chandra |
2 | Paytm | 2010 | $5.4 billion / Rs. 41,476 cr. | Vijay Shekhar Sharma |
3 | Apna | 2019 | $1.1 billion | Nimrit Parikh |
4 | Razorpay | 2014 | $7.5 billion | Harshil Mathur, Shashank Kumar |
5 | UpGrad | 2015 | $3 billion | Ronnie Screwvala, Mayank Kumar, Phalgun Kompalli |
6 | Delhivery | 2011 | $3 billion | Sahil Barua, Suraj Saharan, Kapil Bharati, Mohit Tandon, Bhavesh Manglani |
7 | 1mg | 2015 | $450 million | Prashant Tandon, Vikas Chauhan, Gaurav Agarwal |
8 | BigBasket | 2011 | $4 billion | Hari Menon, VS Sudhakar, Abhinay Choudhari, Vipul Parekh, VS Ramesh |
9 | GoMechanic | 2016 | $1.2 billion | Kushal Karwa, Amit Bhasin, Rishabh Karwa and Nitin Rana |
10 | Unacademy | 2015 | $3.44 billion | Roman Saini, Gaurav Munjal, Hemesh Singh |
11 | Ola | 2010 | $5 billion | Bhavish Aggarwal, Ankit Bhati |
12 | Licious | 2015 | $1 billion | Abhay Hanjura, Vivek Gupta |
13 | CRED | 2018 | $ 6 billion | Kunal Shah |
14 | Pine Labs | 1998 | $5 billion | Lokvir Kapoor, Rajul Garg, Tarun Upadhyay |
15 | CityMall | 2019 | $350 million | Angad Kikla, Naisheel Verdhan |
16 | Groww | 2017 | $3 billion | Lalit Keshre, Harsh Jain, Ishan Bansal, Neeraj Singh |
17 | Blinkit | 2013 | $700 million | Albinder Dhindsa, Saurabh Kumar |
18 | Meesho | 2015 | $4.9 billion | Vidit Aatrey, Sanjeev Barnwal |
19 | Slice | 2016 | $1 billion | Rajan Bajaj |
20 | InMobi | 2007 | $12 billion | Naveen Tewari |
21 | Dunzo | 2015 | $2 billion | Kabeer Biswas, Ankur Agarwal, Dalvir Suri, Mukund Jha |
22 | Byju’s | 2011 | $22 billion | Byju Raveendran, Divya Gokulnath |
23 | Cars24 | 2015 | $3.3 billion | Vikram Chopra, Mehul Agrawal, Gajendra Jangid, Ruchit Agarwal |
24 | Skillmatics | 2016 | $127 million | Sohel Khuzem Shikari, Devanshi Siddharth Kejriwal, Dhvanil Camille Sheth |
25 | Rapido | 2015 | $830 million | Aravind Sanka, Pavan Guntupalli, Rishikesh SR |
26 | Nykaa | 2012 | $23 billion | Falguni Nayar |
27 | Swiggy | 2014 | $10.7 billion | Sriharsha Majety, Nandan Reddy, Rahul Jaimini |
28 | Practo | 2008 | $300 million | Shashank ND, Abhinav Lal |
29 | NiYo Solutions | 2015 | $ 1 billion | Vinay Bagri, Virender Bisht |
30 | KreditBee | 2018 | $375 million | Madhusudan Ekambaram |
31 | boAt | 2016 | $1 billion | Aman Gupta, Sameer Mehta |
32 | Flipkart | 2007 | $37.6 billion | Binny Bansal, Sachin Bansal |
33 | MobiKwik | 2009 | $1 billion | Bipin Preet Singh, Upasana Taku |
34 | Cuemath | 2013 | $407 million | Manan Khurma |
35 | Jai Kisan | 2017 | $380 million | Arjun Ahluwalia, Adriel Maniego |
36 | Infra.Market | 2016 | $4 billion | Aaditya Sharda, Souvik Sengupta |
37 | Xpressbees | 2015 | $1.2 billion | Amitava Saha, Supam Maheshwari |
38 | Toppr | 2013 | $100 million | Zishaan Hayath, Hemanth Goteti |
39 | MyGlamm | 2015 | $1.2 billion | Darpan Sanghvi, Naiyya Saggi |
40 | Gaana | 2011 | $530 million | Prashan Agarwal, Sandeep Lodha |
41 | WhiteHat Education Technology | 2018 | $590 million | Karan Bajaj |
42 | CarDekho | 2007 | $1.2 billion | Amit Jain, Anurag Jain |
43 | Porter | 2014 | $500 million | Pranav Goel, Uttam Digga, Vikas Chaudhary |
44 | Coin DCX | 2017 | $1 billion | Sumit Gupta, Neeraj Khandelwal |
45 | OPEN | 2017 | $1 billion | Anish Achuthan |
46 | PharmEasy | 2015 | $7 billion | Siddharth Shah |
47 | Pepperfry | 2011 | $1 billion | Ambareesh Murthy, Ashish Shah |
48 | Shadowfax | 2015 | $80 million | Abhishek Bansal, Vaibhav Khandelwal, Gaurav Jaithliya, Praharsh Chandra |
49 | The Man Company | 2015 | $35 million | Hitesh Dhingra |
50 | Agnikul Cosmos | 2017 | $9.5 million | Srinath Ravichandran, Moin SPM, Satyanaryan Chakravarthy, Janardhana Raju |