List of Unicorn Startups in India

This article is about Unicorn Startups in India. In recent years, India has emerged as a hotspot for startup innovation, with a growing number of companies reaching the coveted status of “unicorn” – a term used to describe privately-held startups valued at over $1 billion. These unicorns span various industries, from e-commerce and fintech to healthcare and edtech, reflecting the diverse entrepreneurial landscape of the country. Let’s delve into the vibrant ecosystem of Indian unicorns, exploring their origins, innovations, and impact on the global economy.

Overview of Unicorn Startups in India

Company	Founders	Industry	Founded	Valuation (USD)
Byju’s	Byju Raveendran, Divya Gokunath	EdTech	2008	22.1 billion
Ola Electric Mobility	Bhavish Aggarwal, Anand Shah, Ankit Jain	Electric Vehicles	2019	7.0 billion
Meesho	Vidit Aatrey, Sanjeev Barnwal	E-commerce	2015	4.9 billion
Pine Labs	Amrish Rau, Ajay Shekhar, Lokvir Kapoor	Payments	2011	6.7 billion
Zomato	Deepinder Goyal, Gaurav Gupta, Pankaj Chaddah	Food Delivery	2008	10.9 billion
Flipkart	Sachin Bansal, Binny Bansal	E-commerce	2007	37.6 billion
Cred	Kunal Shah	FinTech	2018	2.2 billion
Udaan	Amod Malviya, Vaibhav Gupta, Sujeet Kumar	B2B Marketplace	2016	3.8 billion
Delhivery	Sahil Barua, Mohit Bhatnagar, Binny Bansal	Logistics	2011	3.9 billion
PolicyBazaar	Yashish Dahiya, Alok Bansal	Insurance	2008	6.5 billion
Digital Insurance	Kamesh Goyal, Prem Watsa	Insurance	2016	11.1 billion
Swiggy	Nandan Nilekani, Rahul Jaimini	Food Delivery	2011	10.7 billion
Freshworks	Girish Mathrubootham, Shan Krishnasamy	SaaS	2010	10.3 billion
PharmEasy	Dharmil Sheth, Siddharth Shah, Harsha Majety	Healthcare	2015	6.6 billion
Cars24	Vikram Chopra, Mayank Jain, Gaurav Munjal	Auto	2015	3.3 billion
CureFit	Mukesh Bansal, Ankit Nagori	Healthcare	2016	4.5 billion
BrowserStack	Ritesh Agarwal, Harish Aney	SaaS	2011	4.0 billion
Zeta	Bhavin Turakhia, Ramki Gaddipati	FinTech	2015	5.3 billion
MindTickle	Sarvjeet Singh, Abhishek Singh	SaaS	2011	3.2 billion
DealShare	Vineet Rao, Ankit Agarwal, Rajat Sethi	E-commerce	2018	5.1 billion
ElasticRun	Sandeep Deshmukh, Prashant Singh	E-commerce	2016	3.7 billion
MobiKwik	Bipin Preet Singh, Upasana Taku	FinTech	2009	2.8 billion
Licious	Vivek Gupta, Abhay Hanjura, Mukesh Bansal	Foodtech	2015	5.1 billion
CredAvenue	Sumit Gupta, Mayank Malhotra, Ashish Mohapatra	FinTech	2018	4.0 billion
Amagi	Saurabh Gupta, Niraj Aggarwal, Ankit Aggarwal	SaaS	2012	2.2 billion
Eruditus	Gaurav Munjal, Roman Saini	EdTech	2012	3.0 billion
Uniphore	P. Soundararajan, Umesh Sachdev	AI	2008	2.9 billion
Hasura	Tanmai Gopal, Rajoshi Ghosh	SaaS	2017	N/A
Hasura	Hasura team	SaaS	2016	2.1 billion
Darwinbox	Rohit Chanana, Sahil Barot	HR Tech	2015	2.1 billion
5ire	Pratik Jain, Prashant Jaiswal	Blockchain	2019	5.0 billion
LeadSquared	Nilesh Patel, Prashant Singh	SaaS	2013	1.8 billion
OfBusiness	Ashneer Grover	B2B Marketplace	2015	10.0 billion
Mamaearth	Varun Alagh, Ghazal Alagh	Personal Care	2016	2.0 billion
Glance	Naveen Tewari, Samir Modi	AI-powered lockscreen	2017	5.0 billion
Upstox	Ravi Kumar, Saurabh Maheshwari	FinTech	2011	1.8 billion
Slice	Rajan Bajaj, Abhishek Bansal	FinTech	2016	1.5 billion
BlackBuck	Rajesh Y. Agarwal, Vikas Agnihotri	Logistics	2015	1.5 billion
CommerceIQ	Ananth Narayanan, Akshay Dhand	Retail Tech	2013	1.1 billion
Gamezop	Anirudh Jain, Ashwin Suresh	Gaming	2009	1.1 billion
Purplle	Manish Taneja, Rahul Taneja	Beauty	2012	1.5 billion
Livspace	Ramakant Sharma, Anuj Srivastava	Home Interiors	2015	3.0 billion
XpressBees	Amrish Rau, Inderjit Singh	Logistics	2013	1.2 billion
Zetwerk	Amrit Acharya, Srinath Ramasubramanian	Manufacturing	2018	2.5 billion
Open	Ankit Bhatia, Abhinav Chaturvedi	FinTech	2016	1.1 billion
PhysicsWallah	Alakh Pandey	EdTech	2015	1.1 billion
Vedantu	Salil Bhatia, Vamsi Krishna	EdTech	2011	8.0 billion
Tata Neu	Tata Group	Super App	2022	2.0 billion
OneCard	Anup Jain, Sumeet Singh	FinTech	2018	1.0 billion
5paisa	Nithin Kamath	FinTech	2009	1.0 billion
Cure.fit	Mukesh Bansal, Ankit Nagori	Healthcare	2016	3.6 billion
Zee5	Subhash Chandra, Punit Goenka	OTT	2008	1.5 billion
Crowdfire	Naveen Tewari	Social Media	2010	1.0 billion
ShareChat	Ankush Sachdeva, Farid Ahsan	Social Media	2015	3.7 billion
Urban Company	Amit Agarwal, Abhiraj Singh	Home Services	2014	4.5 billion
Droom	Sandeep Aggarwal	Auto	2014	2.0 billion
Monzo	Zac Birch, Jason Bates	FinTech	2015	1.5 billion
GoMechanic	Amit Jain, Nikhil Jain	Auto	2015	1.0 billion
Instamojo	Akash Sinha, Sampad Swain	Payments	2012	1.0 billion
MFine	Ashutosh Ladhani, Sameer Puranik	Healthcare	2017	1.0 billion
Tata Digital	Tata Group	E-commerce	2021	10.0 billion
Apna	Nirav Choksi, Sumit Khandelwal	FinTech	2019	1.0 billion
Elara Health	Arvind Lal	Healthcare	2016	1.0 billion
OkCredit	Gaurav Jalan, Pallav Jain	FinTech	2016	1.0 billion
Stealth	Prashant Singh, Nilesh Patel	SaaS	2015	1.0 billion
BharatPe	Ashneer Grover, Shashank Bansal, Bhavik Koladiya	FinTech	2018	2.5 billion
Kinetic Green	Sandeep Upadhyay, Ajay Upadhyay	Renewable Energy	2014	1.0 billion
Unacademy	Gaurav Munjal, Roman Saini	EdTech	2015	3.4 billion
OYO	Ritesh Agarwal	Hospitality	2013	9.5 billion
Jio Platforms	Mukesh Ambani	Telecom	2007	97.0 billion
Zoho	Sridhar Vembu, TA Krishnan	SaaS	1996	13.9 billion
Ola	Bhavish Aggarwal, Ankit Bhati	Mobility	2010	6.5 billion