Analytics platform CB insights has prepared a list of unicorn companies across the world. A “unicorn” is a private company that has a valuation of over $ 1 billion. Let’s take a look at the top 15 startups in India.
Byju’s | Valuation: $ 18 billion | City: Bengaluru | Industry: Edtech | Select investors: Tencent Holdings, Lightspeed India Partners, Sequoia Capital India (In the image: Byju Raveendran)
One97 Communications | Valuation: $ 16 billion | City: Noida | Industry: Fintech | Select investors: Intel Capital, Sapphire Ventures, Alibaba Group (Image: Reuters)
Oyo Rooms | Valuation: $ 9 billion | City: Gurugram | Industry: Travel | Select investors: SoftBank Group, Sequoia Capital India, Lightspeed India Partners (In the image: Oyo founder Ritesh Agarwal)
National Stock Exchange of India | Valuation: $ 6.5 billion | City: Mumbai | Industry: Fintech | Select investors: TA Associates, SoftBank Group, GS Growth
Ola Cabs | Valuation: $ 6.3 billion | City: Bengaluru | Industry: Auto & transportation | Select investors: Accel Partners, SoftBank Group, Sequoia Capital (Pictured here is Bhavish Aggarwal, CEO of Ola)
Swiggy | Valuation: $ 5.5 billion | City: Bengaluru | Industry: Supply chain, logistics, & delivery | Select investors: Accel India, SAIF Partners, Norwest Venture Partners
Dream11 | Valuation: $ 5 billion | City: Mumbai | Industry: Internet software & services | Select investors: Kaalari Capital, Tencent Holdings, Steadview Capital
Meesho | Valuation: $ 4.9 billion | City: Bengaluru | Industry: Internet software & services | Select investors: Venture Highway, Sequoia Capital India, Prosus Ventures (L-R: Vidit Aatrey, Founder & CEO and Sanjeev Barnwal, Founder & CTO, Meesho)
Digit Insurance | Valuation: $ 3.5 billion | City: Bengaluru | Industry: Fintech Fairfax | Select investors: Financial Holdings, A91 Partners, TVS Capital
Unacademy | Valuation: $ 3.44 billion | City: Bengaluru | Industry: Edtech | Select investors: Blume Ventures, Nexus Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital India
Eruditus Executive Education | Valuation: $ 3.2 billion | City: Mumbai | Industry: Edtech | Select investors: Sequoia Capital India, Softbank, Bertelsmann India Investments (In the image: Chaitanya Kalipatnapu, Co-founder of Eruditus)
Delhivery | Valuation: $ 3 billion | City: Gurgaon | Industry: Supply chain, logistics, & delivery | Select investors: Times Internet, Nexus Venture Partners, SoftBank Group (Image: Twitter/ @delhivery)
Pine Labs | Valuation: $ 3 billion | City: Noida | Industry: Fintech | Select investors: Sequoia Capital India, Temasek, PayPal Ventures (Image: Facebook)
Razorpay | Valuation: $ 3 billion | City: Bengaluru | Industry: Fintech | Select investors: Sequoia Capital India, Tiger Global Management, Matrix Partners India (In the image: Razorpay founders Harshil Mathur and Shashank Kumar)