India's unicorn startups — their journey, valuation milestones, and growth story.
Square Yards, India's integrated real estate and mortgage technology platform, has officially entered the unicorn club after raising INR 900 crore (approximately $95 million) in a funding round anchored by EAAA Alternatives and global corporate credit manager Muzinich & Co. The round comprises a mix of debt and
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KreditBee, India’s leading digital lending platform, has raised USD 280 million in its Series E funding round at a post-money valuation of USD 1.5 billion, marking its entry into the unicorn club and making it the first unicorn of FY27. The funding round was led by Motilal Oswal
India’s fintech ecosystem is gearing up for another major public listing. Bengaluru-based fintech unicorn Moneyview has filed its Draft Red Herring Prospectus (DRHP) with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to launch its initial public offering (IPO). The company plans to raise INR 1,500 crore through
India’s startup ecosystem saw significant action on 16 Feb 2026, featuring multi-million and billion-dollar funding rounds across AI, semiconductors, wealthtech and accelerator platforms. Gen-AI infrastructure player Neysa emerged as a unicorn after a Blackstone-led $1.2 billion funding, while C2i Semiconductors secured $15 million Series A for AI-centric power
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Navigating many Indian cities can be a significant challenge. For a long time, finding a quick and affordable ride was difficult. A new generation of startups is addressing this, and Rapido is a notable example. They officially hit unicorn status in September 2024, which shows their strategy is working. So,
India’s startup and business ecosystem witnessed several significant developments on 6th October 2025. From major funding deals to strategic business moves, here’s a quick roundup of the top stories shaping the market today. Highlights include JSW One Platforms securing INR 575 crore to expand its B2B e-commerce operations,
Mumbai-based fintech firm Raise Financial Services, the parent company of stock trading platform Dhan, has officially entered the unicorn club following a Series B funding round of $120 million. The investment was led by Hornbill Capital and included participation from MUFG, BEENEXT, and notable investors such as Ramesh Damani, DSP
Spinny's revenue grew 25% to INR 4,657 crore in FY25, while net losses fell to INR 424 crore. The used-car unicorn improved margins, reduced expenses, and strengthened its path toward breakeven amid a challenging market.
Oversubscribed 3.5X, the fund signals confidence in India’s startup ecosystem at a time of global venture slowdown, with strong founder-LP backing, global institutional participation, and a fast, conviction-led investment model. Zeropearl VC, India’s leading solo GP-led pre-seed and seed venture fund, today announced the final close of
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Technological growth and affordable equipment have devised a new scheme of learning in this modern world. They have refreshed our education system and made learning easy, simple, and interesting. This change in the system seems so quick that, shortly, students might no longer carry books and will have the option
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A technology platform that offers a wide range of home services, Urban Company, allows customers to book appointments for services such as beauty treatments, haircuts, massage therapy, cleaning, plumbing, carpentry, appliance repair, painting, and more. These services are delivered in the comfort of the customer’s home and at a
Fractal is looking to raise $560 million (₹4,900 crore) through its IPO, and here’s what you need to know.
Indian startups raised fresh funding across various sectors on 30 June 2025. From large growth rounds to early-stage deals, the day saw strong investor interest in infra-tech, agri-tech, AI, and more. Here’s a quick look at the companies that secured funding. Daily Indian Startup Funding Digest - 30 June
According to reports, Good Glamm Group has postponed staff salaries for the second consecutive month in May. April and May's pay were meant to coincide, according to a news source that quoted an employee, but that doesn't appear likely to happen anytime soon. It's
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Company Profile is an initiative by StartupTalky to publish verified information on different startups and organizations. The digital demand for smart applications is exploding like it was never before. To satisfy our daily food needs, we all buy groceries. You only need an app on your Android phone to have
JSW One Platforms emerges as one of the fastest entrants to the unicorn club in India’s B2B e-commerce space. JSW One Platforms Ltd., India’s leading tech-led B2B e-commerce platform, has raised INR 340 crore of fresh capital, led by Principal Asset Management, OneUp, JSW Steel, and other investors.
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In an exclusive interaction with StartupTalky, Prashant Singh, COO and Co-founder of LeadSquared, discusses the company's journey from its early days as a marketing platform to becoming a new-age SaaS CRM platform. He shares insights into building a high-growth SaaS venture, LeadSquared’s journey to becoming a unicorn
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Company Profile is an initiative by StartupTalky to publish verified information on different startups and organizations. Logistics has always been an important sector for any country, including India, but the space had never seen such a ground-breaking turn before Delhivery came into being. Proving itself since 2011 as a great
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Naveen Tewari, whose name has become synonymous with entrepreneurial excellence, is the genius behind not just one but two multi-billion-dollar companies: InMobi and Glance. But behind every success story is a tale of struggle, which in Naveen's case started from the serene streets of Kanpur and became a
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India is becoming the world's fastest-growing startup ecosystem with 118 Unicorn Startups, as of January 2025. In today's world, unicorn startups are not as uncommon as before; however, building a unicorn startup is not easy. It takes a lot of hard work, commitment, and perseverance throughout
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Company Profile is an initiative by StartupTalky to publish verified information on different startups and organizations. The medicine industry has always been as disorganized as we can imagine. Though we were all pleasantly happy with the wholesale and retail market structure that the pharmaceutical industry has offered its customers, the
Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium) [Europe], December 2: Odoo S.A., a leading provider of integrated business software, today announced a $526 million transaction led by CapitalG and Sequoia Capital, with participation from BlackRock, Mubadala Investment Company, HarbourVest Partners, AVP, and Alkeon. This secondary capital transaction reflects strong confidence in the company’s
Meesho, an e-commerce unicorn located in Bengaluru, has introduced a state-of-the-art multilingual voice bot driven by generative AI with the goal of transforming customer support. The speech bot is intended to offer scalable, human-like assistance, particularly to customers in tier II towns in India. In order to meet the demands
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Company Profile is an initiative by StartupTalky to publish verified information on different startups and organizations. Facing problems each day reaching the office on time? Don't want to travel with the group, want to go alone to the destination? Driver's not at home and meeting your
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Company Profile is an initiative by StartupTalky to publish verified information on different startups and organizations. A new restaurant at the corner of the lane, online offers, sale season, and food applications make life easy by delivering in your footsteps; all of these are so tempting. With over a hundred
According to a media report, PhysicsWallah, the leading ed-tech unicorn, has picked four investment banks as advisors as it prepares for its 2025 IPO plans, following a capital round last month that valued it at $2.8 billion. PhysicsWallah has selected Axis Capital, Kotak Mahindra Capital, Goldman Sachs, and JP
United States, 30 Sep 2024: Tracxn, a leading global SaaS-based market intelligence platform, has released its Geo Quarterly Report: US Tech Q3 2024. The report, based on Tracxn’s extensive database, provides insights into the US Tech space. The United States remained the highest-funded country in Q3 2024. US-based tech
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In recent years, India has witnessed a remarkable surge in startups achieving the prestigious "unicorn" status. These privately held startup companies, valued at over $1 billion, signify the vibrant growth of India's startup ecosystem. While the United States and China lead globally in the number of
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A unicorn is a privately held startup with a valuation of $1 billion or above. This financial milestone raises these companies in the eyes of investors, entrepreneurs, and the general public, as only a few companies achieve such high valuations before going public or being acquired. Unicorns have a remarkable
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Unbeknownst, the falling Indian currency 78 INR mark rate against the US dollar for the first time helped Indian marketers, that is, somehow created a smooth way to one step ahead in achieving the fifth-largest economy in India. As we know to excel in the business challenges, startups must take
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The startup industry in India is growing faster than we could have imagined. They are now paving a new way for the future of India. Some popular startups that caught the eyes of everyone in the past few years are Zomato, BYJUs, Nykaa, and more. These are living proof of
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India’s long history of promising and successful eCommerce startups also includes some well-known crashes too. ShopClues, an online shopping marketplace venture is a great example here as it rose to great heights before facing a hard fall. The startup tasted success so well that it even acquired the status
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You might be wondering, which countries are known to have the highest number of unicorns around? Well, answering simple, countries in Europe have been known to have these numbers rising more by each year. Startups are majorly recognised by their valuation. And, in Europe, around 10 new unicorns have been
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Work culture is a basic requirement to sustain and progress in a company. Companies like Google and Tesla are known for their "Chill" work environment, where the employee's mental health is given a priority. Many office settings are choosing an informal environment for better productivity. The
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People know about popular unicorn companies like Uber, Swiggy, Airbnb, Snapchat, and Pinterest and their journey to success, but most people don't know what a unicorn company exactly means. What are the different criteria for a startup company to become a unicorn? A unicorn in the Business world
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In 2020, the normal lives of all the people in the world came to a standstill for more than half of the year. While some countries came out of it in a jiffy and some unfortunate ones like India and US got rattled by a second wave. The world economy
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Over the last four years, the Indian entrepreneurship ecosystem has risen from 35K startups in 2016 to more than 55K startups in 2020 with more than $48.7 billion being raised during the revealed rounds of investment. As a result of the exponential growth in consumer demand and the increased