A Brief Look At The 10 Unicorn Companies Of India As Of 2017


There is a reason why every other startup in the world loves to call their startup the #UberofSomething. This is because when it all comes down to brass tacks, the startup company valuation Uber tops the charts, leading by huge margins. The current total valuation of the on-demand Taxi booking company is estimated to be around $ 68 Billion as of 2017. Then China's Didi Chuxing comes in with a total valuation of $50 Billion as another On - Demand Taxi booking company.
Now, you may be thinking, why are we talking about foreign startups like Uber and Didi Chuxing. Well, it is because startups are crucial for our nation's growth, we need to reflect on our Indian startups and save ourselves from getting into a pit from their learnings. We also need to work on crucial things that we are surely missing. It could be innovation that might be missing and a copy paste culture could be that one culprit which leads us down the wrong path or one where we just eventually become average in everything.
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As of now, in India, the unicorn-ship or one can say the Olympic torch relay is spearheaded by Flipkart with an approximate total valuation of $ 11.6 Billion. We are still lagging by the huge margin and in the number of startups as well. Young and even smaller(area wise) countries like Estonia are making their mark in innovation, then why not us? Why are we not competent enough in providing something more than a service and create something that is on par with the world-class market products? Why are we not able to excite, attract early customers and introduce more innovative products for them in the market? Maybe it is time to self-reflect and win everyone's trust back in India. We need to make India the market leader again and support more product startups.
Now, the question that arises is whether should we tighten the game like China and save our OlaCabs and Flipkart against Uber and Amazon or should we keep learning from the healthy competition they are keeping us in. Philosophically and with a futuristic vision, one may favor the latter but then that will also sprout the favorable results only if we are not cheated by our own system itself. Mission and vision should be one for the nation.
Total valuation: Indian Unicorns are valued at 35.45 B against $ 738 B of total 217 unicorn companies all over the world.

1. Flipkart

Total valuation: $11.6 B
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Flipkart, an eCommerce marketplace was founded in October 2007 by Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal (no relation) and is competing against the market leader Amazon. Will Flipkart thrive against such a fierce competitor? Only time will tell.
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Left to Right:
Binny Bansal and Sachin Bansal
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2. Snapdeal 

Total valuation: $7 B
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Snapdeal is again an eCommerce marketplace which was started by Kunal Bahl and Rohit Bansal in February 2010. Once considered as the top e-commerce website, they are now struggling against Flipkart and Amazon. Also, at one point Flipkart were in talks to buy Snapdeal but the latter refused the offer and decided to stand strong alone.
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Left to Right: Kunal Bahl and Rohit Bansal
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3. One97 Communications (operates as Paytm)

Total valuation: $5.7 B
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Paytm, as we are all aware of, partially due to demonetization, is a fintech sector company which facilitates users to make cashless digital transactions through a digital wallet. The company was founded in August 2010 by Vijay Shekhar Sharma. The name Paytm has been derived from "Payment Through Mobile."
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Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma
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4. Olacabs 

Total valuation: $3.65 B
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Ola is one of the first major, Indian on-demand taxi booking service companies that has made to the list of unicorns. Ola Cabs was founded on 3 December 2010 by Bhavish Aggarwal, and Ankit Bhati and is headquartered in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
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Olacabs founder Ankit Bhatia
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5. ReNew Power Ventures 

Total valuation: $2 B
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ReNew Power Ventures is a renewable energy company headquartered in Gurugram, Haryana. The company was founded 6 years ago in 2011 by Sumant Sinha.
ReNew Power Ventures is an Independent Power Producer (IPP) of clean energy with an installed capacity of more than 1000 MegaWatt. It's power plant span across the states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra, and Gujarat,
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ReNew Power Ventures founder Sumant Sinha
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6. Hike 

Total valuation: $1.4 B
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Hike is a cross-platform instant messaging service for smartphones that uses the internet for communication. The company was launched 4 years ago in December 2012 by Kavin Bharti. Its major competitor includes Whatsapp and WeChat.
Its valuation touched to $ 1.4 B when it received $175 million dollars in funding from the Chinese internet firm Tencent and manufacturing giant Foxconn. Now, this was the time when entrepreneurs and investors were scratching their heads due to the downfall in the industry and here on the other hand, Hike surprised everybody by raising a huge round of funding. A round of funding that made it a unicorn company.
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Hike messenger founder Kavin Mittal
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7. Shopclues 

Total valuation: $1.1 B
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Shopclues is another major Indian eCommerce marketplace that is competing against the likes of Amazon, Flipkart, Jabong and more. The company was founded in California's Silicon Valley in 2011 by Radhika Aggarwal, Sandeep Aggarwal, and Sanjay Sethi. The company is headquartered in Gurugram, India.
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Left to Right: Radhika Ghai Aggarwal, Sanjay Sethi, and Sandeep Aggarwal
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8. Zomato Media 

Total valuation: $1 B
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Zomato is a restaurant search and discovery service company founded by Deepinder Goyal and Pankaj Chaddah in 2008.
Zomato, as of now operates in 23 countries, including India, United States, and Australia. With the help of Zomato, one can get all the information and reviews on restaurants, including images of menus, and it comes handy when the restaurant does not have its own website.
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Zomato founder Deepinder Goyal
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9. InMobi

Total valuation: $1 B
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InMobi is an ad tech company which functions as a global advertising and discovery platform that reaches over 1.5 billion unique mobile devices worldwide. InMobi was founded in 2007 by Naveen Tewari, Amit Gupta, Mohit Saxena, and Abhay Singhal.
InMobi's platform enables consumers to discover new products and services by providing contextual, relevant, and curated recommendations on mobile devices. The platform allows brands, publishers, and developers to engage consumers through mobile advertising.
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InMobi founder Naveen Tewari
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10. Quikr 

Total valuation: $1 B
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The last one on the list is Quikr which is another eCommerce marketplace that simply proves that eCommerce is the recipe for success and in a race to being a unicorn company too.
In other words, Quikr is a classified advertising platform which was founded by Pranay Chulet and Jiby Thomas in 2008. The company is headquartered in Bangalore, India.
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Quikr founder Pranay Chulet
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