India added 33 unicorns in 2021 — highest ever
Five start-ups joined the $1-billion club in two weeks.
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Why BharatPe offered payments free of charge?
Ashneer Grover, co-founder, BharatPe says merchants had initial disbelief about the free transaction gateway.
Shock & Awe Entrepreneurs
At $28 billion and counting, the enormous funding of India’s entrepreneurs in 2021—a myriad set of home-grown entrepreneurs still in their 20s and 30s—has no parallel in Indian history.
Wednesday bonanza: A new unicorn, start-ups raise over $300 mln
Besides crypto startup CoinSwitch Kuber becoming India’s 30th unicorn, the day also saw funding announcements from a clutch of tech start-ups.
“Treat funds as someone else’s money”: Urban Company
The co-founders of Urban Company, the home services marketplace, believe that raising venture funding is very similar to taking a loan and startup founders must treat it as someone else’s money.
Focus on the right customer cohort: Kunal Shah
Started in November 2018, Cred currently facilitates about 25%-27% of all credit card bill payments in India—with over 35% of premium credit cardholders in the country are on its platform.
Postman raises $225 mn at a $5.6 bn valuation
The SaaS unicorn—whose co-founders are part of Fortune India’s 40 Under 40 list this year—has more than doubled its valuation in a little over a year.
upGrad: India’s newest unicorn
The edtech firm raises $185 million at a valuation of $1.2 billion. upGrad is India’s 22nd unicorn this year so far and the third in the edtech space after larger rivals Byju’s and Unacademy.
India is becoming a global unicorn hub. Here’s why
Despite Covid-19 hammering Indian economy, the country saw 11 unicorns emerge in the last one year. Clearly something incredible is happening in India’s startup ecosystem that warrants attention.
Byju’s better half
Wearing multiple hats—teacher, entrepreneur, content developer, mother—Divya Gokulnath has helped build India's largest edtech company.
