List of Unicorn Startups in India by Year

[expand title=”More Actionable Insights” swaptitle=”Close”]

The above table represents the list of Unicorn startups in India by year when they turned into unicorns, total valuation, their locations, and top investors.

RegionIndia
SourceVenture Intelligence
Table ID336
Note* Former Unicorns

Founded in 2007, InMobi (formerly known as mKhoj) became India’s first B2B billion-dollar startup in 2011. This is followed by Flipkart, MuSigma, Snapdeal, etc.

Indian startup ecosystem continues to be the 3rd largest in the world, with 4 new additions to its flourishing Unicorn club in 2020 so far. Interestingly, in June 2020, Bengaluru and San Francisco-based SaaS startup Postman has raised $150 million in its Series C funding round led by the US-based investor Insight Partners. This investment round valued Postman at $2 billion, a huge jump from $350 million in 2019.

Paytm, Zomato, and Nykaa which turned into unicorns in 2015, 2015, 2020 respectively, are now publicly traded companies in India.

A unicorn is a privately held startup company valued at $1 billion or more.


The above graph is a part of Dazeinfo GraphFarm – the most trusted source of hundreds of thousands of market graphs. Our team of researchers mines millions of data points every month to bring the most updated and validated set of data points representing the comprehensive view in a graphical format. From mobile to e-commerce, from Retail to healthcare, from startups to SMEs we have carefully designed thousands of graphs for those who value and understand the importance of data visualisation.

[/expand]