India could boast more than 100 startups sporting $1 billion-plus valuations by 2025, domestic IT body Nasscom predicts. Its annual report on startups says the country will be home to 95-105 unicorns having a combined valuation of $350-390 billion. India is already home to 24 unicorns, a distant third after the US and China. Seven ventures – including Delhivery, BigBasket, Druva and Dream11 – have become unicorns this year and 52 more are poised to break into the big league. That has a direct bearing on jobs: Today’s unicorns have created 2 lakh direct and indirect jobs, which could swell to 12.5 lakh by 2025.
Home to more than 9,000 technology startups, India has the potential to create more than 100 unicorns – private companies with a valuation of $1 billion and above – in the next five years, according to industry body Nasscom. The National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) in its report – Indian Tech Startup Ecosystem – Leading tech in the 20s, stated that by 2025 it is expected that the country will have around 95-105 unicorns, enjoying a cumulative valuation of $350-390 billion. “We are on a strong growth trajectory,” said Debjani Ghosh , President, Nasscom.
The first eight months of the year saw the birth of seven unicorns in India’s startup ecosystem, software industry body Nasscom said in a report, even as 52 others which have received over $50 million investments wait to join the list.
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The number of India’s potential unicorns—a term to describe startups valued at $1 billion—more than tripled from 15 last year to 52 in 2019, becoming the world’s largest pipeline of unicorns in the making, Nasscom said in its report ‘Indian Tech Start-up Ecosystem – Leading Tech in the 20s’.
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India’s newest unicorns include Delhivery, a logistics startup; Icertis, which provides cloud-based enterprise contract management; Dream11, a gaming startup; Druva, which provides cloud data protection and management; Ola Electric, the electric vehicle arm of cab hailing firm Ola; and Rivigo, a logistics firm.
India’s 24 unicorns and potential unicorns include:-
– Blackbuck, an online truck aggregator
– CarDekho, an online car marketplace
– Delhivery, a logistics startup
– Dream11, a gaming startup
– Druva, which provides cloud data protection and management
– GreyOrange, a software and robotics platform
– Grofers, online grocer
– Icertis, which provides cloud-based enterprise contract management
– LendingKart, fintech start-up
– Ola Electric, the electric vehicle arm of cab hailing firm Ola
– Pine Labs, a card processing company
– Rivigo, a logistics firm
India is becoming a seedbed for billion-dollar startups. Inexpensive innovation in the IT services industry, few restrictions on investment and familiarity with the English language are a few factors working in favor of the startup ecosystem. “Indeed, the rise of unicorns in this country is not just a boon for those who have invested in them. It’s increasingly seen as a sign that the Indian economy is reaching a turning point and that its entrepreneurial culture is maturing.”
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The number of India’s potential unicorns—a term to describe startups valued at $1 billion—more than tripled from 15 last year to 52 in 2019, becoming the world’s largest pipeline of unicorns in the making. Around 71% of 2019’s unicorns are business-to-business (B2B) focused, while 57% are from emerging and nascent sectors such as gaming, automotive and supply chain/logistics Software and robotics platform GreyOrange, card processing company Pine Labs, online car marketplace CarDekho, online grocer Grofers, fintech start-up LendingKart, online truck aggregator Blackbuck are some of the potential unicorns at present.
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