ET 30 Future Unicorns of Delhi-NCR report. Eminent keynote speakers Jeet Vijay, CEO of MEITY Startup Hub and Geetika Dayal, Executive Director of TIE Delhi-NCR, were joined by ET Editors Samidha Sharma, Editor — ET Startups and Tech and Miloni Bhatt, Editor — Digital Broadcast, Economictimes.com, as they took the stage to unveil the report.
The report foregrounds the unique journeys, stories of entrepreneurial triumph and the growth trajectories of Delhi-NCR’s 30 most promising soonicorns — startups on the cusp of achieving the coveted billion-dollar valuation mark — with a collective valuation of over $10.49 billion. These startups span diverse sectors, including fintech, healthtech, auto tech, transportation tech, software as a service (Saas), retail tech, real estate tech, media and entertainment.
They are poised to achieve the unicorn status in the coming years or during India’s next techade, enabling radical digital transformation, providing cost-effective solutions, and contributing to India’s economic growth by building from India for Bharat and beyond. The Delhi-NCR is home to some of the pioneering category creators and poster children of the Indian startup ecosystem from the e-commerce giant Flipkart to the mobility tech disruptor Ola, the Noida-based Paytm, India’s first fintech unicorn, the Gurugram-based hotel aggregator Oyo, and India's largest stock brokerage firm, Zerodha, among others.
With the Gurugram-based homegrown toxin-free personal care brand Mama Earth’s IPO making headlines in the startup-tech innovation economy, it is only timely that the report delves deep into the richly layered landscape of the Delhi-NCR startup ecosystem, which commands a top spot on NITI Aayog's India Innovation Index.
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