Page 4 - The 10 Most Innovative Startups in Pune 2019

EDITOR’S NOTE

he ‘Golden Age’ for start-ups in
India has well and truly arrived,
Tand India is witnessing its age
old talent for entrepreneurship being
unleashed like never before. New
ideas are exploding into business
models and investors are all lining
up to provide the requisite finance
and mentoring, to take the start-up
to the next round of funding and
higher valuations.
India today is replete with examples
of successful start-ups that have
seen valuations ballooning within first
five years of operation. Names like
Make My Trip, Naukri.com, Shaadi.
com, Just Dial, are all success
stories that have survived and grown
from the last internet boom, at the
beginning of the Millennium.
Success stories of businesses that
have grown over the last 5-8 years
in India are Flipkart, Snapdeal and
Myntra – all e-commerce companies,
Paytm in payment processing,
Red Bus in travel, Olacabs in taxi
aggregation, Book My Show in
entertainment, and Housing.com in
real estate. The list is long with
THE RISE OF THE more companies being launched
each month.
START-UPS IN Indian start-ups are witnessing
unprecedented valuations unheard
INDIA AND THEIR of earlier, but then the potential
for business expansion within India
SUCCESS alone is so significant that any
serious investor cannot afford to
ignore the India growth story.