Day #19 The Highest Funded Starts in India. (Road To Entrepreneur)

This data is not mine , i collected it from some sites with the help of google .

Start-ups which raised the most seed money in India in 2018.(amount and data are not accurate or may be not true too)

1. Swiggy with $1310M  

 Swiggy is India's largest and most valuable online food ordering and delivery platform. Founded in 2014, Swiggy is based out of Bangalore, India and, as of March 2019, was operating out of 100 Indian cities. In early 2019, Swiggy expanded into general product deliveries, under the brand name Swiggy Stores. 

2. OYO - $1000M

 OYO Rooms, also known as OYO Homes & Hotels is an Indian hotel chain. It is the world's third-largest, one of China's top two and the fastest growing hospitality chain of leased and franchised hotels, homes & living spaces. Founded in 2013 by Ritesh Agarwal, OYO initially consisted mainly of budget hotels. 

3. Byju's - $540M

 BYJU’S - The Learning App is the common brand name for Think and Learn Private Ltd., a Bangalore-based educational technology and online tutoring firm founded in 2011 by Byju Raveendran at Bangalore. In March 2019, it was the world’s most valued edtech company at $5.4 billion. 

4. Paytm Mall - $445M

  Paytm mall is a platform provided by Paytm. In February 2017, Paytm launched its Paytm Mall app, which allows consumers to shop from 1.4 lakh registered sellers. Paytm Mall is B2C model inspired by model of China's largest B2C retail platform TMall. For 1.4 lakh sellers registered, products have to pass through Paytm-certified warehouses and channels to ensure consumer trust. 

5. Zomato - $410M

 Zomato is an Indian restaurant aggregator and food delivery start up founded in 2008. It was started by Deepinder Goyal and Pankaj Chaddah. It provides information, menus and user-reviews of restaurants, and also has food delivery options from partner restaurants in select cities. 

6. Udaan - $275M

 Founded by three former top Flipkart employees, Sujeet Kumar, Amod Malviya, and Vaibhav Gupta, Udaan started in 2016 and became fully operational by early last year. In its $50 million series B funding, which the company announced earlier this year, Udaan's valuation had notched up to around $200 million. 

7. Pine Labs - $207M

 On Pine Labs's about page-" A platform that puts merchants at the center
We obsess about merchants' needs, revenue generation strategies, last-mile retail transaction technologies, data analysis and experiences for their shoppers and customers. We offer a full-stack merchant platform that is a unique blend of technology and financial solutions."

 

8. Policy Bazaar - $200M

 Policy Bazaar is an online platform that aggregates insurance plans and serves as a marketplace for policies. It was started in June 2008 in Gurugram by Yashish Dahiya, Alok Bansal and Avaneesh Nirjar.  PolicyBazaar raised USD 238 Million on June 2018 in a round led by Softbank.

9. Grey Orange - $140M

 Akash Gupta - CTO and Co-founder - Grey Orange Pte Ltd.  GreyOrange is a multinational technology company that designs, manufactures and deploys advanced robotics systems for supply chain automation in distribution and fulfillment centers.  The company is headquartered in Singapore, with offices in Japan, India, Germany and USA and three R&D centers in Boston, India and Singapore. 

10. Cure Fit - $130M

 Mukesh Bansal is a technology entrepreneur and investor. He is the co-founder and CEO of Cure Fit (stylized as cure.fit).  CureFit. CureFit is an Indian health and fitness company offering digital and offline experiences across fitness, nutrition, and mental well-being. 

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