Most Famous and Admired Companies in India
Over the years, the Indian market for business have found success across every sector. From startups to unicorn companies, it opens the wide branches for each field such as enterprise tech, eCommerce, Finance and travel grabbing global attention of every eye. Similarly, many of the most successful startups, as well as well established businesses in India, are also looking for their expansion in the marketplace to allow themselves to reach, particularly in Tier 2 and 3 cities.
The Indian marketplace and business are said to be the largest in the world and it always attracts investors from all over the globe as business opportunities grow. Most admired Company and famous home to the largest eCommerce chain such as Walmart and Flipkart, India is also home for almost 31 unicorns and counting more in its list to expand.
The business market in India should not come as a surprise that India has been home to some of the biggest business success stories. The government of India also initiated in new upcoming business Startups India program for budding entrepreneurs to do best for the Indian Economy.
We listing below the most successful and famous business stories, which brought in a new stream of energy in the Indian business market.
1. Flipkart
The biggest online store for almost everything such as Mobiles, Fashion (Apparel/Shoes), Electronics items, Home Appliances products, Books with the genre, Jewelry, Home décor items, Furniture, Sporting goods, beauty products and more. Flipkart as an online market for buying and selling was founded in the year 2007 by Sachin Bansal & Binny Bansal with its headquarter in Bengaluru.
Total Fund: $7.5B
Leading Investors: SoftBank, Tencent, Tiger Global, eBay, etc.
2. Ola Cabs
Ola cab is a very familiar name in the Indian market nowadays and considered a trusted cab in India. Hereby, Ola is one of the world’s largest ride-hailing transportation connecting company. Ola is serving in almost 125+ cities, across India, UK, Australia, and New Zealand. It simply offers to book cabs nearby your location for best comparative fares. For the best taxi service at the lowest cost, say Ola! Ola!
Total Fund: $3.8B
Leading Investors: Temasek Holdings, SoftBank, Tencent Holdings, etc.
3. Paytm
Finance is a very critical and fearful transaction to do but Paytm made India Cashless and floated as India’s largest payments company that offers multi-destination payment solutions with exciting rewards. Vijay Shekhar Sharma, based out of Noida, Uttar Pradesh, founded Paytm in the year 2010.
Total Fund: $2.3B
Leading Investors: Alibaba Group, SoftBank, Berkshire Hathaway, Sapphire Ventures among others.
4. Snapdeal:
Snapdeal is an Indian online marketplace that offers all daily needs necessity with deals on products such as mobiles, electronics, apparel, and accessories. Kunal Bahl and Rohit Bansal started Snapdeal on 4 February 2010. Snapdeal has it’s headquartered in Gurgaon, India.
Total Fund: $1.8B
Leading Investors: SoftBank, Alibaba, Foxconn, Temasek, Bessemer Venture Partners, etc.
5. OYO
OYO Rooms as a unicorn company, which is commonly known as OYO. It is an Indian hospitality service and a couple friendly hotel rooms providers within the budget network. Oyo rooms are chained as a technology-driven chain of standardized budget hotels, which are at present opened in 200+ Indian cities and over 7000 hotels. Ritesh Agarwal based out of Gurugram, India, founded OYO hotels in 2013.
Total Fund: $1.7B
Leading Investors: Softbank Group, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, Greenoaks Capital, etc.
