Page 12 - Unicorn Companies

Delivery start-up Dunzo eyes unicorn status, seeks $150 million funding

The app has lured people with its rapid delivery of items ranging from groceries to parcels in cities

Mohalla Tech, Gupshup become latest entrants to the unicorn club

Six firms, including these two, have been added to the club just this week

Gupshup becomes sixth unicorn this week, raises $100 mn from Tiger Global

Announcement came shortly after Mohalla Tech, parent firm of short video app Moj and Indic language social media platform ShareChat, said it had raised $502 mn, valuing it over $2.1 billion

Venture debt fund Trifecta Capital may see unicorn base doubling in 2 years

The fund currently has nine unicorns in portfolio such as BigBasket, Urban Company Cars24, Rivigo

BS 1000: From listed to unlisted companies, here're the key numbers

A snapshot of the key data on Indian companies

Top headlines: People above 45 to get shots; India home to 100 unicorns

Business Standard brings you stories that made the headlines Monday: The Modi government opening up the vaccination drive to the impact of SC waiver on compound interest on debt

India home to 100 unicorns with a combined m-cap of $240bn: Credit Suisse

Start-ups, the note said, account for a reasonably high 6-7 per cent of new firms in India, and the ratio has risen over the past decade. India is a home to the third-largest set of unicorns globally.

Singapore-founded IP platform raises $300 million to become unicorn

PatSnap, an intellectual property platform, has raised $300 million in its latest funding round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and Tencent Investment, joining a list of global technology unicorns.

How venture capitalists behave

Book review of The Economics of Venture Capital Firm Operations in India

Infra.Market becomes India's latest unicorn after $100-million fundraising

The company seeks to offer an enhanced procurement experience to players in the construction ecosystem.

Healthcare startup Innovaccer's valuation crosses $1 bn, joins unicorn club

The new funding round brings the total capital raised by Innovaccer to over $225 million.

BharatPe gives 80x returns to investors as valuation tops $900 mn

The Delhi-based fintech company has already returned Rs 102 cr cash to its secondary investors as against the initial angel round of Rs 1.9 cr

Unicorns have created $106-bn value for startup ecosystem in 10 yrs: Report

Having created over 1.4 million jobs annually, Indian startups have taken eight years on an average to hit the unicorn milestone

India set to have 150 unicorns, $1 bn startup funding deals: Experts

Big tech companies such as Facebook, Google and Microsoft are also eyeing large strategic investments in Indian startups

BharatPe set to become next unicorn after valuation crosses $900 mn

The fintech firm, which competes with players like Pine Labs, Paytm and Mswipe, provides payment technology and digital lending for offline businesses, including kiranas

Udaan plans to grab 10-15% of overall B2B retail market in the next 7 years

The B2B market (excluding industrial goods) stands at $780 billion and on an annualised basis, Udaan has already clocked up $2.4 billion in gross merchandising value

What unicorns' coming of age means for big business and retail investors

While foreign investors like Japan's Softbank, China's Alibaba, and the US' Sequoia are big players in the start-up space, India doesn't have a serious VC sector with risk appetite, writes T N Ninan

Best of BS Opinion: Unicorns coming of age, Punjab's real problem & more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Flipkart to Oyo, top 4 unicorns account for half of combined valuation

Indian unicorns notch up valuation of $128.9 bn in 2020; several looking at IPOs

India added 1,600 tech start-up, 12 unicorns in 2020: Nasscom report

Depending on headwinds, 2021 promises to be a positive year for Indian tech start-ups - marching steadily towards a trillion-dollar digital economy goal