Women entrepreneurs are now playing a key role in the Indian Startup Ecosystem.
We are highlighting 50 women entrepreneurs from India to watch in 2020.
These female entrepreneurs are founders /Co-Founders in India’s Leading funded startups.
To highlight and promote such Indian women entrepreneurs, we have curated a list of female entrepreneurs in India who have raised funding ( Seed, Angel, Series A, Series B) from Jan 2018 and till 10th April 2019.
All these women entrepreneurs are brilliant with their work and Indian startup ecosystem is proud of such entrepreneurs. They are listed below ( not in any specific order ).
Here are Women Entrepreneurs in India to celebrate
1. Isha Choudhry, Co-Founder ZoloStay
Funding: Last round – Series B, Total funding – $35 million +
Lead Investors: IDFC Private Equity, InnoVen Capital, Mirae Asset Global Investments, Nexus Venture Partners
Zolo provides fully managed co-living spaces. Valued at more than $100 mn, we are India’s fastest-moving technology startup in the co-living spaces.
Currently present in 10 cities – Bangalore, Coimbatore, Pune, Kota, Noida, Gurugram, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Chennai and fast expanding to other geographies. Serving approximately 16000-20000 customers daily.
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2. Amrita Sirohia – Co-Founder INDWealth
3. Pratiksha Dake – Co-Founders INDWealth
Funding: Last round – Seed, Total funding – $30 million
Lead Investors: Steadview Capital
INDWealth is a full-stack personal finance platform that aims to provide solutions to investors ranging from wealth management, investments, micro-savings, taxation, lending, expense management, and portfolio management.
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4. Gita Ramanan, Co-Founder – Design Cafe
Funding: Last round – Series B
Lead Investors: Fireside Ventures, Sprout Capital, WestBridge Capital
Design Cafe has designed and built almost 1000 homes across the country.
Design Cafe is poised to become the most recognised and trusted brand for home interiors in India and is expanding across the country.
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5. Sayli Karanjkar – Co-Founders – PaySense
Funding: Last round – Series B ( $18 million )
Lead Investors: Jungle Ventures, Naspers, Nexus Venture Partners, PayU, rocketship.vc
PaySense is a consumer lending platform that gives users credit in a customised manner. PaySense EMI, their personalised line of credit, is similar to a personal loan and can be used to make instant purchases, whether online or offline, through affordable EMI plans. The upper limit of credit disbursed is Rs 2 lakh, which will soon be increased to Rs 5 lakh.
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6. Sunita Sahney – Founder- Finova Capital
Funding: Last round – Series B $15 million
Lead Investors: Faering Capital, Sequoia Capital India
Finova Capital provides mid-ticket loans to MSMEs by giving them access to formal credit. The average ticket size on the platform ranges from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 6 lakh for a time period of seven years.
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7. Meghna Agarwal – C0- Founder- IndiQube
Funding: Last round – Series A – $15 million
Lead Investors: Ashish Gupta, WestBridge Capital
IndiQube is a leading provider of coworking, shared and dedicated office spaces in Bangalore and Pune.
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8. Aditi Balbir – Founder- V Resorts
Funding: Last round – Series A – $10 million
Lead Investors: Bedrock Ventures, RB Investments Pte. Ltd., Seedfund
V Resorts is an alternate accommodation provider in the leisure travel space. We manage and operate resorts, hotels, camps, houseboats etc.
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9. Sonal Verma – Founder- GlowRoad
Funding: Last round – Series A – $14 million
Lead Investors: Accel, CDH Investments, RB Investments Pte. Ltd.
GlowRoad is world’s largest reseller network of 200,000+ resellers selling across 1000+ cities and earning money online.
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10. Sundari Rangarajan – Co-Founder – Colive.in
Funding: Last round – Series A – $9.2 million
Lead Investors: Ncubate Capital Partners, Salarpuria Sattva Group
A technology powered network of Branded Serviced Homes conveniently located near educational institutions & workplaces.
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11. Shivani Poddar – Founder- FabAlley
12. Tanvi Malik – Co-Founder- FabAlley
Funding: Last round – Series A – $8.54 million
Lead Investors: India Quotient, Indian Angel Network, Nitin Jain, SAIF Partners, Trifecta Capital Advisors
FabAlley is the ultimate Indian fashion destination for fashion-forward, indie-chic girls. Founded in 2012, Tanvi Malik and Shivani Poddar.
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13. Geetha Manjunath – Chief Executive Officer- NIRAMAI Health Analytix
13. Nidhi Mathur – Chief Operating Officer- NIRAMAI Health Analytix
Funding: Last round – Series A – $6 million
Lead Investors: 500 Startups, BEENEXT, Binny Bansal, Dream Incubator, Pi Ventures
NIRAMAI has developed a novel breast cancer screening solution that uses Thermalytix.
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14. Suchita Salwan – Founder, CEO- Little Black Book
Funding: Last round – Series A – $5, million
Lead Investors: AET Fund, Blume Ventures, Dream Incubator, Indian Angel Network, Rajan Anandan
LBB engaged in search and discover highly recommended places, products, local experiences & much more.
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15. Gayathri Swahar – MD,Co-Founder- YCook
Funding: Last round – Series A – $5, million
Lead Investors: 021 Capital, Oikocredit International, Omnivore Partners
YCook is an innovative food technology company.
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16. Swathi Kulkarni– Co-Founder- Nua
Funding: Last round – Series A -$4.5 million
Lead Investors: Kae Capital, Lightbox, Projjol Banerjea
Nua is an all-new feminine care experience.
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17. Sahradayi Modi– Founder- Pratilipi
Funding: Last round – Series A -$4.3 million
Lead Investors: Nexus Venture Partners, Omidyar Network, Shunwei Capital, Times Internet, TLabs
Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing for Indian Languages.
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18. Shreya Mishra– Co-Founder- Flyrobe
Funding: Last round – Series A –
Lead Investors:Google Launchpad Accelerator, GREE Ventures, IDG Ventures, Sequoia Capital India, Vijay Shekhar Sharma
Flyrobe is an on-demand apparel rental platform that provides premium designer wear.
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19. Arpita Kapoor-CEO, Co-Founder-Mech Mocha
Funding: Last round – Series A -$3.5 million+
Lead Investors: Accel, AET Fund, Akatsuki, Blume Ventures, Shunwei Capital
Mech Mocha is a mobile gaming startup based in Bangalore working towards ‘Making India Play’ .
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20. Anuradha Kediar-Founder & Editor-The Better India
Funding: Last round – Series A –
Lead Investors: Elevar Equity, Intellecap Impact Investment Network, TPG Growth
The Better India is an attempt to bring out the happy stories.
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21. Mehak Sagar -Co-Founder-Wed Me Good
Funding: Last round – Series A -$2.6 million
Lead Investors: Alok Mittal, Hemant Kanakia, Indian Angel Network, Orchid Asia Group Management
A wedding portal helping couples and families plan their big day.
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22. Kajal Ilmi-MD & CEO-Aviom India Housing Finance
Funding: Last round – Series A –
Lead Investors: Insitor Fund
Delhi based housing finance company.
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23. Neha Motwani-Founder & CEO- Fitternity
Funding: Last round – Series A -$2 million
Lead Investors:Akshay Chudasama, Anjali Bansal, Arihant Patni, Exfinity Venture Partners, Saha Fund
India’s largest online fitness platform that provides an integrated eco-system to help users start & sustain their fitness journey.
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24. Khushboo Jain – Co-Founder and COO, ImpactGuru.com
Funding: Last round – Series A -$2 million
Lead Investors: Apollo Hospitals Enterprise, Fundnel, RB Investments Pte. Ltd., Shorooq Investments, Venture Catalysts
ImpactGuru.com is predominantly a healthcare crowdfunding platform. The company was incubated at Harvard Innovation Lab in USA in 2014. Over 20,000 patients have benefited from over 200,000 donors from ImpactGuru.com. Over Rs 400 crores / US$70mm has been mobilized on our platform and by our strategic partners since ImpactGuru’s inception.
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25. Sonya Hooja-Co-Founder & COO-Imarticus Learning
Funding: Last round – Series B -$2 million
Lead Investors: Anil Gudibande, CBA Capital, Taranjit Jaswal, Tashwinder Singh
Imarticus provides a range of Training, Placement and Corporate Solutions designed to assist individuals and firms.
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26. Suhasini Sampath-Co-Founder -Yogabars
Funding: Last round – Series A –
Lead Investors: Fireside Ventures
Yogabars is a healthy bars production and marketing company.
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27. Rajoshi Ghosh-Co-Founder -Hasura
Funding: Last round – Series A -$1.6 million
Lead Investors: GREE Ventures, Nexus Venture Partners
Blazing fast, instant realtime GraphQL APIs on Postgres with fine grained access control, also trigger webhooks on database events.
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28. Swati Aggarwal–Co-Founder -ORO Wealth
Funding: Last round – Series A -$1.6 million
Lead Investors: Anand Chandrasekaran, GSF, M&S Partners, Money Forward, Social Capital
Online wealth management platform.
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29. Seema Singh–Co-Founder & Editor-The Ken
Funding: Last round – Series A -$1.5 million
Lead Investors:Aprameya Radhakrishna, Girish Mathrubootham, Omidyar Network, Shan Krishnasamy, Vijay Shekhar Sharma
The Ken is India’s first subscriptions-only business news site.
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30. Radhika Choudary–Co-Founder -Freyr Energy
Funding: Last round – Series A -$1.5 million
Lead Investors: C4D Partners, Impact Partners
Freyr Energy is a company that provides full service solar provider based in Hyderabad, India.
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31. Anshulika Dubey–Founder & COO -Wishberry
32. Priyanka Agarwal–Founder & CEO -Wishberry
Funding: Last round – Series A –
Lead Investors: 3one4 Capital, Alok Mittal, Rajan Anandan, Sharad Sharma, Vaibhav Gupta
Wishberry is a rewards-based crowdfunding platform that enables users to raise funds for their creative and innovative ideas.
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32. Tithi Tewari–Founder & MD-SmartVizX
Funding: Last round – Series A -$1.4 million +
Lead Investors: Ajay Lavakare, IAN Fund, Indian Angel Network, Stanford Angels and Entrepreneurs, YourNest Venture Capital
It is a Virtual Reality Solutions StartUp.
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33. Sanna Vohra–Founder & CEO -The Wedding Brigade
Funding: Last round – Series A -$1 million
Lead Investors: AET Fund, Blume Ventures, Keiretsu Forum, LetsVenture, Mountain Pine Capital
Indear.in is your one-stop destination to discover your dream wedding, and make it a reality.
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34. Mahima Kaul–Co-Founder & Chief Growth Officer – Coutloot
Funding: Last round – Series A -$1 million
Lead Investors: Artha India Ventures, Facebook, JadeValue, Redcliffe Capital, Venture Catalysts
India’s largest people to people app for fashion. CoutLoot (backed by Facebook) is one of the fastest growing consumer tech Indian company.
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35. Shweta Parekh Doshi-Co-Founder & Head Program & Academics – GreyAtom
Funding: Last round – Series A -$1 million
Lead Investors: Pravega Ventures
GreyAtom is an onsite school focused on providing industry relevant programs on emerging technologies.
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36. Shuchi Pandya–CEO & Co-Founder – Pipa+Bella
Funding: Last round – Series A -$1 million
Lead Investors: Fireside Ventures, Hari Kumar, LionRock Capital, Rajesh Sawhney, Teruhide Sato
Pipa+Bella is an online store aimed at selling fashionable and affordable costume jewelry at par with international standards and trends.
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37. Swati GuptaShuchi Pandya– Lead – Marketing Communications- Avishkaar Box
Funding: Last round – Series A -$50 million
Lead Investors: Auxano
Avishkaar Box is just not another box full of material rather it is a well researched, thought through solution.
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38. Manisha Bansal– Co-Founder- i2ifunding
39. Neha Aggarwal– Co Founder- i2ifunding
Funding: Last round – Series A -$50 million
Lead Investors: SucSEED Venture Partners
i2ifunding is an online marketplace that connects borrowers looking for personal loans with investors looking for alternative investments.
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40. Prerna Singh– Co Founder- GruBox
Funding: Last round – Series A -$6 million
Lead Investors: BEENEXT, Pravega Ventures
GruBox is a smart vending machine company.
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41. Tanushree Nagori– CEO- Doubtnut
Funding: Last round – Series A -₹35 million
Lead Investors: Ankit Nagori, Omidyar Network, WaterBridge Ventures
Gurgaon based E-learning platform.
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42. Madhulika Mukherjee– Founder-Survaider
Funding: Last round – Series A –
Lead Investors:Axilor Ventures, Rajesh Dembla, The Chennai Angels
SaaS-based platform that helps brands to measure, understand and improve customer experience.
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43. Anusha Bhushan– Co-Founder & CEO- Smoodies
Funding: Last round – Series A
Lead Investors: 1Crowd, Akshay Bhushan
Smoodies is a health focused fruit-based smoothie brand.
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44. Sukhada Tendulkar– Co-Founder & CEO-Shirsa Lab
Funding: Last round – Series A
Lead Investors: ah! Ventures, CBA, Dewang Neralla, Mahesh Kothurkar
Shirsa Labs is a cognitive skill assessment and training portal that provides children with fun educational games.
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45. Farah Nathani Menzies– Co-Founder -The Mumum Co.
46. Shreya Lamba– Co-Founder -The Mumum Co.
Funding: Last round – Series A -$34 million
Lead Investors: Nisaba Godrej, Siddharth Parekh, Sumeet Nindrajog
The Mumum Co. is a healthful snack manufacturer brand for kids.
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47. Revathi Roy– Co-founder & CEO -Hey Deedee
Funding: Last round – Series A –
Lead Investors: Metaform Ventures
Hey Deedee is a Mumbai-based company that provides solutions to parcel delivery problems.
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48. Simran Sahni– Co-founder- Keeros
Funding: Last round – Series A –
Lead Investors:Venture Catalysts
Keeros is a healthy snacks brand.
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49. Jigyasa Gupta– Co-founder & COO- Be U Salons
Funding: Last round – Series A –
Lead Investors: Arun Malhotra, Brand Capital, Gaurav Kachru, Jatin Aneja, Rajasthan Venture Capital Fund
Be U is India’s first subscription-based Salon Chain.
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50. Neerja Lakhani– Co-founder – Inner Sense
Funding: Last round – Series A
Lead Investors: Dharmesh Dalal, Matulya Shah, Venture Catalysts, Vijay Lakhani
an organic cotton and bamboo fibre manufacturing company.
Hope this list of successful female entrepreneurs will inspire you to start your own business. Hatt’s off to these amazing women entrepreneurs in India.
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