Unicorn Startups List of India 2022

Unicorn Startups List of India 2022: India is home to one of the youngest populations in the world and the startups in the country growing rapidly.

India is one of the world’s fastest-growing startup ecosystems with more than 100 Unicorn Startups, as of the year 2022.

In this post, we are going to list the Unicorn startups of India and the date that became unicorns and their base location. So before that let’s know what is a unicorn startup.

What Is a Unicorn Startup?

The term unicorn startup or a unicorn company refers to a privately held startup business with a valuation of more than $1 billion.

The term unicorn is commonly used in the venture capital industry. It was first popularized by venture capitalist Aileen Lee.

Most unicorn startups are initially funded by institutional investors and venture capitalists, which means they are out of reach from retail investors. But most of them go public in the form of IPOs.

So here is the list of unicorn startup companies in India as of 2022.

List of Unicorn Startups in India 

Key Points

• Unicorn is the term used by venture capitalists to describe a startup company with a market valuation of more than $1 billion.
• Venture capitalist Aileen Lee in the year 2013 first coined the word Unicorn for valuable startups.
• Some popular unicorns include listed in the Indian stock market are Paytm, Zomato, Nykaa, and Delhivery.
• There are 1000s of Unicorn startups across the world and in India, there are more than 100.