Award Categories
2021
*based on ratings of employees who have worked
in the company in the year 2020
Categories are based on Indian employee count of respective companies. Ranks are awarded by Standard Competition ranking method.
15 Best Tech Startups
Companies founded on or after Jan 01, 2011 and based out of India. Product bas...read more
#1 Samunnati Financial Intermediation and Services
India’s largest agri enterprise, Samunnati is an open agri-network to unlock the trillion-dollar plus potential of Indian agriculture with smallholder farmers at the center of it. Staying true to its name, Samunnati stands for collective growth & collective prosperity for the agri ecosystem. Samunnati does this by connecting players across the agriculture value chain and enabling affiliated Farmer Collectives and the larger ecosystem to be more efficient and productive through multiple technology enabled interventions and collaborative partnerships. Headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Samunnati has presence in more than 100 agri value chains spread over 22 states in India and has powered over $1Bn of gross transaction value in its journey so far. Samunnati currently has access to 1500+ Farmer Collectives with a member base of over 6 million farmers and envisions impacting 1 in every 4 farming households through its network by 2027.
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#2 Aye Finance
<p>We are a finance company aiming to provide innovative and customer centered financial services to micro and small businesses through knowledgeable team, effective technology and robust processes, to power their growth into the new-age India. Over 60 million small and micro businesses in India face a huge obstacle to their progress – lack of access to formal banking system and capital. Many of them are in unorganized sectors, do not maintain detailed business accounts, do not have any credit history and loan needs are often very small. We aim to bridge this gap.</p><span><br></span>
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#3 Kinara Capital
Kinara Capital is a socially responsible fintech propelling financial inclusion of small business entrepreneurs in India. We are addressing the credit gap for MSME Manufacturing, Trading and Services sectors with fast and flexible collateral-free business loans in the range of INR 1-30 lakhs. In offering both digital and doorstep customer service options, small businesses appreciate the convenience of Kinara’s fast 24-hour direct disbursements and flexible payment options on 400+ apps, such as Google Pay. Data-driven automated credit decisioning (AI/ML)enables us to lend confidently without relying on property collateral or credit scores. Headquartered in Bangalore, we operate 133 branches in 90+ cities across Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, and UT Puducherry. We are qualified as a Systemically Important NBFC by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and a debt listed entity on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). Watch this video to know more about us and hear from our customers.
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#4 Ecom Express
<p>Ecom Express Limited is a leading end-to-end technology enabled logistics solutions provider to the Indian retail and e-commerce industry. Headquartered in Gurugram, Haryana, Ecom Express was incorporated in 2012 by Manju Dhawan, K. Satyanarayana, Late T. A. Krishnan and Late. Sanjeev Saxena with decades of cumulative experience in the Indian logistics and distribution services, catering to e-commerce marketplaces, platforms, D2C brands, and small and large online sellers.</p><span><br></span><p>Ecom Express uses cutting-edge technology and automated solutions to enable end-to-end logistics and supply chain solutions across India serving 27,000+ pin codes throughout India. The company provides first-mile pickup, processing, network operation, last mile delivery, reverse logistics and returns management under its flagship service – Ecom Express Services (EXS). The company also offers a complete suite of supply chain, storage, and fulfillment solutions under its service line – Ecom Fulfillment Services (EFS).</p><span><br></span><p>Through the company’s decade long journey, it has built scalable, reliable and automated infrastructure with 3,738 large facilities, gateways and delivery centers (as of FY 2024). The company also has 3,420+ delivery centers to reach length and breadth of India. The company has delivered nearly 2 billion shipments to 97% of Indian households. The company has robust technology, AI/ML and data sciences capabilities supporting proprietary tech-stack and dedicated supply chain environment for reliable customer experience.</p>
#5 Agrostar
AgroStar is India’s foremost AgTech start-up working on the mission of #HelpingFarmersWin by providing a complete range of agri solutions at the fingertips of farmers. AgroStar’s tech platform provides a combination of agronomy advice coupled with service and agri input products that enable farmers to significantly improve their productivity and income.
We use an extensive amount of data, technology and agronomy knowledge to give the right solutions (advice+products) to Indian farmers.
AgroStar currently operates in the states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh and has over 5 Lakh farmers on its digital platform. Farmers in these states can avail agri solutions for their entire crop life-cycle with a simple “missed call” or through its Android app, which is amongst the highest rated farming focused apps in the country.
Over the next 5 years, we plan to continue to provide incremental value to farmers in terms of wide range of inputs delivered at their doorsteps, world-class agronomy guidance and also access to market linkages and credit.
#6 Delhivery
<p>We are India’s largest fully integrated logistics provider. We aim to build the operating system for commerce, through a combination of world-class infrastructure, logistics operations of the highest quality and cutting-edge engineering and technology capabilities.</p><span><br></span><p>Since its inception in 2011, our team has successfully fulfilled over 2 billion orders across India. We have built a nation-wide network with a presence in every state, servicing over 18,600 pin codes. 24 automated sort centres, 94 gateways, 2880 direct delivery centres, and a team of over 57,000 people make it possible for us to deliver 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.</p>
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#7 Swiggy
Swiggy is India’s leading on-demand delivery platform with a tech-first approach to logistics and a solution-first approach to consumer demands. With a presence in 500 cities across India, partnerships with hundreds of thousands of restaurants, an employee base of over 5000, a 2 lakh+ strong independent fleet of Delivery Executives, we deliver unparalleled convenience driven by continuous innovation.
Built on the back of robust ML technology and fuelled by terabytes of data processed every day, Swiggy offers a fast, seamless and reliable delivery experience for millions of customers across India.
From starting out as a hyperlocal food delivery service in 2014, to becoming a logistics hub of excellence today, our capabilities result not only in lightning-fast delivery for customers, but also in a productive and fulfilling experience for our employees.
With Swiggy’s New Supply and the recent launches of Swiggy Instamart, Swiggy Genie and Health Hub, we are consistently making waves in the market, while continually growing the opportunities we offer our people.
#8 Udaan
Udaan is a network-centric B2B trade platform, designed specifically for small & medium businesses in India. It brings traders, wholesalers, retailers, manufacturers, and brands in India onto a single platform. With real insights into active trends and great B2B trade features, udaan brings to them the power of technology to scale & nurture their business.
The easy-to-use app gives you the power to:
- DISCOVER customers, suppliers & products across numerous categories
- BUY & SELL on your terms – with secure payments & smooth logistics
- GROW your network through repeats & relationships with like-minded parties
#9 BigBasket
<p>bigbasket.com (Innovative Retail Concepts Private Limited) is India’s largest online food and grocery store. With over 18,000 products and over a 1000 brands in our catalogue you will find everything you are looking for. Right from fresh Fruits and Vegetables, Rice and Dals, Spices and Seasonings to Packaged products, Beverages, Personal care products, Meats – we have it all.</p>
#10 Droom
Droom is an AI and data science driven online transactional platform, which offers 21st century experience in buying and selling used and new automobiles in India and other emerging markets. Droom has built an entire eco-system around used automobiles for the digital economy, including Orange Book Value (used vehicle pricing engine), Eco (1,000+ points vehicle inspection), History (history records for used vehicles), Discovery (dozens of pre-buying research tools) and Credit (India’s first and only marketplace for used auto loan and dealer financing). Droom caters to individual buyers and sellers, dealers and large enterprise for not only for buying and selling but also entire life cycle management and all automobile ancillary services. Droom has four marketplace formats i.e. B2C, C2C, C2B and B2B, and three pricing formats - Fixed Price, Best Offer and Auction. The platform offers a wide range of categories from bicycle to plane and all automobile services such as warranty, RSA, insurance and auto loan. With 80% market share of the automobile transactions online. Droom is India’s largest automobile platform online and 4th largest E-Commerce company. Besides, India Droom is available in Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia and OBV is available in 38 countries globally, making OBV world’s number one benchmark pricing engine. The company is currently generating $1.3 Billion in annualized GMV and growing at a rate of 100% Y/Y. Droom has presence in 1000+ cities across India (India’s largest hyper-local marketplace), 350K+ auto dealers (largest auto dealer platform in World), 35 Million+ monthly visitors, nearly 12 Million+ app downloads and 6.5 Million+ Facebook followers.
#10 TravelTriangle
Founded in 2011, TravelTriangle is India’s leading online holiday marketplace bringing both the travelers, and trusted & expert travel agents on a common platform. With the recent Series C funding of $12 Million from Nandan Nilekani and Sanjeev Aggarwal backed Fundamentum in early 2018, it is on its way of encompassing all the components of holiday eco-system through its highly innovative and technology-focused product. Besides, having already raised close to a cumulative funding of $20 Million from SAIF Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners and RB Investments put together, the company has already achieved operating profitability, and on track to become EBITDA profitable by next year.
#12 Porter
Porter started off as a platform to address inefficiencies in the last mile logistics sector and transform the way goods are transported around cities, enabling lakhs of businesses move anything on-demand. We’ve grown manyfold since then, positively impacting the productivity of businesses, creating tremendous value for our partner-drivers and delivering happiness to a growing list of five cities. But our journey has just begun, our goal is to to deliver the world’s best end-to-end logistics platform and revolutionise the transport logistics sector. Porter is strongly committed towards improving the quality of life of our partner drivers. Our partners enjoy flexible working hours, increased earnings and an effective work life balance alongwith additional benefits like discounted insurance and fuel costs. We’ve also taken up a lot of community development initiatives like higher education grants and scholarships for the children of our partners, dedicated health care assistance and vehicle leasing assistance. Porter is the leading player in tech-enabled intra-city logistics. Porter is present in 20 cities of India & in 2 International locations : UAE & Bangladesh.
#12 Chaayos
A kadak chai and samosa shared after work, an irani chai with bun maska over meeting a prospective life partner, or a hot adrak chai in the morning to wake you up - chai was a part of every social setting for us.
Yet somewhere along the line, this rich heritage of chai addas was lost and "Chaa" took a backseat - taken over by the multinational coffee chains, suddenly chai was no longer the beverage that we bonded over.
Chaayos was born in November 2012 out of this premise - a contemporary interpretation of the chai adda, serving freshly made chai. Our focus is on serving your "Meri Wali Chai", a chai made exactly to our customers' liking the minute they place their order - be it an adrak tulsi kadak chai or a paani kam elaichi cinnamon chai. Our option of 12 add-ons gives our customers a total of over 12,000 ways to make their chai at Chaayos.
#14 Cult.fit
At cult.fit, we strive to keep you fit & healthy through a range of holistic offerings that include fitness and yoga, healthy meals, mental wellbeing, and primary care. Now anyone can now stay healthy from the safety of their homes with just a single app that helps you to #BeBetterEveryDay
#15 Blinkit
At grofers, we are leading the charge in transforming India’s vast, unorganized grocery landscape through cutting-edge technology and innovation. We believe every Indian deserves the opportunity to continually improve their life – a process that often begins at home. As part of our mission of helping consumers make healthier, better choices when buying products, we make a wide range of high-quality grocery and essential household products accessible, affordable, and available right at their doorsteps.
We believe that the ecosystem we power can transform the lives of a billion Indians over the coming decade. They will have access to groceries at the best value, be able to discover products that improve their health and wellbeing and spend more time with their families. All this with the assurance that their essential needs are being looked after by us. On the other side of this virtuous cycle are the millions of local businesses catering to a nation’s needs, helping create more opportunities for employment, growth, and above all, a better life.
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25 Best Large Companies
25 Best Mid-Sized Companies
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