India’s Top 10 Most Valuable Unicorns in 2025: #1 Valued at US$8.2B

India's top 10 most valuable unicorns in 2025 list: FinTech and E-Commerce dominate India’s startup ecosystem, with six unicorns—three from each sector—ranking among the top 10 most valuable in Hurun India’s 2025 Unicorn report.

India’s top 10 most valuable unicorns in 2025India’s top 10 most valuable unicorns in 2025: India added 11 new unicorns this year. (Source: Freepik)
Written by: Cherry Gupta
3 min readNew DelhiSep 18, 2025 06:15 AM IST First published on: Sep 12, 2025 at 12:41 PM IST

India’s top 10 most valuable unicorns in 2025: The global unicorn ecosystem has reached a record 1,523 privately held startups valued at over $1 billion each, up by 70 from last year, according to the Hurun Global Unicorn Index 2025.

India has solidified its position as the world’s third-largest startup ecosystem, boasting 73 unicorns in 2025, up from just one in 2011.

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The country added 11 new unicorns this year, including renowned ones like Rapido, DarwinBox, Moneyview, and more, per the Hurun India Unicorn Report 2025.

These high-growth startups are major employers, collectively providing jobs to over 206,000 people. Lenskart, OfBusiness, and PhysicsWallah were the top employers among unicorns in 2025.

The ecosystem is becoming more diverse, with notable female founders like Ruchi Kalra (OfBusiness), Vineeta Singh (Sugar Cosmetics), and Garima Sawhney (Pristyn Care).

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Zepto’s Kaivalya Vohra and Aadit Palicha, both 22, stand out as the youngest unicorn founders.

Geographically, Bengaluru leads as India’s unicorn capital with 26 unicorns valued at $70 billion, followed by Delhi-NCR with 12 unicorns worth $36.3 billion, and Mumbai with 11 valued at $22.8 billion.

FinTech and E-Commerce continue to drive India’s startup landscape, with Zerodha ($8.2B), Razorpay ($7.5B), and Lenskart ($7.5B) topping the list of India’s most valuable unicorns in 2025.

India’s top 10 most valuable unicorns in 2025

Rank Company Valuation (USD, Billion) Headquarters Sector Founders
1 Zerodha $8.2B Bengaluru FinTech Nithin Kamath, Nikhil Kamath
2 Razorpay $7.5B Bengaluru FinTech Harshil Mathur, Shashank Kumar
2 Lenskart $7.5B Gurugram E-Commerce Peyush Bansal, Amit Chaudhary, Neha Bansal, Sumeet Kapahi, Ramneek Khurana
4 Groww $7.0B Bengaluru FinTech Harsh Jain, Ishan Bansal, Lalit Keshre, Neeraj Singh
5 Zepto $5.9B Bengaluru E-Commerce Aadit Palicha, Kaivalya Vohra
6 InMobi $5.0B Bengaluru AdTech Abhay Singhal, Mohit Saxena, Naveen Tewari, Piyush Shah
6 OfBusiness $5.0B Gurugram Enterprise Services Asish Mohapatra, Ruchi Kalra, Vasant Sridhar, Bhuvan Gupta, Nitin Jain
6 Icertis $5.0B Bellevue (USA) SaaS Monish Darda, Samir Bodas
6 PRISM (OYO) $5.0B Gurugram Hospitality Ritesh Agarwal
10 Meesho $3.9B Bengaluru E-Commerce Sanjeev Barnwal, Vidit Aatrey
Source: Hurun Research Institute; ASK Private Wealth Hurun India Unicorn and Future Unicorn Report 2025  

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