Post: CEO, zestmoney
founded in: 2015
based in: Bangalore
Major Investors: Ribbit Capital, PayU, Goldman Sachs, Kwana Capital, Florish, Xiaomi
claim to fame: Chapman has been working in the Indian fintech space since 2011. His current venture, ZestMoney, Buy Now, a major player in the Pay Later (BNPL) space, has gained significant traction on the back of Covid-19. Chapman says that the company is building the most advanced BNPL platform with the widest network of businesses that accept ZestMoney.
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Post: CEO, Sugar Cosmetics
founded in: 2012
based in: Mumbai
Major Investors: Elevation Capital, India Quotient, A91 Partners
claim to fame: Singh founded Sugar with her husband Kaushik Mukherjee, which faced challenges in raising funds in its early years. That began to change when investor interest in direct-to-consumer brands began to rise. Sugar, led by Elevation Capital, has raised $21 million this year.
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Post: co-founder, atlanta
founded in: 2019
based in: New Delhi
Major Investors: Insight Partners, Waterbridge Ventures, 500 Startups, Sequoia Surge
claim to fame: Shankar developed the core product of his current venture Atlan, a data-ops company, as an internal tool for his previous venture, SocialCops. The product is a data collaboration software that exists as a layer on top of a data warehouse, which has gained traction at an early stage, allowing Atlan to raise $16 million in May of this year.
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Post: CEO, Wysa
founded in: Bangalore
based in: 2015
Major Investors: Pai Ventures, KE Capital, W Health Ventures, Google Startupbootcamp, Philips Healthworks
claim to fame: Agarwal founded the AI-powered mental health app after he couldn’t find a product-market fit to help him cope with depression after the failure of a previous startup. Wysa is one of the few well funded businesses in the field of mental health in India.
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Post: CEO, 10club
founded in: 2020
based in: Bangalore
Major Investors: Fireside Ventures, Secocha Ventures, Class 5, Heyday, PDS International
claim to fame: Earlier this year, Suresh’s startup 10Club raised $40 million to enter the buzzing roll-up space, the largest seed round ever in India. 10Club acquires e-commerce product vendors with the intention of operating and growing businesses. Before founding 10 Club, Suresh sold an online real estate platform he helped build.