Cracked a new position with its stunning public listings Earlier this year, the top honors won at the seventh edition of India’s most prestigious awards for entrepreneurship were – The Economic Times Startup Awards.
In a virtual meeting that lasted nearly two hours on September 24, a high-powered jury led by Infosys co-founder and non-executive chairman Nandan Nilekani,
Winners selected in nine categories From the shortlist of 44 contenders.
The jury, consisting of a veritable individual in entrepreneurship, finance and corporate leadership from around the world, chose the winners with the ambition to break new ground, demonstrate the ability to build large, scalable businesses and overcome tough times. Demonstrated tenacity to deal with things that are intrinsic. But more than that to begin with in the midst of a once-in-a-century pandemic.
“Zomato has broken the glass between the private and public universe. These two have been parallel universes for a decade. The fact that someone stepped out of the private universe to achieve such a spectacular breakthrough on the consciousness of the public markets is a surprisingly mind-boggling achievement…,” Nilekani said.
The Gurgaon-based company, with a market cap of Rs 1.07 lakh crore on BSE as of September 24, has joined the list of eminent winners who have won the award earlier. Startup of the Year As if
Hailstone,
freshworks,
Swiggy,
Oyo,
Delhivery And
zerodha.
In addition to being the first high-profile consumer Internet unicorn to go public (unicorns are companies worth over $1 billion),
successful listing of
Soon after he faced the turmoil created by Covid-19 The jury also found mention in noting the firmness and tenacity of the company. in 2014,
Zomato selected as Startup of the Year The main event of this paper – The Economic Times Awards for Corporate Excellence.
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The likes of Sanjeev Bikhchandani, co-founder of Info Edge, were also noteworthy. the winner Awarded the Midas Touch Award for Best Investor, described by the jury as his exemplary impact on the Indian startup ecosystem, first as an entrepreneur and now, with his initial bet on Zomato, among the most successful investors in the country described as one.
Sachin Bansal, founder and CEO of Navi Technologies, said, “He (Bikhchandani) is the Bhishma Pitamah of the (Indian) startup ecosystem,” using a term denoting a big politician taken from the epic Mahabharata.
Bansal was part of an eleven-member jury selected from locations in India, Silicon Valley and Singapore.
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Alok Bajpayee and Rajnish Kumar selected as the winners of Comeback Kid category.
Selected as Startup
Best-on-campus was FamPay, while Lizzie Chapman was the cofounder of ZestMoney.
Woman Ahead Award Winner.
Genrobotic Innovations
Received Top Honors in Social Enterprise Category For the use of robots in promoting deep and impactful social change.
While Urban Company
Emerged on top of newly introduced category for this year – Covid-led business transformation.
role models
This year, casting votes were also cast for entrepreneurs who demonstrated a long-term vision with a jury lauding the people who have been involved in building and executing their companies over the years, especially because these founders were the founders of Starte. You can be a role model for aspiring people. .
The elite jury said winners in categories like Comeback Kid, Woman Ahead and even Startup of the Year exemplified this quality.
“We should dedicate this year to startups to show the way and put India on the global map. I think this is just the beginning, there may be obstacles in the way like everything else but it is the beginning of a long journey of success for a lot of our companies,” said GV Ravi Shankar, MD, Sequoia Capital India, a jury . Member.
Others participating in the jury discussion were Deepinder Goyal, Cofounder and CEO, Zomato; Gokul Rajaram, Product and Business Leader, US-based DoorDash; Nitin Kamath, Founder and CEO, Zerodha; Anu Hariharan, Partner at Y Combinator Continuity Fund; Amit Agarwal, Global SVP and Country Head, Amazon India; Satyan Gajwani, Vice Chairman, Times Internet Limited; Harsh Jain, co-founder and CEO of Dream11, and Ankiti Bose, co-founder and CEO of Zilingo.
select group
The initial pool of candidates for the seventh edition of The Economic Times Startup Awards was created by a select group of around 100 founders, investors and other stakeholders from the country’s startup ecosystem. ET’s editors worked with knowledge partner Traxon, a research venture, to create the final shortlist. it ensures that ET Startup Awards Among peers, is the recognition for and bestowed by the best.
The Economic Times Startup Awards 2021 is presented by IDFC First Bank in partnership with knowledge partner Tracxn.