Pioneering innovation and building unicorns for over three decades
Founder: Sanjay Mehrotra
Semiconductors - Flash memory pioneer
Origin: Kanpur (Tier 2)
Founder: Sriharsha Majety
Food Delivery - Market leader
Origin: Vijayawada (Tier 2)
Founder: Abhinav Asthana
SaaS/API - Development platform
Origin: Basti (Tier 3)
Founder: Asish Mohapatra, Bhuvan Gupta
B2B Commerce - SME platform
Origin: Bhubaneswar/Udhampur (Tier 2/3)
Founder: Ashwin Damera
EdTech - Executive education
Origin: Mumbai (Tier 1)
Founder: Lalit Keshre
FinTech - Investment platform
Origin: Noida (Tier 1)
| Company | Valuation | Status |
|---|---|---|
RedBus Phanindra Sama +2 | $138M (exit) | Acquired |
BigBasket Hari Menon +4 | Undisclosed (majority stake) | Acquired |
Strand Life Sciences Vijay Chandru +2 | Not disclosed | Active |
Sierra Atlantic Raju Reddy | Undisclosed | Acquired |
Hotmail Sabeer Bhatia +1 | $400M (exit) | Acquired |
i-flex Solutions Rajesh Hukku | Undisclosed | Acquired |
SanDisk Sanjay Mehrotra +2 | $19B (exit) | Acquired |
Swiggy Sriharsha Majety +2 | $11B+ | Unicorn |
Groww Ishan Bansal +3 | $3B+ (est.) | Unicorn |
Eruditus/Emeritus Ashwin Damera +1 | $3.2B | Unicorn |
Sabeer Bhatia
$400M → Microsoft
World's first free web-based email service
Rajesh Hukku
Majority stake → Oracle
Banking software solutions
Vinod Agarwal
Acquired by Synopsys
Electronic design automation
Raju Reddy
Acquired by Hitachi Consulting
IT services company
Phanindra Sama
$138M → Ibibo Group
India's first online bus booking platform
Sanjay Mehrotra
$19B → Western Digital
Flash memory pioneer - largest BITSian exit
Divyank Turakhia
$900M → Chinese consortium
Contextual advertising platform
Hari Menon
Majority stake → Tata Digital
India's largest online grocery platform