This award celebrates failure and recognises those who have survived to tell the tale. It will be given to entrepreneurs who rebuild or launch a more successful business.
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This award celebrates failure and recognises those who have survived to tell the tale. It will be given to entrepreneurs who rebuild or launch a more successful business.
Based In: Gurugram Key Investors: Tiger Global, General Catalyst, Accel, Elevation Capital, Fundamentum and Blume Ventures. What it Does: Spinny is a used car retailing platform. The company sources vehicles from commercial retail chains as well as individual sellers and then provides a marketplace for customers looking for second-hand vehicles. Sellers can schedule an inspection while buyers can also browse through its online inventory and select a car of their choice.
Current Venture:Purplle Founded In: 2011 Based In: Mumbai Key Investors: Sequoia Capital, Artha India Ventures, Blume Ventures, IvyCap Ventures What it Does: Purplle is an online store that sells cosmetics, fragrances, skin, and hair care products. It provides an online platform for beauty brands to improve their reach. The platform also personalises discovery of beauty products for consumers through a proprietary analytics engine that combines user data with a range of product portfolios.
Current Venture: Koo Founded In: 2019 Based In: Bengaluru Key Investors: Accel, 3one4 Capital, Dream Incubator, Mirae Asset, Kalaari Capital
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What it Does: Koo is a social media platform that allows users to connect, comment, and engage in local languages including Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and Assamese. It allows users to express themselves through both audio as well as video. Users can also access events online in their mother tongue.
Aloke Bajpai and Rajnish Kumar Current Venture:Ixigo Founded In: 2006 Based In: Gurugram Key Investors: Sequoia Capital, Elevation Capital, GIC, Trifecta Capital What it Does: Ixigo is an online travel search and planning website. It aggregates and compares deals on hotels, flights, buses, trains, and travel packages. The startup reviews travel facts, itineraries, and information from hundreds of websites to provide reliable information. In addition, it operates mobile and voice-based search medium for tourists.
Nischal Shetty Current Venture:WazirX Founded In: 2018 Based In: Mumbai Key Investor: Binance What it Does: WazirX runs one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in India, both in terms of volume and number of users, facilitating the purchase and sale of various cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple and others. It operates a peer-to-peer (P2P) trading platform that allows users to convert crypto assets into fiat currency in real time.
The ET Startup Awards 2025 Special
