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Leadership

Hygiene Heroes: Jatan Bawa, Tushar Khurana, Co-Founders, Perfora

The digital first consumer brand built over the last two years, has served more than 6+ lakh customers. Their customers are in the age group of 18-35 years and are based in metropolitan cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, etc

Entrepreneurs

The Deeptech Innovator: Aman Singh, Co-Founder & Head of Analytics, Intangles

Their next trigger of growth centres around expanding presence and offerings in the global market

Entrepreneurs

The New Warrior of Wearable: Varun Gupta, Co-founder, BOULT

The business grew about 66 per cent in 2022-23 to around Rs 500 crore and they are now expecting revenues to grow to INR 1,000 crore with a four-fold jump in sales of smartwatches

Leadership

An Orchestrator: Arpit Agrawal, Executive Director, Vishal Group

Arpit has always known that for him, leveraging technology would be the fulcrum of transformation at Vishal Group

Leadership

The King of Esports: Yash Bhanushali, Founder, Orangutan

It caters to the demography specific to the age group of 12 to 40 years, particularly Genz, millennials, and younger audiences

Entrepreneurs

The Last Mile Mate: Uttam Digga, Co-founder, Porter

The start-up has served over 1.5 crore customers. It has 7.5+ lakh driver-partners on board and is present in 20+ cities across India

Leadership

The Crypto 'Kuber': Edul Patel, CEO and Co-founder, Mudrex

The future plans for Mudrex include expansion into EU markets and forging partnerships for Saber.Money

Entrepreneurs

The Kirana Benefactor: Shruti, Co-founder and CEO, ApnaKlub

The company holds the full stack of logistics and operates its own warehouses + fleet of vehicles, aside from an omnichannel ordering app. So far ApnaKlub has served over 55,000 retailers and 250+ brands, reaching nearly 25 lakh families

Entrepreneurs

CA Turned Lawyer and Entrepreneur: Harsh Patel, Founder and Global CEO, Water and Shark

The start-up boasts of over 500 clients across countries like UK, UAE, Singapore and India. Its clients range from unicorns to multinationals to royal families as well as government organisations. In 2023, it achieved significant milestones, including joining the Forbes Business Council and obtaining a legal license before the DIFC Dubai court

Entrepreneurs

The Air Management Maverick: Abhishek Goyal, Executive Director & CEO, Aeroprime Group

Today, Aeroprime has worked with more than 10 airline customers with its innovative concept of airline management / General Sales Agent (GSA) services. Its client list includes major airlines such as Vietnam Airlines, Avianca Group, Salam Air, Flyadeal, and Fly Arystan among others

Entrepreneurs

The New-Age Bankers: Srinivas Sarkar and Kushagra Manglik, Co-founders, Coupl

2023 was a pivotal one for the startup as it went from being a savings-focused neobank (helping couples save together for common goals) — to being a payments focused neobank for couples

Entrepreneurs

The Digital Enablers

Back in 2017, when the trio took the platform live, they started transforming the packaging industry. Given their innovative SaaS offering applicable to any industry, they gradually expanded to Consumer Staples, Consumer Discretionary, Home & Personal Care, Pharmaceuticals, Ecommerce/ Retail and Supply Chain

Entrepreneurs

The Smart Entrepreneur: Saurabh Gupta, CEO and Founder, Verismart.ai

In 2019, he began blockchain-based KYC sharing in India, and later enabled blockchain-based Data interoperability for Digi Pass & Digi Travel platform. In order to have a complete tech stack, VeriSmart AI acquired two companies- Insurance Platform and Dolphinchat.ai which is a Conversational and Generative Ai platform

Entrepreneurs

The Charged-up Entrepreneur: Mohal Lalbhai, Founder & CEO, Matter

A testament to their success is the overwhelming response to MATTER'S AERA, India's first geared electric bike, with an impressive 40,000 prebookings. Deliveries are slated to commence this year, marking a significant milestone

News and Trends

The Growth Enhancer: Subin Kumar Mitra, CEO, Groyyo

With a vision to empower 20 million-plus micro-manufacturers across Asia, Groyyo was formed by a first-generation founder, Subin Kumar Mitra in 2021.