One97 Communications

Founder: VIJAY SHEKHAR SHARMA

Valuation: $2 bn

Funding: $800 mn-$1 bn

InMobi

Cofounder: NAVEEN TEWARI

Valuation: $1 bn

Funding: $250 mn

Flipkart

Cofounder: SACHIN BANSAL

Valuation: $15 bn

Funding: $3.15 bn*

Mu Sigma

Founder: DHIRAJ C RAJARAM

Valuation: $1.5 bn

Funding: $200 mn

Snapdeal

Cofounder: KUNAL BAHL

Valuation: $2.5 bn

Funding: $1.7 bn

Olacabs

Cofounder: BHAVISH AGGARWAL

Valuation: $5 bn

Funding: $900 mn

Quikr

Cofounder: PRANAY CHULET

Valuation: $1 bn

Funding: $350 mn

Zomato

Founder: DEEPINDER GOYAL

Valuation: $1 bn

Funding: $225 mn

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Eight out of 144. Eight is the number of ventures from India with a valuation of $1 billion and over; and 144 are the total number of unicorns globally as of December 22 since 2011, according to data compiled by CB Insights, a venture capital and angel investment database that provides real-time information. Whilst well over half of these ventures were born in the United States — starting with Uber, Airbnb and Snapchat — some 20 of them are from China, with smartphone maker Xiaomi at No. 2 position. Here’s a quick glance at the marquee names in the Unicorn club, when they entered the club, the top 10 by valuation and, of course, the Indian entrants:

Uber

$51 billion Xiaomi

$46 billion Airbnb

$25.5 billion Palantir Technologies

$25 billion Snapchat

$16 billion Flipkart

$15 billionDidi Kuaidi

$15 billion China Internet Plus Holding

$15 billionSpaceX

$12 billion Pinterest

$11 billion

Indian Ventures that Crashed the Party

Whilst Flipkart was the fi rst, and miles ahead of the rest of the pack with a $15 billion valuation, the latest to enter the club was classifi ed advertising platform Quikr in mid-2015

Month in which they hit $1bil l ion valuation

Ten most valuable startups

Source: CB Insights

Funding: $3.15 bnng: $200 mn

The Global Unicorn Club

Jan2011

July2011

July2012

July2013

July2014

July2015

Jan2012

Jan2013

Jan2014

Jan2015

Desi Hueand its

*Source of funding figures is Tracxn

Dec2015