Naina Yadav

Founded in 2020, Sneakinn is a Gurugram-based premium sneaker laundry service that cleans and restores sneakers, shoes, and luxury handbags. The brand recently bagged a deal on Shark Tank India Season 4.

Founded in 2020, Project Clay is a Goa-based startup that connects students to mentors in their dream university. These mentors are also current students studying at the colleges that the aspiring students wish to get into.

Wingify, a bootstrapped SaaS success, is now selling a majority stake to the private equity firm Everstone for approximately $200 Mn. This marks an impressive exit for founder Paras Chopra, who holds 71% of the company.

Founded in 2021, Application Uni is a New Delhi-based study-abroad startup that offers a unified solution to all international education needs of students. It also facilitates educational tours for schools across India.

Founded in October 2023, TeamTrace is a Kolkata-based work and workforce management platform that aims to be an all-in-one solution for everything—projects, resources, productivity tracking and insider threat prevention.

Two students from a school in Uttar Pradesh have invented a women’s sandal equipped with advanced security features like audio, location, and SOS signals.

At the IECRP 2025 exhibition, Nitin Gadkari said, “Steel and cement industries are in the hands of a few people. They always decide the rates. Their cartelism is a big problem…”

In an all cash deal, Hindustan Unilever Limited acquired 90.5% stake in Jaipur-based skincare startup Minimalist. boAt’s co-founder Aman Gupta called it a “Big Big Win” for the Indian D2C ecosystem.

Reliance Jio has now entered the cryptocurrency market by partnering with Polygon Labs. It has introduced the JioCoin which is a blockchain-based reward token.

Founded in 2024, Snabbit is a Mumbai-based quick service application for on-demand home services. The startup has recently raised $5.5 million in a Series A funding round.