Mint Startup ICON Summit & Awards 2023 | Hindustan Times | 23 March 2023 | TBA, New Delhi

Being the world’s sixth-biggest economy, India has the 3rd largest start-up ecosystem and unicorn community, with more than 84,400 start-ups in 656 districts from 30 States and 7 Union Territories of India. Despite slow funding, India produced 21 new Unicorns in 2022, 3X more than China, the world’s second-largest start-up ecosystem. In the period from 2015 to 2022, there have been a 15X increase in the total funding of start-ups(almost double). Growing at a massive rate, the registration of new start-ups will grow at an annual rate of 25% during 2022-27. (Economic Survey 2021-22)

Much ink has been spilt on embracing the figures, but less attention has been paid to the real odds of thriving in the highly competitive environment. No doubt, India has been witnessing a surge in the number of unicorns and the pace at which they are created. Despite this accelerated activity, the start-ups still lag in achieving successful late-stage outcomes due to gaps in technology, funding, scaling, and more. Even though conditions are improving, the challenges facing India’s start-up ecosystem remain pertinent.

The new leaders are - ICONS, turning into UNICORNS. The year ahead demands the need for a different path to light that upends convention and crafts a new vision for the future. The commitment now is to develop a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship in every nook and corner of India.

The second edition of Mint Startup ICON Awards 2023 is an opportunity for start-ups to augment their brand share amongst such investor communities. Foray towards heightened recognition for their innovation and position themselves as India's start-up ICON.

2023 Speakers

Aanchal Saini
CEO & Founder, Flyrobe & RENT IT BAE

Prashant Pitti
Co-Founder, EaseMyTrip.com

Kanika Tekriwal
Founder and CEO, JetSetGo Aviation Pvt. Ltd.

Sanjeev Bikhchandani
Founder and Executive Vice Chairman, Info Edge

Ghazal Alagh
Co-Founder & Chief Innovation Officer, Honasa Consumer Pvt Limited (MamaEarth)

Karthik Prabhakar
Managing Partner, PeerCapital

Nupur Garg
Founder, WinPE

Sankalp Agarwal
Co-Founder & CEO, TravelTriangle

Sonali Jindal
Co-Founder and COO, Ring/ Kishtt

Vipul Sharma
Founder & CEO, Chqbook

Dr. Garima Sawhney
Co-Founder, Pristyn Care

Amit Ramani
Founder & CEO, Awfis Space Solutions

Ruchit Agarwal
Co-Founder & CFO, CARS24

Shivani Bhasin Sachdeva
Founder & CEO, India Alternatives

Niraj Singh
Founder & CEO, Spinny

Ankur Gattani
VP, Growth and Marketing, WebEngage

Kavish Kothari
Principal, Eight Roads Ventures

Akshay Ghulati
Co-Founder and COO, Shiprocket

2023 Sponsors and Partners

PRESENTING PARTNER:
• Hewlett Packard | Intel

MOBILITY PARTNERS:
• Samsung
• Microsoft

RETENTION PARTNER:
• WebEngage

SESSION PARTNERS:
• Alibaba Cloud
• Slack