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Top 31 Startups Founded in Chennai

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There’s no doubt that the startup scene in Chennai is unique.

Dozens of successful startups have been founded there over the years.

Some of them are already worth billions of dollars.

So whether you’re looking to start your own business, or just interested in learning about fast-growing startups from Chennai, here’s an extensive list of 31 startups founded there.


31 Startups in Chennai

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1) Northern Arc

1) Northern Arc

Northern Arc Capital is a non-banking finance company that connects debt investors with borrowers.

Details of the startup:

  • Started in: 2008
  • Founders: Kshama Fernandes
  • Industries: Enterprise, Finance, Financial Services
  • Number of employees: 51-100
  • Funding amount: $383,626,249
  • Number of funding rounds: 11
  • Number of investors: 12

You can find their website here.

2) Agnikul

2) Agnikul

Agnikul is a space technology company that designs, builds, tests, and launches orbital class rockets for micro and nano satellites.

Details of the startup:

  • Started in: 2017
  • Founders: Moin SPM, Satyanarayanan Chakravarthy, Srinath Ravichandran
  • Industries: Aerospace, Manufacturing, Nanotechnology
  • Number of employees: 51-100
  • Funding amount: $14,543,144
  • Number of funding rounds: 4
  • Number of investors: 17

You can find their website here.

3) Vivriti Capital

3) Vivriti Capital

Vivriti Capital is a marketplace for small businesses and individuals that don't have easy access to credit.

Details of the startup:

  • Started in: 2017
  • Founders: Aniket Deshpande, Gaurav Kumar, Irfan Mohammed, Soumendra Ghosh, Vineet Sukumar
  • Industries: Analytics, Banking, Crowdfunding, Financial Services, FinTech, Insurance, Marketplace
  • Number of employees: 101-250
  • Funding amount: $107,701,572
  • Number of funding rounds: 4
  • Number of investors: 2

You can find their website here.

4) Netmeds

4) Netmeds

Welcome to the most convenient drugstore in India!

Details of the startup:

  • Started in: 2010
  • Founders: Pradeep Dadha
  • Industries: E-Commerce, Health Care, Pharmaceutical
  • Number of employees: 501-1000
  • Funding amount: $99,000,000
  • Number of funding rounds: 3
  • Number of investors: 4

You can find their website here.

5) BankBazaar.com

5) BankBazaar.com

BankBazaar.com is an independent online marketplace that provides immediate customized loan and insurance rate quotations.

Details of the startup:

  • Started in: 2008
  • Founders: Adhil Shetty, Arjun Shetty, Rati Shetty
  • Industries: E-Commerce, Finance, FinTech, Insurance, Marketplace
  • Number of employees: 1001-5000
  • Funding amount: $115,000,000
  • Number of funding rounds: 6
  • Number of investors: 16

You can find their website here.

6) Financial Software & Systems

6) Financial Software & Systems

Financial Software & Systems (FSS) is a leading global provider of payment technology.

Details of the startup:

  • Started in: 1991
  • Founders: Nagaraj Mylandla
  • Industries: Debit Cards, Financial Services, FinTech, Information Services, Information Technology, Mobile Payments, Payments, Software, Transaction Processing
  • Number of employees: 1001-5000
  • Funding amount: $129,250,000
  • Number of funding rounds: 4
  • Number of investors: 4

You can find their website here.

7) Kaleidofin

7) Kaleidofin

Kaleidofin is a fintech platform that offers entire financial solutions to individuals and households who are financially disadvantaged.

Details of the startup:

  • Started in: 2017
  • Founders: Puneet Gupta, Sucharita Mukherjee
  • Industries: Finance, Financial Services, FinTech, Payments, Risk Management
  • Number of employees: 101-250
  • Funding amount: $7,853,930
  • Number of funding rounds: 2
  • Number of investors: 6

You can find their website here.

8) Treat at Home

8) Treat at Home

People in need of medical services can interact with authorized healthcare professionals on-demand through a digital healthcare marketplace.

Details of the startup:

  • Started in: 2018
  • Founders: Ajmal Saleem, Dr. Saleem Haniffa
  • Industries: Apps, Elder Care, Health Care, Home Health Care, Marketplace, mHealth
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding amount: $105,241
  • Number of funding rounds: 2
  • Number of investors: 1

You can find their website here.

9) Fieldproxy

9) Fieldproxy

Fieldproxy is a SaaS platform that allows business owners to create custom apps to help them run their field operations more efficiently.

Details of the startup:

  • Started in: 2016
  • Founders: Balakrishna Balasubramanian, Swaroop Vijayakumar
  • Industries: Information Technology, Software
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding amount: $334,116
  • Number of funding rounds: 2
  • Number of investors: 1

You can find their website here.

10) Prodapt Solutions

10) Prodapt Solutions

Prodapt Solutions is a specialist IT services company that works with Digital Service Providers all around the world.

Details of the startup:

  • Started in: 1999
  • Founders: Vedant Jhaver
  • Industries: Information Technology, Software
  • Number of employees: 1001-5000
  • Funding amount: $75,000,000
  • Number of funding rounds: 1
  • Number of investors: 1

You can find their website here.

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11) Flintobox

11) Flintobox

Flintobox is an edtech firm that uses creative educational items to make early childhood development more enjoyable.

Details of the startup:

  • Started in: 2013
  • Founders: Arunprasad Durairaj, Shreenidhi Srirangam, Vijay Gandhi
  • Industries: Children, E-Commerce, Shopping
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding amount: $15,413,257
  • Number of funding rounds: 6
  • Number of investors: 6

You can find their website here.

12) Pando

12) Pando

Pando delivers an open-market, freight management platform which digitizes logistics operations.

Details of the startup:

  • Started in: 2015
  • Founders: Ashok Vasan, Nitin Jayakrishnan
  • Industries: Enterprise Software, Logistics, Supply Chain Management
  • Number of employees: 51-100
  • Funding amount: $11,048,634
  • Number of funding rounds: 2
  • Number of investors: 10

You can find their website here.

13) Servion Global Solutions

13) Servion Global Solutions

Servion Global Solutions focuses in assisting businesses with Customer Experience Management (CEM) solutions.

Details of the startup:

  • Started in: 1995
  • Founders: Kavikkal Balakrishnan, N Raghunandan
  • Industries: Big Data, Information Technology, Mobile, Software
  • Number of employees: 1001-5000
  • Funding amount: $140,000,000
  • Number of funding rounds: 2
  • Number of investors: 1

You can find their website here.

14) CreditMantri

14) CreditMantri

CreditMantri is a data-driven tool that allows users to get credit and financial reports based on their credit history.

Details of the startup:

  • Started in: 2012
  • Founders: Gowri Thyagarajan Mukherjee, Ranjit Punja, Sudarshan Rajasundaram
  • Industries: Credit, Financial Services, FinTech
  • Number of employees: 101-250
  • Funding amount: $10,997,913
  • Number of funding rounds: 4
  • Number of investors: 9

You can find their website here.

15) CaratLane

15) CaratLane

CaratLane is an Indian-based online jewelry company that offers a large selection of loose diamonds for the gem and jewelry industry.

Details of the startup:

  • Started in: 2008
  • Founders: Avnish Anand, Gurukeerthi Gurunathan, Mithun Sacheti, Srinivasa Gopalan
  • Industries: E-Commerce, Jewelry
  • Number of employees: 51-100
  • Funding amount: $58,000,000
  • Number of funding rounds: 4
  • Number of investors: 1

You can find their website here.

16) TenderCuts

16) TenderCuts

TenderCuts is an online meat store that sells antibiotic-free, sanitary, and farm fresh chicken, goat, and shellfish.

Details of the startup:

  • Started in: 2011
  • Founders: Nishanth Chandran
  • Industries: Food Delivery, Livestock, Mobile Apps
  • Number of employees: 1-10
  • Funding amount: $15,759,255
  • Number of funding rounds: 2
  • Number of investors: 2

You can find their website here.

17) Aquaconnect

17) Aquaconnect

Farm advising and market connection are provided by a full-stack aquaculture technology venture.

Details of the startup:

  • Started in: 2017
  • Founders: Rajamanohar Somasundaram
  • Industries: Aquaculture, Machine Learning, Seafood
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding amount: $1,123,810
  • Number of funding rounds: 2
  • Number of investors: 2

You can find their website here.

18) Apollo Pharmacy

18) Apollo Pharmacy

Apollo Pharmacy is a medicinal items e-commerce site.

Details of the startup:

  • Started in: 2016
  • Industries: E-Commerce, Pharmaceutical, Retail
  • Number of employees: 251-500
  • Funding amount: ₹5,278,000,000
  • Number of funding rounds: 1
  • Number of investors: 3

You can find their website here.

19) Go Colors

19) Go Colors

Go Colors is the owner of a well-known women's underwear business.

Details of the startup:

  • Started in: 2010
  • Founders: Gautam Saraogi
  • Industries: Fashion, Marketing, Shopping
  • Number of employees: 101-250
  • Funding amount: $15,655,577
  • Number of funding rounds: 2
  • Number of investors: 2

You can find their website here.

20) Skill Lync

20) Skill Lync

Skill Lync is developing a platform for alternative engineering. Job-leading engineering courses are available through Skill-Lync.

Details of the startup:

  • Started in: 2018
  • Founders: Sarangarajan Iyengar, Suryanarayanan Paneerselvam
  • Industries: E-Learning, Education, Higher Education
  • Number of employees: 251-500
  • Funding amount: $150,000
  • Number of funding rounds: 2
  • Number of investors: 1

You can find their website here.

21) TVS Automobile Solutions

21) TVS Automobile Solutions

In India, TVS Automobile Solutions offers car repair services.

Details of the startup:

  • Started in: 2009
  • Founders: K V Narasimha Chary
  • Industries: Automotive, Consumer, Service Industry
  • Number of employees: 1001-5000
  • Funding amount: ₹350,000,000
  • Number of funding rounds: 1
  • Number of investors: 1

You can find their website here.

22) GUVI

22) GUVI

Guvi is an online technical learning platform founded by IIT Madras.

Details of the startup:

  • Started in: 2014
  • Founders: Arun Prakash, Arun Prakash, Bala Murugan, Sridevi Arunprakash
  • Industries: Internet
  • Number of employees: 1-10
  • Funding amount: $928,695
  • Number of funding rounds: 4
  • Number of investors: 4

You can find their website here.

23) FR8

23) FR8

FR8 is a long-haul logistics startup that uses technology to overcome inefficiencies in the logistics industry.

Details of the startup:

  • Started in: 2016
  • Founders: Jay Panneerselvam, Vasanth Immanuel
  • Industries: Logistics
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding amount: $3,753,110
  • Number of funding rounds: 3
  • Number of investors: 2

You can find their website here.

24) sulekha.com

24) sulekha.com

Sulekha is one of India's most popular and rapidly expanding digital businesses.

Details of the startup:

  • Started in: 2000
  • Founders: Satya Prabhakar
  • Industries: E-Commerce, Retail, Shopping
  • Number of employees: 1001-5000
  • Funding amount: $44,600,000
  • Number of funding rounds: 4
  • Number of investors: 3

You can find their website here.

25) Disprz

25) Disprz

Disprz is a one-of-a-kind “knowledge-tech” start-up that aims to improve people's knowledge, productivity, and intelligence.

Details of the startup:

  • Started in: 2015
  • Founders: Kuljit Chadha, Subramanian Viswanathan
  • Industries: E-Learning, Education
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding amount: $4,500,000
  • Number of funding rounds: 5
  • Number of investors: 5

You can find their website here.

26) specsmakers

26) specsmakers

One of the fastest growing optical retail chains in South India, with a mission to supply high-quality eyewear.

Details of the startup:

  • Started in: 2011
  • Founders: Pratik Shah, Sonal Shah
  • Industries: Eyewear, Fashion, Retail
  • Number of employees: 251-500
  • Funding amount: $18,200,965
  • Number of funding rounds: 4
  • Number of investors: 3

You can find their website here.

27) Grinntech

27) Grinntech

Lithium Battery Packs for Automotive and Stationary Use

Details of the startup:

  • Started in: 2013
  • Founders: Nikhilesh Mishra, Puneet Jain
  • Industries: Electric Vehicle, Energy Storage
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding amount: $2,000,000
  • Number of funding rounds: 1
  • Number of investors: 5

You can find their website here.

28) Updater Services

28) Updater Services

Updater Services (UDS) is a corporation that provides management services.

Details of the startup:

  • Started in: 1985
  • Founders: Raghunandana Tangirala
  • Industries: Facilities Support Services, Facility Management, Management Information Systems
  • Number of employees: 10001+
  • Funding amount: ₹1,000,000,000
  • Number of funding rounds: 1
  • Number of investors: 1

You can find their website here.

29) Real Image Media Technologies

29) Real Image Media Technologies

Real Image Media Technologies is a technology company that specializes in film, video, and audio.

Details of the startup:

  • Started in: 1986
  • Founders: Jayendra Panchapakesan
  • Industries: Film Production, Hardware, Software
  • Number of employees: 501-1000
  • Funding amount: $22,336,472
  • Number of funding rounds: 3
  • Number of investors: 3

You can find their website here.

30) Curatio Healthcare

30) Curatio Healthcare

A mobile healthcare interaction platform based in Chennai, India.

Details of the startup:

  • Started in: 2005
  • Founders: G Ramani, K Krishna
  • Industries: Health Care, Medical, Mobile
  • Number of employees: 101-250
  • Funding amount: $36,200,000
  • Number of funding rounds: 2
  • Number of investors: 4

You can find their website here.

31) TVS Logistics Services

31) TVS Logistics Services

TVS Logistics Services is a third-party logistics provider that specializes in supply chain management, logistics, and other related services.

Details of the startup:

  • Started in: 1995
  • Founders: T.V.Sundram Iyengar
  • Industries: Logistics, Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management
  • Number of employees: 1001-5000
  • Funding amount: $211,614,184
  • Number of funding rounds: 4
  • Number of investors: 4

You can find their website here.

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