IANSUday Kotak, founder and director, Kotak Mahindra Bank: “Entrepreneurship defines India and Indians. I’m very proud to see the flourishing of Indian entrepreneurship…I congratulate The Economic Times for having created this whole process about nearly ten years ago. I want to thank each of jury members for their great insights and free flowing discussions for us to come to a better and more appropriate thinking process for choosing winners out of very high-quality companies and entrepreneurs. I’m happy with the outcomes that we have achieved today.”
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ETtechRenuka Ramnath, founder, Multiples Private Equity: “It’s lovely to see so many powerful disruptive ideas using technology to build a better India. Congratulations to the winners and it’s great to see that these disruptions are being built to scale and to profitability.”
ETtechKalyan Krishnamurthy, CEO, Flipkart group: “Firstly, it’s a great opportunity to meet this group, it’s not common for all of us… Secondly, I see this as a big learning process for myself, participating in what can define the next ten years of India’s technology disruption.”
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Deepinder Goyal, founder and CEO, Zomato: “The list of nominees this year was really good, especially in a bad year for startups. However, it is during such times that great companies surface, and I am pleased to see that we are recognising B2B firms which have the potential to become the largest companies of our times.”The list of nominees this year was really good, especially in a bad year for startups. However, it is during such times that great companies surface, and I am pleased to see that we are recognising B2B companies which have the potential to become some of the largest companies of our times.”
ETtechSupam Maheshwari, cofounder and CEO, FirstCry: “It was great to see the list of such curated companies with good track record, some of them are really profitable. I had not known the abilities of those founders to generate that much profit. It was a very well-run process.”
ETtechSatyan Gajwani, vice chairman, Times Internet: “The trend that I’m positively inspired by is that the ET Startup Awards is now nine years old. Nine years ago, startups were a lot more hyped than substantive businesses in India. I think the trend over the last few years has been towards quality companies and orientation towards profits. The quality of the discussions makes these decisions really strong.”
ETtechRoshni Nadar Malhotra, chairperson, HCLTech: “The winners represent the best in innovation, disruption and differentiation in their business models and products. Congratulations to all of them.”
ETtechShekhar Kirani, partner, Accel: “Every nominee is a winner here. The quality of companies, their core economics, business model…I feel the maturity of our startup ecosystem is getting to the next phase. Thanks to ET as a torchbearer of the startup ecosystem and doing this consistently in such a smooth process..”
ETtechArjun Sethi, cofounder, Tribe Capital: “If I look at any of these companies, their distribution, engagement and monetisation, this proves that the Indian startup ecosystem is second to none now. I’m excited to have participated and looked at all these companies. I’m rooting for all the entrepreneurs since it was hard to pick as they are all doing so well.”
ETtechHarshil Mathur, cofounder and CEO, Razorpay: “As a startup entrepreneur myself, I learnt a lot through these discussions. We had some very tough calls and deep deliberations on what parameters to use but I’m glad for the winners and do hope that some of them will become category defining companies in the next decade.
ETtechRanjan Pai, chairman, Manipal Education and Medical Group: “It was a well-curated list and we all agree that we have got a very good set of winners. Congratulations to all the winners.”