Top 5 tech-entrepreneurs fuelling the big change

Entrepreneurs are an invaluable asset to the economy of any country. They act as the primary change-makers when it comes to introducing new products and services to fasten the cogwheels of the economy through innovative ways, and to maintain robust financial growth.

Infusing sustainability, scaling employability, driving changes and innovations, entrepreneurship might not be a new concept for today's generation, yet the course has considerable amounts of ups and downs for aspirants who wish to wrestle with counterparts with a unique idea.

In recent years, entrepreneurship has paced up in India, with the governmental machinery rooting for maximum transparency and ensuring ease of doing new business to the young Turks. Resultantly, as per GEM, every year about 9% of entrepreneurs in India are entering the economy with their unique and profitable business proposition and employing thousands of skilled workforces, through exposure to sophisticated work culture.

Additionally, IT has become one of the major sectors in India, employing millions to speed up the country’s growth. Inspiring many successful entrepreneurs and helping them know what it takes to turn a business start-up into a profit-making conglomerate, renowned names in IT sector such as Azim Premji, Narayan Murthy, Nandan Nilekani have set the entrepreneurship benchmark sky-high and have strengthened the Indian economy, year on year.

Thought, becoming a successful entrepreneur is not predictable, but identifying the unicorn early-on is quite possible. A startup unicorn offers a unique way to fill the market demand and cheer investor’s sentiments, equally. On this note, here is a list of riding-high tech-preneurs of India, who are proving their mettle at each step.

1. Kamini Gupta, founder, Edgefxkits

Working since 1997, Kamini Gupta has vibrant and observant personality. She believed that in an era of AI and VR, DIY kit would be perfect for engineering students to unleash their learning potential and learn without any hiccups. Edgefxkits is designed to ease of usage and is self-explanatory with hardware and training material in the form of audio and visual components.

2. Bhavish Agarwal, co-founder, Olacabs

A well-known business personality, an IITianand a go-getter by attitude, Bhavish Agarwal founded Olacabs at a young age and succeeded in making his venture a multi-billion dollar conglomerate with an endless fleet of cars for millions of Indian commuters.

3. Vasanth Immanuel, founder, Fr8

A technology-driven logistics platform, Fr8 is the brainchild of Vasanth Immanuel and Jayendran Panneerselvam and commenced its operations in 2016. In a few years, both Vasanth and Jayendran are fast becoming the recognizable name across the business landscape.

4. Sachin Dev Duggal, CEO and founder, Builder.ai

As a cofounder of Builder.ai, he started his firm with an idea to empower everyone with a dream. The human-assisted AI platform Builder with fully integrated services is reshaping how tailor-made software is built and run. The well funded global company with split headquarters in Los Angeles and London is supported by offices in Delhi and Tokyo. The client portfolio includes BBC, Virgin Group and the San Francisco Giants

5. Byju Ravindran, founder, BYJU’s learning app

By far, BYJU's is the world's most valued ed-tech startup with USD 8 billion valuation.  In 2011, Ravindran transformed his teaching methodology and business idea into reality with the launch of BYJU's mobile app and within a short span, the vast acceptance of the app made it India's most popular learning app. His startup has come off age and continues to revolutionize the learning concepts among students across India, UK, US and Australia.