Self-funded Startups: Independent Torchbearers of the Startup Industry

The most successful self-funded Startups in India to date are,Established by

Sridhar Vembu, Zoho is a software firm that is built leveraging internal resources without external funding. It presents a wide range of software solutions for business & productivity applications. Today, Zoho avails billions of users globally.

FusionCharts, a complete bootstrapped company is now providing data visualization products for more than 80 percent of the Fortune 500 companies. Pallav Nadhani founded this company at the age of 16 and started the process from his bedroom.

Razorpay, an advanced Indian payment platform was self-funded by Harshil Mathur & Shashank Kumar. Now it is presenting simplified payment solutions & options for Indians.

Self-financed by Saket Setu, C-Zentrix is founded to provide improved customer experiences for businesses in India. Today, C-Zentrix is spanning over 61 global countries & contributing to consumer interactions & communications.

The company registered a profitable success even in its first year of inception, Wingify – an A/B testing platform is self-financed by Paras Chopra, now the company is serving more than 6000 companies across the world.

Hotel & Hospitality Company, RateGain was founded by Bhanu Chopra with completely own resources and is now serving more than 250,000 tenants & hoteliers globally.

A logistics & supply chain technology platform facilitating the shipping of small & mid-scale businesses, Shiprocket is a key self-funded startup in India Co-Founded by Saahil Goel & Gautam Kapoor. Now it has grown swiftly & catering to numerous shipments.

“Go outside your home and see the coconut vendor or the tea seller. They are bootstrapped. So, if you don’t overthink it, you realize that the tea seller is in business, maybe I can be in business too without outside money”, - Sridhar Vembu, Founder & CEO of Zoho Corporation.