10 Indian Startups Which Were Actually Started By Friends

Flipkart - Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal, who were former colleagues at Amazon, founded Flipkart in 2007.

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Ola - Bhavish Aggarwal and Ankit Bhati, friends from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, founded Ola in 2010.

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Zomato - Deepinder Goyal and Pankaj Chaddah, friends from IIT Delhi, co-founded Zomato in 2008,

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Paytm - Vijay Shekhar Sharma, along with his college friends, started Paytm in 2010.

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Freshworks - Girish Mathrubootham and Shan Krishnasamy, friends and former colleagues, launched Freshworks (formerly Freshdesk) in 2010.

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UrbanClap (now Urban Company) - Abhiraj Bhal, Varun Khaitan, and Raghav Chandra, friends from IIT Delhi, co-founded UrbanClap (now Urban Company) in 2014.

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InMobi - Naveen Tewari, Mohit Saxena, Amit Gupta, and Abhay Singhal, friends from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, established InMobi in 2007.

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OYO Rooms - Ritesh Agarwal, along with his friends, started OYO Rooms in 2013.

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Byju's - Byju Raveendran and his friends, who were passionate about education, founded Byju's in 2011.

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Lenskart - Peyush Bansal, Amit Chaudhary, and Sumeet Kapahi, friends from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, launched Lenskart in 2010.

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