Shark Tank has proved to be an eye-opener for the otherwise drama-loving Indian Society. The tea-time talk of every Indian Household has brought great applause to the entrepreneurs, whether successful, failed or aspiring ones. Our CA Aspirant friends are no an exception, being highly motivated they are brooding various startup Ideas since the last month. Thus following the trend we decided to bring up this blog featuring a motivational booster to all the budding CAs. Without wasting any time let’s begin the note on 7 Successful Startups By CAs:-
- YearBook Canvas and Marwari Catalysts
After Failing at 3 start-ups CA Devesh Rakhecha is a proud Entrepreneur with 2 Badges to his name!
Soon after failing, he recognised where he was lacking and thus corrected himself and drove his 100% focus towards his next two ventures.
YearBook Canvas is a self-publishing memory and data company that offers yearbooks and memoirs in both digital and physical formats. They raised their first seed fund in 2019 worth INR 2 Crores at a valuation of 1 Million USD.
Marwari Catalysts was his another shot at entrepreneurship where he co founded this name to help budding entrepreneurs in tier 2 and tier 3 cities of India.
- India Infoline Group
The biggest one in this list, India Infoline Group was founded by CA Nirmal Jain and at present has more than 10,500 employees. The CA too is a Billionaire businessman and the shares of the company often trade at premium rates in the market. The recent revenue reported by the venture is 6000 Crores.
- 360 Ad Venture Media
CA Abhay Saboo, a relatively New Gen CA started this venture with his friends in 2018 and fast-forwarding to the present they have Dream11, and Samsung like big names in their portfolio. The company basically is a marketing company providing AD services across Vehicles. They are doing well as per the recent interviews and are a great example of marketing acumen of rising India.
- Make My Trip
CA Rajesh Magow is the co-founder and CEO of India’s most innovative Travel based company – Make My Trip. This company has shown us all that the Business Flair of a CA can transform the way Business is done in India! The current valuations for this .com revolution stands at $2.6 Billion. Apart from MMT, CA Rajesh also acts as an independent director to FlipKart, thereby showing us how bright a CA could shine!
- cajobportal .com
There’s always a sense of Obligation towards the profession in every professional’s heart, to pay it back a little everybody tries their best. CA Sonia Singal along with her husband Anurag started this recruitment portal exclusively for CAs and to date they boast their ‘this’ Forte! What a great option for newbie CAs she has created!
This is a perfect example of facing a problem and then solving it!
- ShareALittle
This is yet another startup depicting the giving-it-back to society flair in CAs. CA Trishla Pareek (28) and CA Divya Singhal (27), founded this amazing non-profit crowdfunding platform connecting NGOs and potential Donors. If a single CA is enough to rock the business then two are just more than enough to reform the society.
- Yatra Online
CA Dhruv Shringi is yet another CA co-founder and CEO of a travel based startup, Yatra Online! He has exactly shown the new CAs out there that with great will and wit you can make the best hay while the sun shines. Based in Gurugram, this company has raised $2.1 Billion in 11 funding rounds. Yatra Online will turn 16 this year and be a major name in online travel options across the globe.