Leap to Unicorn Top 100: India's Startups Shaping the Next Decade

• The Leap to Unicorn Season 3 Top 100 Startups to Watch Out For list features 100 promising startups selected from over 6,300 applicants.
• The program, a collaboration between IDFC FIRST Bank, Moneycontrol, and CNBC-TV18, provides mentoring, networking, and fundraising opportunities.
• The Top 100 reveals a shift towards problem-solving categories like HealthTech (16%), CleanTech (15%), Agriculture (13%), and social impact ventures (8%).
• While major hubs like Bengaluru, Mumbai, and Delhi NCR still lead, 40% of the startups come from emerging cities like Indore, Jaipur, and Varanasi.
• The cohort shows a mix of funding stages: 37 are seed/angel funded, 26 are bootstrapped, and 11 are in pre-Series A, indicating a mature early-stage pipeline.