23938 Top startups in South Asia for August 2026

Swiggy is an on-demand food delivery platform that brings food from neighborhood restaurants directly to customers' doors. The company's food delivery platform lists local restaurants and menu lists on an app for users to order from and track the delivery of its delivery executives, enabling users to order food with speed and convenience. Its service is used to pick up and drop off a diverse array of items, including laundry and document or parcel deliveries to business clients and retail customers.

Meesho operates as an online reselling platform that enables anyone to start a business without investment. Meesho connects manufacturers, wholesalers, and suppliers with resellers who use social media platforms like WhatsApp and Facebook to sell products to their network of friends and family. The company was founded in 2015 by Vidit Aatrey and Sanjeev Barnwa and is headquartered in Bangalore, Karnataka.

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BYJU’S is a global ed-tech company that provides highly adaptive, engaging, and effective learning solutions to more than 150 million students around the world. Founded in India in 2011, BYJU's mission is to make high-quality learning accessible to students everywhere. The BYJU's family of brands includes Disney-BYJU's Early Learn, BYJU's FutureSchool, Epic!, Osmo, Tynker, Toppr, and WhiteHat Jr., along with the company’s beloved flagship product, BYJU's: The Learning App. Together, BYJU's solutions support pre-K–12 education and a wide range of competitive exams. BYJU’S delivers a world-class learning experience with tools that sit at the crossroads of mobile, interactive content, and personalized learning methodologies. Byju's geography-agnostic solutions and 12,000+ teachers make learning engaging with visual and contextual programs that adapt to the unique learning style, skill level, and pace of each student. In addition, BYJU’S has innovative partnerships with some of the world's largest companies, including Disney and Google, to drive engagement and help even more students become active and lifelong learners. BYJU’S is backed by blue-chip investors including the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative, Sequoia Capital, Bond Capital, Silver Lake, BlackRock, Sands Capital Management, Alkeon Capital Management, Sofina, Verlinvest, Tencent, Prosus (previously Naspers Ventures), CPPIB, General Atlantic, Tiger Global, Qatar Investment Authority, Owl Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Times Internet, Aarin Capital, and IFC. Since 2017, BYJU’S has completed more than 15 acquisitions, including companies in the U.S., UK, Austria, India, and Singapore.  A 2021 Time 100 Most Influential Company, BYJU’S is headquartered in India, with operations in more than 21 countries globally and learning programs in more than 8 languages.

PolicyBazaar designs an online life insurance and general insurance comparison portal that analyzes financial products. Its insurance comparison portal and mobile application provide information across products such as medical, term life, travel or motor insurance, low prices ULIPS, and other investment products, enabling consumers to compare and analyze financial products. Users can compare different insurance plans based on parameters such as coverage, premium, benefits, and exclusions. The platform provides information about various insurance products and helps users make informed decisions about their insurance needs. Policybazaar also offers tools and calculators to help users estimate their insurance requirements and premiums.

1mg is a digital consumer healthcare platform that makes healthcare accessible, understandable, and affordable. It allows users to find information about medicines prescribed by doctors and also buy it. Users can find drugs by ailments, class, companies, and brands. Its doctor platform aims to transform how to find the right healthcare professional for a consumers' needs. Its diagnostics service brings transparency and price-effectiveness to lab tests. The company empowers Indian consumers and caregivers to select the appropriate healthcare service at the best possible price. 1mg was launched in 2015 and its operations are headquartered in Gurgaon, Haryana, India.

PharmEasy is a health tech startup offering services such as teleconsultation, medicine deliveries, and diagnostic test sample collections. It also operates an online pharmacy that helps patients connect with local pharmacy stores and diagnostic centers in order to fulfill their extensive medical needs. The startup company is funded and backed by Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec (CDPQ), Ascent Health, Bessemer Venture Partners, Orios Venture Partners, Eight Roads Ventures, InnoVen Capital, and Temasek Holdings. PharmEasy was founded in 2015 by Dharmil Sheth, Mikhil Innani, and Dhaval Shah as a subsidiary of Ascent Health.

MakeMyTrip (India) Pvt., Ltd. operates as an online travel company in India. It provides booking services for flights, hotels, and buses; and holiday packages and travel guides. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Gurgaon, India with additional offices in New Delhi, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nashik, Panjim, Ahmedabad, Aurangabad, Bangalore, Kolkata, Surat, Vadodara, Chennai, Ludhiana, Indore, Jaipur, Coimbatore, Pune, Chandigarh, Lucknow, Hyderabad, and Guwahati, India; New York, New York; and Sydney, Australia.

Apollo Pharmacy is a online pharmacy store. The company provides over-the-counter (OTC) medicines. They also have a range of products in the personal care, baby care, health and nutrition, wellness, and lifestyle categories. Apollo Pharmacy was established on January 1, 2016 by Prathap Chandra Reddy in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

Housing.com is an Indian online real estate listing portal that simplifies finding, renting, and selling homes in India. It is capable of providing 3D models for every single new project and in delivering 360 degree views for every piece of land listed with Housing.com. Housing.com was launched in 2012 and is headquartered in Mumbai.

Juspay is a leading multinational payments technology company, redefining payments for 500+ top global enterprises and banks. Founded in 2012, the company processes over 200 million daily transactions, exceeding an annualized total payment volume (TPV) of $900 billion with 99.999% reliability. Headquartered in Bangalore, India, Juspay is powered by a global network of 1200+ payment experts operating across San Francisco, Dublin, São Paulo, and Singapore. Juspay offers a comprehensive product suite for merchants that includes open source payment orchestration, global payouts, seamless authentication, payment tokenization, fraud & risk management, end-to-end reconciliation, unified payment analytics & more. The company’s offerings also include end-to-end white label payment gateway solutions & real-time payments infrastructure for banks.These products help businesses achieve superior conversion rates, reduce fraud, optimize costs, and deliver seamless customer experiences at scale.

Cuemath is an international online learning platform that offers math and coding programs for K-to-10 students. Cuemath makes every aspect of learning maths engaging and comprehensive by using math worksheets and application-based technology under the supervision of trained and certified teachers. The Cuemath Program has been designed to build a strong math and coding foundation in children by sharpening their knowledge of concepts, aptitude, and reasoning skills. Cuemath was founded in 2013 and is based in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.

Porter offers a range of on-demand logistics and moving services tailored to business and personal needs. It provides intra-city transport using mini-trucks, tempos, electric vehicles, and two-wheelers for delivering goods of varying sizes. Porter Enterprise supports businesses with managed bulk transport, distribution, and supply-chain workflows. Residential relocation is supported through its Packers & Movers offering, which includes moving and packing assistance. Additionally, inter-city courier services facilitate parcel delivery via air or surface to thousands of postal codes.

Shadowfax is an on-demand logistics network that provides tech-enabled delivery solutions. Shadowfax’s unique app enables delivery of food, pharmacy,y, and e-commerce for businesses and helps them create customer delight using technology. With a focus on engineering pleasant experiences for customers, Shadowfax envisions becoming a desirable and trustworthy delivery platform for customers.

One97 Communications is a mobile payments services company that delivers mobile content and commerce services to its customers. It offers digital goods and services to mobile consumers under its Paytm brand. The company has more than 4,500 employees with its headquarters in New Delhi and regional offices in Mumbai, Bengaluru, Pune, Chennai, and Kolkata with a global presence in Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia. Marquee investors like Alibaba Group, Ant Financial (AliPay), SAIF Partners, Mediatek, Sapphire Venture, and Silicon Valley Bank back it.

BYJU’S is a global ed-tech company that provides highly adaptive, engaging, and effective learning solutions to more than 150 million students around the world. Founded in India in 2011, BYJU's mission is to make high-quality learning accessible to students everywhere. The BYJU's family of brands includes Disney-BYJU's Early Learn, BYJU's FutureSchool, Epic!, Osmo, Tynker, Toppr, and WhiteHat Jr., along with the company’s beloved flagship product, BYJU's: The Learning App. Together, BYJU's solutions support pre-K–12 education and a wide range of competitive exams. BYJU’S delivers a world-class learning experience with tools that sit at the crossroads of mobile, interactive content, and personalized learning methodologies. Byju's geography-agnostic solutions and 12,000+ teachers make learning engaging with visual and contextual programs that adapt to the unique learning style, skill level, and pace of each student. In addition, BYJU’S has innovative partnerships with some of the world's largest companies, including Disney and Google, to drive engagement and help even more students become active and lifelong learners. BYJU’S is backed by blue-chip investors including the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative, Sequoia Capital, Bond Capital, Silver Lake, BlackRock, Sands Capital Management, Alkeon Capital Management, Sofina, Verlinvest, Tencent, Prosus (previously Naspers Ventures), CPPIB, General Atlantic, Tiger Global, Qatar Investment Authority, Owl Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Times Internet, Aarin Capital, and IFC. Since 2017, BYJU’S has completed more than 15 acquisitions, including companies in the U.S., UK, Austria, India, and Singapore.  A 2021 Time 100 Most Influential Company, BYJU’S is headquartered in India, with operations in more than 21 countries globally and learning programs in more than 8 languages.

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BYJU’S is a global ed-tech company that provides highly adaptive, engaging, and effective learning solutions to more than 150 million students around the world. Founded in India in 2011, BYJU's mission is to make high-quality learning accessible to students everywhere. The BYJU's family of brands includes Disney-BYJU's Early Learn, BYJU's FutureSchool, Epic!, Osmo, Tynker, Toppr, and WhiteHat Jr., along with the company’s beloved flagship product, BYJU's: The Learning App. Together, BYJU's solutions support pre-K–12 education and a wide range of competitive exams. BYJU’S delivers a world-class learning experience with tools that sit at the crossroads of mobile, interactive content, and personalized learning methodologies. Byju's geography-agnostic solutions and 12,000+ teachers make learning engaging with visual and contextual programs that adapt to the unique learning style, skill level, and pace of each student. In addition, BYJU’S has innovative partnerships with some of the world's largest companies, including Disney and Google, to drive engagement and help even more students become active and lifelong learners. BYJU’S is backed by blue-chip investors including the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative, Sequoia Capital, Bond Capital, Silver Lake, BlackRock, Sands Capital Management, Alkeon Capital Management, Sofina, Verlinvest, Tencent, Prosus (previously Naspers Ventures), CPPIB, General Atlantic, Tiger Global, Qatar Investment Authority, Owl Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Times Internet, Aarin Capital, and IFC. Since 2017, BYJU’S has completed more than 15 acquisitions, including companies in the U.S., UK, Austria, India, and Singapore.  A 2021 Time 100 Most Influential Company, BYJU’S is headquartered in India, with operations in more than 21 countries globally and learning programs in more than 8 languages.

PolicyBazaar designs an online life insurance and general insurance comparison portal that analyzes financial products. Its insurance comparison portal and mobile application provide information across products such as medical, term life, travel or motor insurance, low prices ULIPS, and other investment products, enabling consumers to compare and analyze financial products. Users can compare different insurance plans based on parameters such as coverage, premium, benefits, and exclusions. The platform provides information about various insurance products and helps users make informed decisions about their insurance needs. Policybazaar also offers tools and calculators to help users estimate their insurance requirements and premiums.

Apollo Pharmacy is a online pharmacy store. The company provides over-the-counter (OTC) medicines. They also have a range of products in the personal care, baby care, health and nutrition, wellness, and lifestyle categories. Apollo Pharmacy was established on January 1, 2016 by Prathap Chandra Reddy in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

Sitata keeps you safe when you travel. We use machine learning to monitor traditional news and social sources for travel disruptions such as a disease outbreak, violent protest, or simply a transit strike, and we deliver this critical information to travellers on the ground faster than anyone else. We were the first to offer these capabilities to the leisure travel sector and have a white-label offering which we position with other brands such as travel insurers, credit card providers, airlines, and travel management companies.

PolicyBazaar designs an online life insurance and general insurance comparison portal that analyzes financial products. Its insurance comparison portal and mobile application provide information across products such as medical, term life, travel or motor insurance, low prices ULIPS, and other investment products, enabling consumers to compare and analyze financial products. Users can compare different insurance plans based on parameters such as coverage, premium, benefits, and exclusions. The platform provides information about various insurance products and helps users make informed decisions about their insurance needs. Policybazaar also offers tools and calculators to help users estimate their insurance requirements and premiums.

MakeMyTrip (India) Pvt., Ltd. operates as an online travel company in India. It provides booking services for flights, hotels, and buses; and holiday packages and travel guides. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Gurgaon, India with additional offices in New Delhi, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nashik, Panjim, Ahmedabad, Aurangabad, Bangalore, Kolkata, Surat, Vadodara, Chennai, Ludhiana, Indore, Jaipur, Coimbatore, Pune, Chandigarh, Lucknow, Hyderabad, and Guwahati, India; New York, New York; and Sydney, Australia.

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