Freshdesk, Grey Orange top ranking of enterprise-ready Indian start-ups

They were selected out of a pool of over 500 enterprise-focused start-ups, reports Tech in Asia

Microsoft Accelerator in Bengaluru has come out with an ecosystem report ranking 151 B2B (business-to-business) and B2B2C (business-to-business-to-consumer) start-ups in India. The ranking is based on an 'enterprise readiness score' assigned to each of the start-ups, which were selected out of a pool of over 500 enterprise-focused start-ups.

The score is derived from three parameters: customer traction, funding velocity (taking into account both the total funds and number of rounds), and size of the company.

Freshdesk

Freshdesk, the SaaS star from Chennai, is among four start-ups in the table with perfect scores. Not surprising, as this global leader in customer engagement software takes on Salesforce with a new product called Freshsales. 

Grey Orange

Robotics start-up Grey Orange has taken the high road to success in hardware. It makes intelligent robots for warehouse automation in e-commerce, logistics, and an expanding range of industries. 

InMobi

Mobile ad network InMobi was SoftBank’s first big investment in India. The Japanese giant pumped $200 million into the company in two tranches – first $100 million in September 2011 and the second tranche in April 2012. 

Paladion

Paladion is a global leader in cyber security, based in Bangalore. Its market has grown exponentially with the widespread shift to the cloud. It analyses billions of security events from hundreds of customers around the globe, with its big data-based models. 

Capillary

Capillary is one of the early SaaS success stories out of India, with a cloud-based suite of customer engagement software products. Its co-founder, Aneesh Reddy, is also an active mentor in the product start-up ecosystem. Its entire founding team is from one of India’s premier engineering colleges, IIT Kharagpur, which has spawned a remarkable number of successful start-ups.

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