PM Narendra Modi likely to meet several unicorn founders next week

The Prime Minister’s Office is learnt to have reached out to several unicorn founders for a roundtable meeting in the second week of December, according to multiple sources who said on the condition of anonymity.

“The PMO contacted me last week informally for a meeting along with other unicorn founders, but has not confirmed dates yet. Generally, such meetings with the government are finalised in the last minute,” said the founder of a fintech unicorn who did not want to be named. 

There are currently 77 unicorns in the country, of which 40 have entered the club this year, according to data from Venture Intelligence. 

Another founder of a fintech start-up that became a unicorn this year said that Nirmala Sitharaman’s office had reached out for a similar meeting a month back but there has been no follow up since.