India,  October 2025

LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional network, has unveiled the 2025 LinkedIn Top Startups India List – an annual ranking of the emerging companies where careers can thrive. Based on exclusive LinkedIn data on employee growth, engagement interest, job interest, and attraction of top talent, this year’s list surfaces insights that can help job seekers identify opportunities.

Quick-commerce unicorn Zepto (#1) leads the list for the third consecutive year, followed by Lucidity (#2), which is redefining enterprise cloud storage, and Swish (#3), a Bengaluru-based 10-minute food delivery platform. Despite operating in different categories, all three are scaling rapidly and expanding into new markets, signalling that operational precision, technology depth and category agility are the defining advantages of India’s top-performing startups.

The “quick economy” is widening in scope, with FirstClub (#13) and Snabbit (#14) pushing instant services into groceries and home assistance. AI-native startups like Weekday (YC W21) (#4), Convin (#6) and LimeChat (#19) are embedding intelligence into hiring, customer experience and conversational commerce. Fintech is becoming more specialised, led by Jar (#5) in consumer gold savings, CARD91 (#18) in B2B payments infrastructure and Dezerv (#16) in wealth management. Meanwhile, consumer and lifestyle brands such as Blissclub (#12) and NEWME (#17) show that community-led, data-backed models can scale beyond metro audiences.

Bengaluru is home to 9 of the top 20 startups, living up to its status as India’s startup capital. Delhi and Mumbai follow with two each, while regional hubs are beginning to convert local success into national recognition. EMotorad (#9) from Pune and Bhanzu (#7) from Hyderabad - both previously featured in LinkedIn’s “Top Startups: Cities” lists - have now graduated to the main rankings. With 14 newcomers breaking into the list this year, the platform shows faster scaling cycles, deeper competition and a broader distribution of high-potential startups across the country.

Commenting on this year’s list, Nirajita Banerjee, LinkedIn Career Expert and Sr. Managing Editor, LinkedIn India News, said, “Beyond who ranks where, this year’s list is a map of momentum. Younger companies are scaling faster, specialised models are earning trust, and Bengaluru’s advantage is now coexisting with emerging startup hubs like Pune and Hyderabad breaking through. For professionals, the takeaway is timing and fit. Use this list to spot where product-market fit is turning into repeatable growth, where categories are widening, and where city-level winners are graduating to national scale. That’s where scope, learning, and impact tend to compound.”

Here’s the full list of 2025 LinkedIn Top Startups in India:

1. Zepto
2. Lucidity
3. Swish
4. Weekday (YC W21)
5. Jar
6. Convin
7. Bhanzu (Exploring Infinities EdTech Pvt. Ltd., formerly known as Bhanzu)
8. Refyne India
9. EMotorad
10. Atlys
11. Intervue.io
12. Blissclub
13. FirstClub
14. Snabbit
15. GoKwik
16. Dezerv
17. NEWME
18. CARD91
19. LimeChat
20. AppsForBharat

Here are some tips from Nirajita Banerjee on how to land a job at a LinkedIn Top Startup:

●        Track where startups are scaling, not just who is hiring: 14 newcomers moved from niche to national in under two years. You won’t see that in job boards. Watch funding, product launches and market expansion to spot momentum early.

●        Evaluate founders like you would evaluate future managers: In high-growth startups, leadership dictates your growth more than title. Use LinkedIn to see how founders build teams, communicate and retain talent. Trust and clarity matter more than hype.

●        Look for business models with discipline, not just innovation:  This year’s top startups win by pairing innovation with execution. Quick commerce enters new categories, AI builds infrastructure, fintech solves depth. Go where ambition meets operational rigour.

●        Chase sectors AND problems worth solving: This year’s top startups solve urgency, complexity or trust. Tools change, but problem-solving is the real moat. If you understand the problem a company is obsessed with, you’ll always stay relevant.