Six years ago, when venture capitalist Aileen Lee coined the term “unicorn”—to define the extreme rarity of startups valued north of $1 billion—there were just 39 in the US and only three Indian unicorns. Today, the US and China are home to over 200 each, while India has roughly 30! 

Since mobile advertising company InMobi became the country’s first unicorn in 2011, there had been only the odd spotting.

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