Overview
- National Women Entrepreneurs Day coverage spotlights leaders across beauty, wellness, fintech, ed-tech, and media, led by Nykaa’s 2021 IPO and an estimate that made Falguni Nayar one of India’s wealthiest self-made entrepreneurs.
- Legacy markers include VLCC’s expansion across India and parts of Asia and ShopClues’ peak $1 billion valuation as an early women-led unicorn.
- Consumer brand scale updates note Mamaearth crossing ₹2,000 crore in revenue and Sugar Cosmetics’ rise as a prominent omnichannel makeup brand.
- New-wave beauty data points include Nat Habit reporting ₹200 crore-plus ARR, more than 3,000 offline outlets, and service to 3.5 million households.
- Funding and traction snapshots cite Inde Wild raising $8 million through March 2024, Foxtale’s $4 million pre-Series A and 500,000 customers, and FAE Beauty’s ₹10.08 crore seed, $868,000 revenue to March 2024, and a Shark Tank India deal for 1.5% equity.