From fintech and workforce management to generative AI and cloud infrastructure, Indian-led tech startups are paving the way with their innovative solutions trusted by Fortune 500 giants around the world.
With this in mind, it’s time to celebrate the success of outstanding companies headed by Indian founders and CEOs in 2025.
Here’s our pick of the top 10 Indian-led businesses rethinking digital finance, workflow automation, code quality and workload management with their bold, out-of-the-box ideas.
Get inspired by how these companies are driving meaningful change and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible by combining imagination and technology.
Ruban Phukan, CEO, GoodGist
GoodGist is an AI assistant tool designed to automate repetitive and time-consuming tasks including emails, scheduling, research and data entry for both individuals and businesses.
This no-code platform ensures quick and easy deployment and integration with existing email systems, and is free from the complexity of traditional automation tools.
As the CEO of GoodGist, Ruban Phukan brings over two decades of expertise in AI, machine learning and data science.
He is also the co-founder of DataRPM, an award-winning AI and machine learning platform.
Sonal Bomb, CEO, TechnoXander
As a global leader in open finance solutions, TechnoXander helps banks and financial institutions to prevent fraud, streamline payment processes and ensure regulatory compliance.
This UK-based fintech company guarantees customers 99% uptime, and has processed over 5 million transactions to date.
TechnoXander is led by founder and CEO Sonal Bomb, who is passionate about developing products that empower businesses to fight fraud, share data safely and build trust and rapport with their customers.
Jai Pradeesh & Sanket Saurav, co-founders, DeepSource
DeepSource is a unified DevSecOps platform for code health.
With a suite of autonomous AI agents, static analysis and SCA tools, and code quality solutions, DeepSource secures entire development lifecycles.
The platform is trusted by over 6,000 businesses—including Fortune 500 companies—to ship and maintain code securely, and save time in code reviews.
They’re also invested in making basic code security tooling available for all, and recently launched Globstar, an open-source toolkit for code security with no restrictions on commercial usage.
DeepSource co-founders Jai Pradeesh and Sanket Saurav are passionate about building products that have a positive impact on people’s lives.
Jayshree Ullal, CEO, Arista Networks
Arista Networks provides award-winning client-to-cloud networking platforms to large data centers, campuses and routing environments.
With an advanced technology stack, Arista is able to deliver availability, automation, analytics and security to over 10,000 cloud clients globally.
As the CEO and president, Jayshree Ullal has taken Arista Networks from strength to strength.
In 2014, she led the company through a successful IPO, which took them from zero to a multibillion-dollar business.
Rajat Mishra, CEO, Prezent
As an all-in-one platform for streamlining business communications, presentations and productivity, Prezent is trusted by the Fortune 2000.
With the Prezent platform, businesses are able to save up to 90% of their time on presentations, while keeping them 100% brand-aligned.
Before becoming the founder and CEO of Prezent, Rajat Mishra previously worked as an engineering manager at Microsoft, an associate partner at McKinsey and Company, and as the senior vice president and general manager at Cisco.
Ankur Dhingra, CEO, ProHance
ProHance is a no-code SaaS platform for managing and maximizing workforce efficiency, distributing workloads, and delivering real-time business insights.
ProHance currently has over 350,000 users across 24 countries worldwide.
As the CEO of ProHance, Ankur Dhingra has 19 years of experience in vice president and operations management roles, at companies including General Electric, Genpact and American Express.
Swapnil Mengawade, CEO, Optimus Fintech
Optimus Fintech is an AI-based SaaS platform focused on optimizing processes for financial operations and payment teams without installation, hardware or maintenance costs.
They provide solutions to clients in the retail, banking, iGaming, eCommerce, insurance and finance sectors.
As the CEO and founder, Swapnil Mengawade’s vision is to empower organizations to manage their finances with confidence, by connecting payment service providers, accounting products, ERPs, banks and databases seamlessly in a zero-code environment.
Samanyou Garg, CEO, Writesonic
Writesonic is an AI agent that connects to marketing tools and platforms including Ahrefs, Google Search Console, Reddit and SERPs to automate the entire SEO and content workflow process.
Their mission is to empower users to produce high-quality, on-brand content at lightning speed with AI technology.
Samanyou Garg is the founder and CEO of Writesonic, as well as the founder and CEO of Botsonic, a customizable AI agent to enhance productivity, and Socialsonic, an AI agent for personal brand success.
Imtiaz Mohammady, CEO, Nisum
Nisum is a Silicon Valley-based tech consulting firm that’s been quietly powering some of the world’s biggest retailers for years.
With over 2,000 employees across the US, Chile, India, Pakistan, and Colombia, they specialize in helping companies navigate digital strategy, improve agility, and build custom software that actually moves the needle.
Whether it’s rethinking outdated systems or making sense of complex data, Nisum is all about solving real business problems with smart, scalable solutions.
Founder and CEO Imtiaz Mohammady works directly with top-level executives to modernize operations and future-proof their businesses. His hands-on leadership has turned Nisum into a trusted partner for companies that need to grow fast and do it right.
Riaz Syed, CEO, Infinant
Infinant is a technology provider that offers a banking platform that acts as the growth engine for banks to expand their digital distribution channels to grow deposits and fee income.
The cloud-native SaaS platform enables numerous business models on a single platform, including Direct Banking-as-a-Service, Embedded Finance, and Digital Brands.
Their Interlace platform is unique in providing the banks with complete control of customers, accounts and transaction processing for operational compliance and regulatory alignment.
CEO and founder Riaz Syed is passionate about helping banks to scale their digital distribution channels to grow deposits and fee income in rapidly evolving financial and technological landscapes.
