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Written by:\u00a0Amit Damani<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

A number of businesses have begun and boomed, or begun and bombed in the year gone by \u2013 it\u2019s definitely been an interesting year in the world of startups. What\u2019s good to see is that so many women have been just as enterprising as their male counterparts and made a name for themselves.<\/p>\n

As the year ends, let\u2019s take a look at some of the best women entrepreneurs who made us sit up and take notice in 2015\u2026<\/p>\n

Padmaja Ruparel<\/h3>\n

Company:<\/strong>\u00a0Indian Angel Network
\nAge:<\/strong>\u00a045
\nEducation:<\/strong>\u00a0BA Hons, Loreto House
\nPrior Work Experience:<\/strong>\u00a0Xansa India<\/p>\n

Indian Angel Network is India\u2019s first angel investor network. They are going global by partnering with Inventus Capital Partners to invest in two US-based startups. IAN, which has over 350 members globally, counts prominent angel investors such as Hero Cycles managing director Sunil Munjal, HCL cofounder Ajai Chowdhry and Sanjeev Bikhchandani, cofounder and chief executive of publicly-listed internet company Info Edge, in its network.<\/p>\n

Falguni Nayar<\/h3>\n

\"Falguni<\/p>\n

Company:<\/strong>\u00a0Nykaa.com
\nAge:<\/strong>\u00a045
\nEducation:<\/strong>\u00a0IIM Ahmedabad
\nPrior Work Experience:<\/strong>\u00a0Temasek, Kotak<\/p>\n

Nykaa.com is the entrepreneurial dream of Falguni Nayar, the former MD Of Kotak Mahindra Capital Company. Recently TVS Capital invested about Rs.25 crore and they have also got Rs.60-crore Series C fundraising are a clutch of investors, including high net-worth individuals, non-resident Indians (NRIs) and family offices.<\/p>\n

Pankhuri Shrivastava<\/h3>\n

Company:<\/strong>\u00a0Grabhouse
\nAge:<\/strong>\u00a025
\nEducation:<\/strong>\u00a0BE Computer Science, Rajiv Gandhi Technolohgy University
\nPrior Work Experience:<\/strong>\u00a0Teach For India<\/p>\n

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Grabhouse is a broker-free website that helps people finding apartments, sharing rooms and PG\u2019s on rent. Grabhouse raised $2.5 million from Kalaari Capital and Sequoia Capital. The startup now has more than 1.5 lakh visitors a day.<\/p>\n

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