Written by: Amit Damani

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

As the year ends, let’s take a look at some of the best women entrepreneurs who made us sit up and take notice in 2015…

Padmaja Ruparel

Company: Indian Angel Network
Age: 45
Education: BA Hons, Loreto House
Prior Work Experience: Xansa India

Indian Angel Network is India’s 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.

Falguni Nayar

Company: Nykaa.com
Age: 45
Education: IIM Ahmedabad
Prior Work Experience: Temasek, Kotak

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.

Pankhuri Shrivastava

Company: Grabhouse
Age: 25
Education: BE Computer Science, Rajiv Gandhi Technolohgy University
Prior Work Experience: Teach For India

Grabhouse is a broker-free website that helps people finding apartments, sharing rooms and PG’s 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.

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