ET Startup Awards 2026: Groww adjudged No. 1; Sauce VC’s Manu Chandra named Midas Touch winner
The elite jury was chaired by Wipro executive chairman Rishad Premji. The 11-member panel deliberated for nearly three hours on Tuesday to pick winners in eight categories.
In the 12th edition of The Economic Times Startup Awards, wealthtech platform Groww was named the Startup of the Year, defeating competitors Meesho, Skyroot, Porter, Rapido, and Sarvam. The prestigious awards ceremony saw Manu Chandra, founder and managing partner at consumer-focused investment firm Sauce VC, being named the Midas Touch winner.
For the first time, the Woman Ahead category had joint winners, with Pallavi Mohadikar of Palmonas and Progcap cofounder and CEO Pallavi Shrivastava receiving recognition. Online yoga platform Habuild was awarded the Bootstrap Champ prize, with Varaha winning the Social Enterprise award. Mukund Jha was named Comeback Kid, while Theranautilus was declared the Top Innovator winner.
Best on Campus was claimed by Armatrix, a snake-like robotic arm startup founded in 2024 at IIT Kanpur.
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