Kunal Shah-led fintech start-up Cred has topped LinkedIn’s Top Start-ups list

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According to the Microsoft-owned LinkedIn ``Top Startups List” of the year , the Unified payment interface CRED, online higher education firm upGrad and investment platform Groww took the top three spots in the list .

 The fifth edition of the list which was released on 28 September 2022 is released annually and features 25 Indian companies.

 The start-ups are finalised based on four aspects - employee growth, jobseeker interest, member engagement within the company and its employees. 

The top ten startups on the list include (1) CRED (2) upGrad (3) Groww (4) Zepto (5) Skyroot Aerospace, (6th) MBA Chai Wala ,(7th)  Spinny (8th) The Good Glamm Group , (9th GrowthSchool) and (10th) BluSmart.

According to LinkedIn, 13 out of the top 25 startups are based in Bengaluru, affirming its reputation as the 'Silicon Valley of India'.

The start-up ecosystem in India is the third largest in the world after the US and China.