Giving back: Start-up entrepreneurs double their donation in FY22

Top 3 from start-ups are Nithin and Nikhil Kamath of Zerodha, Ronnie and Zarina Screwvala of Unilazer group and ex-Flipkart founder Binny Bansal

Start-up entrepreneurs nearly doubled their contribution to philanthropy in 2022 but their numbers shrank.

They decreased to only three (from five) in the top 100 of the Edelgive Hurun India Philanthropy List of 2022 which was released on Thursday. Over the year, no new start-up whizz kid joined the list either.

The three start-up entrepreneurs who made it to the list contributed collectively Rs 166 crore in FY22, nearly double that of Rs 83 crore in FY21. They are Nithin and Nikhil Kamath of Zerodha, Ronnie and Zarina Screwvala of the Unilazer group and ex-Flipkart founder Binny Bansal who were