Top 10 most promising start-ups

Three Indian companies were included in the list

There are a few early clues that a start-up will be successful, according to market researcher Quid: Have the company’s founders worked together before? Is the business in a hot sector? Has it raised funding at a quick pace? Based on those criteria, Quid looked at more than 50,000 companies and chose 50 it deemed the most promising. 

The companies, all founded in the past six years, have been raising money at an impressive clip—typically once every nine months, suggesting heavy interest among investors. The average business had already raised three rounds. Here is a look at the top 10 most