Meghna Agarwal ranks among top 8 richest women startup founders in India.

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India | October 2025

On most days, India’s business headlines are dominated by men, unicorn founders, market movers, dealmakers. But scroll through the latest rich lists or funding announcements and a different story begins to surface: women entrepreneurs are not just building companies, they’re building fortunes.

From Delhi and Bengaluru boardrooms to co-working hubs in tier-2 cities, women founders are at the centre of some of the country’s most successful companies. What makes this moment remarkable is not just the scale of the businesses they run, but the wealth they’ve created for themselves in a system that, until recently, often overlooked them.

The article spotlights the eight richest women in India’s startup ecosystem, and Meghna Agarwal, Co-founder of IndiQube, is one of them.

Meghna Agarwal

Meghna Agarwal co‑founded IndiQube, a managed workplace solutions company. She is responsible for business development and expansion. Wealth figure – Meghna owns a 15.99% stake in IndiQube Spaces Ltd (as of July 2025). Her shareholding is valued at around $90 million or Rs 800 crore (as of 30 September 2025). IndiQube debuted on Dalal Street with a Rs 700 crore IPO in late July 2025. Her husband and co-founder, Rishi Das, sold shares worth Rs 50 crore as part of the offer-for-sale in the IPO.

Background & Achievements -Meghna holds an MBA in Finance from Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad. She is also a qualified Company Secretary from the Institute of Company Secretaries of India. She is also the cofounder for HirePro Technologies and Ultrafine Minerals. Over the years, she has received several accolades, including the Best Woman Performer in Business Innovations Award (2024), the Business Woman Excellence Award (2021), “Woman Entreprenuer of the Year Award” from Entreprenuer India, and the Young Achievers Award (2019) for excellence in real estate.

She has also been recognised as the Icon of Excellence at Forbes India W-Power 2025, featured among the Fortune India 100 Most Powerful Women, highlighted in Hindustan Times’ list of ‘Inspiring Figures,’ and named one of the ‘5 Startup Queens’ by India TV.

The article also features seven other remarkable women entrepreneurs who are rewriting India’s startup narrative alongside Meghna Agarwal: Ruchi Kalra, Neha Bansal, Namita Thapar, Suhasini Sampath, Ghazal Alagh, Vineeta Singh, and Upasana Taku.

This article was originally published on Indian Startup News on 09 Oct 2025: https://indianstartupnews.com/article/from-neha-bansal-to-meghna-agarwal-these-8-women-founders-are-the-richest-in-the-indian-startup-ecosystem-10545355

Adding to the recognition, YourStory spotlighted Meghna Agarwal in its LinkedIn post on “India’s New-Age Wealth Builders,” celebrating women founders reshaping industries across India.