Presenting the Winners of Second Edition of India’s Fastest Growing Digital Agencies
2020 was the year of change, especially for the advertising and marketing industry. The industry witnessed some exemplary performances from digital agencies even during a pandemic and we at Agency Reporter wanted to appreciate and recognize their work, as they rightfully deserve.
The second edition of India’s Fastest Growing Digital Agencies (IFGDA), saw over 104 nominations from agencies who have been showing consistent and phenomenal YoY growth.
The eminent jury comprised of advertising and marketing professionals from some of India’s top brands:
AdLift scored the highest points in 4 categories (SEO, Content Marketing, Performance Marketing and Influencer Marketing) and was recognized as one of India’s Fastest Growing Digital Agencies.
On the big win, Prashant Puri, CEO & Co-founder, AdLift said, “We are extremely thrilled to be awarded the fastest growing agency across 4 highly competitive and core digital marketing verticals – influencer marketing, performance marketing, content marketing, and SEO! Thank you Agency Reporter for this coveted recognition. A BIG thank you to our partners and the AdLift team for making this happen!”
Zero Gravity Communications bagged two categories- social media and creative and design.
Khushboo Solanki Sharma, Founder, Zero Gravity Communications shared her thoughts on the win, “Thank you Agency Reporter and Jury for awarding #theideapeople at Zero Gravity Communications. For us, these awards are reminders and acknowledgments for the hard work that team does and is an amazing motivator for us to continue to do so.
Great campaigns happen with an absolute one goal in mind, doing what is best for our clients and brands. We keep challenging and asking ourselves this and evolve. Thanks to our team , clients and our digital platform partners for extending the trust and belief in ZGC. We are extremely humbled and elated.”
SoCheers, Ideate Labs and Social Panga shared the winning spot with ZGC in the social media category.
Vrutika Dawda, Director, IdeateLabs commented, “I would like to thank Agency Reporter for this initiative and for this award. It is very motivating to be ranked amongst India’s Fastest Growing Digital Agencies, I credit this to the extremely talented and business-first approach of Team IdeateLabs. Consistency has always been our key focus, and we are proud to work with some of the best brands across diverse industries and introduce innovative businesses and IPs under the IdeateLabs umbrella.”
On the win, Mehul Gupta, Co-founder, and CEO, SoCheers said, “Thank you Agency Reporter for the recognition & Congratulations to all other agencies who’ve made to the list. We’ve built SoCheers as a place where creative & passionate minds can work together, with a strong base of fundamentals to churn out interesting campaigns that make a difference, while meeting business objectives. We are glad that the industry is recognizing this & our efforts will continue to do better.”
Himanshu Arora, Co-Founder, Social Panga also expressed his thoughts on the win, “Thank you Agency Reporter team and the jury for recognizing us as one of India’s Fastest Growing Social Media Agencies! It’s been an amazing 6 years journey and we at Social Panga believe that with an ever-evolving, dynamic space, we can only lead and provide disruptive solutions if we are ahead of the game. This wouldn’t have been possible without the support of #PangaGuys! Looking forward to more awesomeness in 2021!”
Grapes Digital emerged as the winner in two categories- Content Production and Media Planning/Buying.
On being recognized as the winner in two categories, Himanshu Arya, Founder and CEO, Grapes Digital, “It is an immense pleasure to be recognized for your work and add another award in our category. This has all been possible with our team’s hard work and dedication. In recent times, we at Grapes have effectively worked on our creative and content strategy to deliver the best work to our clients in every possible manner. Today, after receiving this honor we will work harder and strengthen our presence across the industry. Content creation has become extremely essential for any business to grow as it helps your brand to connect. However, what makes it worth that should be well-planned and well-executed so it engages with your audience and creates a level of trust. Similarly, the art of media planning and buying has changed drastically to meet the new demands. Today, successful media plans require a strategic balance of digital and traditional tools, and brands lookout for that combination of media that enables the advertiser to communicate the ad-message most effectively. We at Grapes have been effectively working on such cores to get the best returns. I am humbled and on behalf of everyone at Grapes, thank you all again for this acknowledgment.”
The Rabbit Hole and Schbang also shared the winning space with Grapes Digital in the content production category.
Rishabh Khatter, Business Head, The Rabbit Hole said, “We feel extremely honored to be recognized by Agency Reporter as one of India’s Fastest Growing Content Agencies. At The Rabbit Hole, the hustle is real to be consistent in creating innovative video properties and be the preferred partner for our clients’ video needs. A huge shoutout to our Rabbits who stick together and make sure to keep the bar high.”
Glad U Came emerged as the winner in the Public Relations category.
Maddie Amrutkar, Founder & CEO, Glad U Came shared his thoughts on the win, “I am extremely honored to be receiving such an important award- Fastest Growing PR Agency from Agency Reporter. I am grateful for the recognition that we have received, because I am very sure that every other nominee was as capable, if not more, of winning this award. A big thank you to my team for all the effort and hard work that they have put in. This wouldn’t have been possible without them. I look forward to everything we can accomplish together in the years ahead and promise to deliver our best!”
Coming to the influencer marketing category, the winning space was shared by AdLift and DiVo.
On the win, Shahir Muneer, Founder & Director, DiVo said, “This is a great accolade for our team for the efforts over the last year especially and thank agency reporter for taking this initiative to identify the fastest growing agencies in India. We have been growing and scaling Divo’s agency division despite the numerous options available to brands and their agencies. We have been looking to differentiate in the market with our brand and creative solutions offered in the space of influencer marketing and at the same time showing our vernacular market strengths.”
The Creative & Design category also saw two winners- ZGC & Shreyansh Innovations.
Graphixstory was the winner in the AR/VR category. Surajit Majhi, Founder & CEO, Graphixstory said, “On behalf of the entire Graphixstory team I would like to convey my heartiest gratitude to Agency Reporter team for considering us for this esteemed award for our contribution towards our clients during a hard time of pandemic in 2020.”
In the AdTech category, Lemma was the sole winner, and Gulab Patil, founder, and CEO, Lemma expressed his views on the win, “This win for us at Lemma basically shows that our pDOOH ad serving platform is built to the standards of many of the digital platforms used to serve mobile/ web ads. Our vision of putting DOOH advertising at par with other digital media using programmatic technology is already taking shape and our win is a testimony to how adaptive technology works and proves to be a game-changer in the ever-changing digital ad world – All Credit goes to My Team!”
Lastly, in ‘Integrated’, 21N78E became the winner in the Bronze category, Social Beat in the Silver category and WATConsult in the Gold category.
“It’s exciting to be recognized amongst the Fastest Growing Integrated Digital agencies by Agency Reporter. My sincere thanks to all the members of the jury. For an agency that is pursuing a disruptive and unique model, the award is also a testimony to the fact that calculated risk with financial prudence can be a lethal combination for success. I am particularly happy about this award because it takes into account the growth across all aspects. Hopefully, soon, agencies will be judged on the basis of what they bring to the table and not be categorized under the ambit of mediums. We have had a good run so far and last year was no exception. Be it in terms of new biz wins, hitting our business targets, and even ensuring that salaries, hikes & bonuses are on schedule; we delivered while many struggled. As an independent agency, it is a reflection of the solid team that forms 21N78E,” Sudhir Nair, Founder, and CEO, 21N78E expressed.
Co-founders of Social Beat Suneil Chawla and Vikas Chawla also shared their thoughts on the win, “Super excited to get this recognition at Social Beat. As a team, we have continued to rally and help each other to drive results for clients across performance and branding. A big thank you to all our clients for the continued trust and support. Thanks, Agency Reporter for this recognition,” said Suneil Chawla.
“It’s been an amazing journey over 8 years and we are humbled and proud to have been recognized. Kudos to the entire team of 200 at Social Beat and our clients & partners. Digital Adoption has grown exponentially in 2020 and we are looking forward to helping more brands and startups hyper-scale in 2021,” shared Vikas Chawla.
Heeru Dingra, CEO, WATConsult expressed her happiness and thoughts on the big win, “We are deeply honored and extremely excited to have won this award. Even in a challenging year like 2020, we ensured our 360-degree solutions added value to our clients and helped them build an even deeper connection with their consumers. This recognition further adds confidence to our abilities and offerings. I would like to thank the jury, our clients who have placed their trust in us, and last but not the least my WATizens, without whom this would not have been possible.”
We at Agency Reporter congratulate all the winners and their teams to have witnessed the fastest and most commendable growth and emerging as India’s Fastest Growing Digital Agencies.