India, Oct. 26 -- India's D2C ecosystem has no shortage of new brands. But as competition intensifies, identifying the businesses delivering strong revenue growth, beyond the attention generated by funding announcements, product launches and marketing campaigns, is becoming increasingly important.

This is the premise behind FAST42, Inc42's annual ranking of India's fastest-growing D2C brands. Now in its sixth edition, FAST42 2027 invites applications from emerging consumer brands to identify and rank 42 businesses by verified revenue growth between FY24 and FY26.

Since 2022, FAST42 has been part of Inc42's broader effort to identify, track and recognise emerging consumer businesses. Backed by more than a decade of startup ecosystem cove...