[Indian Startup Ecosystem] The State Of Early-stage Startups In India
Over the years, the Indian startup ecosystem has grown exponentially. Backed by favourable demographics, increasing investors’ confidence, and numerous government initiatives, India is now home to the third-largest startup ecosystem. Every year early-stage startups in India, backed by young entrepreneurs, come up with disrupting ideas, providing employment opportunities and boosting […]
Startup Funding Stages: Different Stages Of Funding For Startups Explained
For a startup, funding can create the difference between getting it successfully off the ground or burning it down to ashes. And to raise money, new-age businesses go through several startup funding stages. According to a recent study, over 94% of new businesses fail during the first year of their […]
Economic Survey: Delhi Replaces Bengaluru As India’s Startup Capital
According to the Economic Survey 2021-22, Delhi has replaced Bengaluru as the startup capital of India. Tabled by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Parliament on Monday, the survey highlighted that, between April 2019 to December 2021, over 5,000 recognised startups were added in Delhi, while 4,514 startups were added […]
NASSCOM Report: India Will Have 200 Unicorns By 2025
According to the latest report by NASSCOM and Zinnov, the Indian startup ecosystem raised $24.1 billion worth of equity investment in 2021 and is all set to grow to 200 unicorns by 2025. Launched by Union minister for commerce and industry Piyush Goyal and NASSCOM president Debjani Ghosh, the report […]
Delhi-NCR Startup Ecosystem Raised $6.7 Billion Funding Across 270 Deals In 2021
With a tremendous inflow of capital, the Indian Startup ecosystem is growing rapidly. In the first eight months of 2021, Indian startups raised $26 Billion in funding, hitting an all-time high. The startup ecosystem in Delhi-NCR registered a strong capital infusion in the same period and raised $6.7 Billion across […]
Alternate Financing Platform Trifecta Capital Announces Launch Of Debt Fund-III
Trifecta Capital, an alternate financing platform for startups, has announced the launch of its third venture debt fund, Trifecta Venture Debt Fund – III. The Trifecta Venture Debt Fund – III, with a target corpus of INR 1,000 crore ($133 million) and a greenshoe option of INR 500 crore ($67 million), […]
Report: Around $17.2B Invested In Indian Startup Ecosystem By VC Firms During Jan-July 2021
As per data released by Venture Intelligence (VI) and the Indian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (IVCA), Venture capital firms invested a total of $17.2 billion into the Indian startup ecosystem during January-July 2021. This invested amount is much higher than the investments made by VCs in 2020 and 2019, $11.1 […]
Report: HNIs To Invest $30 Billion In Indian Tech Startups by 2025
As per a 256 Network and Praxis Global Alliance India report, High net-worth individuals (HNIs) are expected to invest $30 billion in Indian tech startups by 2025. The report titled “Turning Ideas to Gold” stated that India would have 150 unicorns by 2025, thrice as many as currently. This growth […]
IRDAI Allows Indian Insurance Companies To Invest In Startups Via Fund Of Funds
To provide more capital options to the growing Indian startup ecosystem, the Insurance Regulatory Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has allowed Indian insurance companies to invest in fund of funds (FoF). IRDAI added that insurers are prohibited from investing in fund of funds that invest in overseas companies or funds. Talking […]
Nasscom Launches Deep Tech Club 2.0 To Boost Indian Deep Tech Startups
National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom) has launched a project, Deep Tech Club (DTC) 2.0, to boost Indian deep-tech startups and help them scale globally. Deep Tech Club (DTC) 2.0 is a three-stage programme aimed at scaling the impact to over 1,000 firms that are leveraging technologies such […]