2014 In Review: The Indian Tech Startup Funding Report

2014 has been an action packed year. This year, one could argue, we’ve seen it all – billion dollar fundings, multi-billion dollar valuations, Flipkart raising tons of rounds to become the second most valuable private company in the world to multiple startup acquisitions and exits.

The year saw a whooping $5.2 Billion in funding pumped into the tech startup ecosystem with over 300+ deals.

Below we bring to you a detailed report on the Indian Startup fundings this year with some key trends and insights on the ecosystem.

Interesting Patterns:

• 60 eCommerce ventures raised funding and 2 were acquired with most of investments happening in the month of November

• The eCommerce sector accounted for 23% of deals and 66% ($3.54 Bn) of the total funding. Flipkart accounted for $2.3 Bn and Snapdeal took $860 Mn from the $3.54 Bn

• The Real Estate sector saw a rising interest, with seven companies successfully raising investments. Housing.com raised three rounds amounting to $137 Mn and pushing the total for the sector to nearly $240 Mn

• Mobile startups witnessed a newfound interest and accounted for almost 11% of all deals and got nearly $88 Mn in funding

• Gaming & Media are the new entrants this year which saw significant growth, largely driven by the big ticket fundings of NewsHunt, ScoopWhoop & News in Shorts

• Blume Ventures was again the most active VC firm with 18 deals this year, closely followed by Accel & Tiger Global

• Angel investments grew 160% from a mere 56 deals in 2013 to over 145 deals in 2014, accounting for nearly 56% of all deals and bagged $210 Mn this year

• November was by far the most active month and saw the most number of deals

• In terms of geography, Bangalore topped the list again with 33% of all deals and nearly $2.5 Bn in investments

• Delhi came in close behind, accounting for 28% of all deals and nearly $1.6 Bn in investments

• Pune, Ahmedabad and Kochi are the new entrants with a share 4%, 2% & 2% of all deals respectively

That was a big year indeed. Let’s see what’s ahead for us in 2015.

Which sector do you think will be the focus next year? Share your thoughts below!

This is part of our special series, In Focus: 2014 In Review, in which we showcase the highlights of 2014 and what’s to come next year in the Indian Tech Ecosystem. Stay tuned for more.

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