Indian Tech Startup Funding Report Q3 2019

DataLabs by Inc42’s Indian Tech Startup Funding Q3 2019 Report showcases the growth of the Indian startup ecosystem over the past five years (2014 – Q3 2019) . With just one quarter to go in 2019, it’s time to look back at the year and understand how far the startup ecosystem has come. Besides an insight into the funding activity after the first three quarters of 2019, the report also discusses the catalysts for the ecosystem and paints a picture of the possible trends for Q4 2019.

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Key Highlights

$55 Bn

invested in Indian startups between 2014 and Q3 2019

26%

of the total unicorns in India acquired the unicorn status in 2019

Fintech

emerges as the top funded startup sector In Q3 2019

80%

of the total funding raised in Q3 2019 was by Delhi NCR & Bengaluru based startups

TOC SUMMARY

Executive Summary
Scope Of The Report
Introduction To The Report
Indian Tech Startup Funding: An Overview
Demographic Analysis
Sector Analysis
Mergers & Acquisitions
The Most Active Investors
2019: The Year Of Unicorns
Projections
Methodology
Glossary

Summary

After witnessing a slowdown in 2018 due to policy uncertainty, investment activity in the Indian startup ecosystem gained momentum in Q1 2019, which has sustained over the next two quarters. However, there’s still a lot of uncertainty over policies such as angel tax, ecommerce policy, healthcare norms and data localisation have come as entry barriers for new startups and have deterred investments. Though issues such as angel tax have been solved to a certain extent, it still remains a problem for new investors or investments in new startups.

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