A Vikram-S rocket model at Skyroot Aerospace facility on the outskirts of Hyderabad. The space startup raised $280-300 million earlier this year following successful launches (Photo | AFP)
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Quick Take | A revealing gap

Yet India’s startup ecosystem is gaining depth: fewer startups received funding this year

Express News Service

A new study by investor-startup tracker Prosus and Dealroom puts a striking number on India’s entrepreneurial potential. Founders who grew up in India account for $560 billion of founder-attributed company value across 205 unicorns abroad. The comparable figure for India-based 100 unicorns is a substantial $349 billion. It’s not a measure of personal wealth or actual founder ownership, but company value attributed to founders under the study’s methodology. Yet India’s startup ecosystem is gaining depth: fewer startups received funding this year, but the total amount invested rose to $10.3 billion. So, the average funding deal became larger, indicating increasing capital concentration. The challenge is to convert this ecosystem into more value at home.

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