Investors believe Indian startup funding could heat up after record Q3 Tailwinds, early-stage activity and other signs that there are more great times ahead
Subscribers to the Daily Crunch newsletter are familiar with how many Indian startups feature in our coverage on emerging technology companies around world. As the Chinese venture capital market changes in the face of changing regulations, the country's prominence may have increased.
Many Indian companies have been listed or initiated the IPO process. These exits have done more than just recycle capital into India's market. They also show global investors that Indian startups can go from seed stage to redwood.
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Indian startups are experiencing a boom in venture capital activity, despite the COVID-19-inducing lows in early 2020. The country's venture capital data is surprising, even for 2021.
The Exchange reached out to GV Ravishankar (Managing Director at Sequoia India) and Kunal Bajaj (head of Capital Network at Blume Ventures) to get a better understanding of what was going on in India.
How active is India's market today? Ravishankar stated that India is experiencing one of the most exciting periods for startups in terms of their ability to raise funding on a regular basis.
We were able to understand the motivations behind Indian startups not only to set new records in terms capital attracted but also to accelerate previous gains to totals that may not be seen again until after this business cycle ends.
India's startup market records new
The Exchange began to digest hundreds of data points when Q3's venture capital data was available. In terms of filling gaps in market understanding, digging into quarterly data is almost as effective as a brand-new S-1 file.
Rarely is a chart so compelling that we shout: Wait, what? CB Insights Indian data sets about quarterly venture totals and time were such as the CB Insights Indian data sets:
