{"id":1609,"date":"2024-03-17T01:32:53","date_gmt":"2024-03-17T01:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/17\/indias-startup-landscape-funding-winter-continues-as-investment-plummets\/"},"modified":"2024-03-17T01:32:53","modified_gmt":"2024-03-17T01:32:53","slug":"indias-startup-landscape-funding-winter-continues-as-investment-plummets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/17\/indias-startup-landscape-funding-winter-continues-as-investment-plummets\/","title":{"rendered":"India\u2019s startup landscape: Funding winter continues as investment plummets"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/img.etimg.com\/photo\/msid-42031747\/et-logo.jpg?resize=300,225&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"India\u2019s startup landscape: Funding winter continues as investment plummets\" title=\"India\u2019s startup landscape: Funding winter continues as investment plummets\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-brcount=\"9\">Today, India is known globally for its vibrant <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#Tech#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/startup-ecosystem\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">startup ecosystem<\/a>, which is the world\u2019s third largest. But like the rest of the world, the country\u2019s startups have been grappling with a \u2018<a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#Tech#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/funding-winter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">funding winter<\/a>\u2019. Only two startups attained <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#Tech#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/unicorn-status\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unicorn status<\/a> \u2014 a valuation of $1 billion \u2013 last year. <\/p>\n<p>A new report brings out the continuing downward trend in funding, as investors remain more cautious and selective, even as India remained the fourth largest venture market in the world in 2023.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"sectionemeritus_table\">\n<div id=\"courseTableBox\">\n<h3>Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill Courses<\/h3>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Offering College<\/th>\n<th>Course<\/th>\n<th>Website<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:28%\">Indian School of Business<\/td>\n<td>ISB Product Management<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;width:20%; padding-left:0\"><a data-ga-onclick=\"Emeritus_edit_articles_click#108551439#tech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\" class=\"btn btn_visit\" href=\"https:\/\/online-er.isb.edu\/product-management\/index.php?utm_source=timeset&amp;utm_medium=affiliate&amp;utm_campaign=times_et_article_textcta_edit&amp;utm_content=108551439\">Visit<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:28%\">MIT<\/td>\n<td>MIT Technology Leadership and Innovation<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;width:20%; padding-left:0\"><a data-ga-onclick=\"Emeritus_edit_articles_click#108551439#tech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\" class=\"btn btn_visit\" href=\"https:\/\/executive-ed.xpro.mit.edu\/technology-leadership-and-innovation?utm_source=timeset&amp;utm_medium=affiliate&amp;utm_campaign=times_et_article_textcta_edit&amp;utm_content=108551439\">Visit<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:28%\">Indian School of Business<\/td>\n<td>ISB Professional Certificate in Product Management<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;width:20%; padding-left:0\"><a data-ga-onclick=\"Emeritus_edit_articles_click#108551439#tech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\" class=\"btn btn_visit\" href=\"https:\/\/programs.emeritus.org\/isb\/professional-certificate-in-product-management\/index.php?utm_source=timeset&amp;utm_medium=affiliate&amp;utm_campaign=times_et_article_textcta_edit&amp;utm_content=108551439\">Visit<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/widget_emirituscourse_table.cms?courseFlatStructure=true&jumpText=NO&articlemsid=108551439&sectionname=tech&tableheading=Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill Coursespotime:2--><\/div>\n<div data-align=\"\" data-msid=\"108551460\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"midImg clearfix\">\n<figure class=\"imgBg imgMaxHeight\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Some highlights<br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#Tech#href\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/definition\/venture-capital\" rel=\"noopener\">Venture capital<\/a> investments shrank more sharply in India, dropping to $11 billion in 2023 \u2014 one-fourth of the $42 billion figure in 2021.<\/li>\n<li>Indian venture funding in startups has dropped to pre-2017 levels, with both the total value of deals as well as the number of deals having dropped by over 60 per cent.<\/li>\n<li>The drop is steeper for <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#Tech#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/late-stage-funding\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">late-stage funding<\/a>, which shrank by 82 per cent since 2021. <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#Tech#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/seed-funding\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Seed funding<\/a> has also halved. <\/li>\n<li>At the seed stage, both deal count and funding are going down.<\/li>\n<li>The <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#Tech#href\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/definition\/unicorn\" rel=\"noopener\">unicorn<\/a> is dying \u2014 the number of startups that attained unicorn status dropped from 45 two years ago to just two in 2023. The unicorn versus <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#Tech#href\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/definition\/ipo\" rel=\"noopener\">IPO<\/a> count has reversed, with little late-stage funding coming in, startups are looking to go IPO early.<\/li>\n<li>2021\u2019s leading late stage investors are now holding back.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <\/p>\n<div data-align=\"\" data-msid=\"108551473\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"midImg clearfix\">\n<figure class=\"imgBg imgMaxHeight\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"storyCollection\">\n<section data-grx-impression=\"Articleshow Blocker#Scroll#testimonial\" style=\"padding:0px;margin-top:5px;background-color: #fff4f2;\" id=\"testimonialListing1\" class=\"container testimonial\">\n<div class=\"testomonial_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"overh\">\n<h3>Discover the stories of your interest<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"top: 15px;display: flex;align-items: center;justify-content: center;\" class=\"nextprev-btn\"><span class=\"prev-btn leftA disable\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.etimg.com\/photo\/88591548.cms\"\/><\/span><span class=\"next-btn rightA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.etimg.com\/photo\/88591548.cms\"\/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/tech_brief_widget.cms?msid=87862328potime:4--><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, India is known globally for its vibrant startup ecosystem, which is the world\u2019s third largest. 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