India has the 3^rd largest startup ecosystem in the world

50,000+ startups have been recognized in India;

As per a survey report by Innoven Capital (survey of 140 founders); leading factors that make India appealing as a startup nation are-

1. Cost of doing business
2. Proximity to customers/vendors
3. Size of domestic market

7 million college graduates per year; 55% of the youth prefer working in startups over corporates (as per a youth of the nation survey of 150K young Indians). Median age of founders: 31 years

Second largest consumer internet market in the world (overtaking China) with 462 mn internet users, 80% of these users are mobile based 

While eCommerce and Aggregators have become mature; Fintech, Edutech and Healthtech are emerging verticals

Bangalore, Mumbai and NCR top startup destinations with over 65% of the total Indian startups.

Bangalore has also been listed within the world’s 20 leading startup cities in the 2015 Startup Genome Project ranking. It is also ranked as one of the world’ s five fastest growing startup cities

Infrastructure

• 280+ Incubators/Accelerators /Co-Working Space with 40% YoY growth
• Tier 2/tier 3 cities are gaining traction, with 66% new incubators established

Funding

• $4 bn poured into 1040 deals in 2016 – 55% decrease in deal value, volume increase by 3% from 2015
• On an average, four startup deals were announced every weekday throughout 2016
• Angel investments are on the rise, with a 20% increase in the active investors
• Global investor such as Alibaba Group, Soft bank, Sequoia and Foxconn have started to invest in the Indian startup ecosystem

Corporate Connect

Enterprises are realizing the disruptive potential of start-ups and are thus, partnering/investing in them. As per KPMG 2016 CEO Survey; 37% of CEOs surveyed deem their organisations to be highly capable of connecting in a beneficial way with start-ups. Examples of corporate support:

• Wipro has setup a $100mn fund to invest in startups
• IBM is partnering with 100 Indian big data and IoT start-ups,
• Apple recently acquired Tuplejump - an AI based startup from Hyderabad
• Barclays has setup an fintech co-working space that looks at getting innovative products at a cost five times cheaper than carrying out internal R&D