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Higher Education
Institutes

404

Incubators

436

Startups

21,822

+ 1.09 %

last 12 mos

Total Investment

₹11.30T

+ 5.27 %

last 12 mos

Total Loan

₹3.65T

Total Jobs

786.32K

Aggregate Revenue

₹7.57T

FY24

3.61K startups

Aggregate Valuation

₹23.40T

Total Realised Value

₹10.82T

Unicorns

85

IPOs

51

Startup Patents

10,046

Startup Landscape in India

Startups Incorporated

Top-10 Sectors of Startups

Startups by Age

Aggregate Startup Revenues

Startups by Technology Readiness Level (TRL)

Investment from Equity Funding

Capital from Debt Funding

Startups by Category

Startups by Funding Stage

Comparative View of Higher Education Institutes

Sl No.	Institute Name	Total Incubators	Startups Till Date	Startups in 2024	Startups in 2023	No. of Unicorns	No. of IPOs	Total Jobs	Startup Patents	Funded Startups	Aggregate Funding	Aggregate Valuation	Loan Funded Startups	Aggregate Loan Funding	Aggregate Revenues FY2024	Aggregate Revenues FY2023
1	Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai (U-0456)	11	1,079	60	73	6	4	104,028 (315 Startups)	1,325	497	₹936.68B	₹1.61T	146	₹233.15B	₹3.42T (298 Startups)	₹566.31B (395 Startups)
2	Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (U-1014)	1	1,990	13	40	10	3	93,673 (425 Startups)	888	670	₹711.11B	₹1.93T	258	₹203.92B	₹3.11T (411 Startups)	₹1.45T (613 Startups)
3	Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai (U-0306)	5	1,318	50	89	14	5	130,427 (455 Startups)	1,962	769	₹1.46T	₹2.95T	198	₹172.26B	₹3.11T (448 Startups)	₹486.19B (541 Startups)
4	Anna University, Chennai (U-0439)	7	893	57	75	—	2	18,673 (218 Startups)	575	337	₹318.95B	₹364.38B	111	₹21.83B	₹59.38B (150 Startups)	₹221.19B (241 Startups)
5	Birla Institute of Technology & Sciences, Pilani (U-0391)	7	620	16	46	9	1	25,111 (194 Startups)	627	393	₹1.03T	₹2.40T	92	₹118.15B	₹550.73B (206 Startups)	₹1.34T (251 Startups)
6	Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (U-0517)	5	937	24	72	12	4	99,851 (276 Startups)	834	531	₹1.04T	₹1.76T	122	₹55.79B	₹339.53B (283 Startups)	₹283.81B (387 Startups)
7	Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (U-1016)	2	758	10	28	8	5	63,528 (348 Startups)	1,364	554	₹1.08T	₹1.90T	176	₹261.10B	₹637.04B (335 Startups)	₹560.31B (439 Startups)
8	Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (U-0100)	3	1,261	31	74	29	7	144,999 (517 Startups)	1,449	770	₹2.95T	₹7.90T	233	₹1.48T	₹1.92T (510 Startups)	₹857.86B (589 Startups)

1 - 8 out of 404 HEIs

List of all Startups

Sl No.	Startup Name	Associated HEIs	Founded Year	Startup Status	Total Funding	Latest Available Valuation	Total Loan	No. of Jobs	No. of Patents	TRL	Avg. Public Rating	No. of Public Ratings
1	Flipkart	IIT Delhi	2008	Series D and above	₹594.49B	₹2.86T (2022)	—	7,129	—	—	4.32	32.19M
2	Paytm	DTU Delhi	2000	IPO	Public company — kindly refer market data for real-time information				2	—	4.50	18.00M
3	Swiggy	BITS Pilani, IIM Kolkata, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Madras	2013	IPO	Public company — kindly refer market data for real-time information				—	—	4.40	7.68M
4	Ola	IIT Bombay	2010	Series D and above	₹257.48B	₹445.64B (2019)	₹1.08B	538	203	—	4.30	2.05M
5	OYO Rooms	NIT Surat	2012	Series D and above	₹225.86B	₹622.79B (2020)	₹2.03B	100	—	—	4.40	1.40M

1 - 5 out of 21,822 Startups

List of Incubated Startups

Sl No.	Startup Name	Associated HEIs	Founded Year	Startup Status	Total Funding	Latest Available Valuation	Total Loan	No. of Jobs	No. of Patents	TRL	Avg. Public Rating	No. of Public Ratings
1	Uniphore	IIT Madras	2008	Series D and above	₹45.05B	₹187.43B (2022)	—	360	—	—	4.20	39
2	Ather Energy	IIT Madras	2013	IPO	Public company — kindly refer market data for real-time information				148	—	4.30	423
3	Gupshup	IIT Bombay	2005	Series D and above	₹35.10B	₹104.35B (2021)	₹5.26B	976	—	—	4.30	18
4	Grey Orange	BITS Pilani	2014	Series D and above	₹33.05B	₹32.14B (2018)	₹1.20B	543	6	—	4.40	157
5	Mobile Premier League (MPL)	BITS Pilani	2018	Series B	₹26.82B	₹169.21B (2021)	₹660.00M	426	4	—	3.00	49

1 - 5 out of 12,223 Incubated Startups

List of Faculty Founded Startups

Sl No.	Startup Name	Associated HEIs	Founded Year	Startup Status	Total Funding	Latest Available Valuation	Total Loan	No. of Jobs	No. of Patents	TRL	Avg. Public Rating	No. of Public Ratings
1	SEDEMAC Mechatronics	IIT Bombay	2007	Series D and above	₹9.60B	₹19.12B (2024)	₹2.07B	444	77	Level 9 (2022-23)	—	—
2	AgniKul Cosmos	IIT Madras	2017	Series D and above	₹4.89B	₹15.68B (2023)	₹17.60M	253	53	—	4.00	51
3	Sarvam AI	IIT Madras	2023	Seed	₹3.41B	—	—	61	—	—	—	—
4	Pure EV	IIT Hyderabad	2015	Series B	₹3.08B	—	₹1.18B	117	11	Level 9 (2022-23)	2.30	6
5	The ePlane Company	IIT Madras	2019	Series D and above	₹1.88B	₹1.56B (2023)	—	131	25	—	—	—

1 - 5 out of 124 Faculty Founded Startups

List of Student Founded Startups

Sl No.	Startup Name	Associated HEIs	Founded Year	Startup Status	Total Funding	Latest Available Valuation	Total Loan	No. of Jobs	No. of Patents	TRL	Avg. Public Rating	No. of Public Ratings
1	Swiggy	IIM Kolkata	2013	IPO	Public company — kindly refer market data for real-time information				—	—	4.40	7.68M
2	Ola	IIT Bombay	2010	Series D and above	₹257.48B	₹445.64B (2019)	₹1.08B	538	203	—	4.30	2.05M
3	ShareChat	IIT Kanpur	2015	Series D and above	₹153.80B	₹267.61B (2021)	₹5.09B	504	—	—	—	—
4	Lenskart	BIT Mesra, IIM Bangalore	2008	Series D and above	₹112.08B	₹341.40B (2022)	₹4.33B	41	2	—	—	—
5	Pine Labs	IIT Delhi	1998	Series D and above	₹86.00B	₹377.90B (2022)	₹4.99B	534	2	—	4.00	4.62K

1 - 5 out of 1,623 Student Founded Startups

List of Alumni Founded Startups

Sl No.	Startup Name	Associated HEIs	Founded Year	Startup Status	Total Funding	Latest Available Valuation	Total Loan	No. of Jobs	No. of Patents	TRL	Avg. Public Rating	No. of Public Ratings
1	Flipkart	IIT Delhi	2008	Series D and above	₹594.49B	₹2.86T (2022)	—	7,129	—	—	4.32	32.19M
2	Paytm	DTU Delhi	2000	IPO	Public company — kindly refer market data for real-time information				2	—	4.50	18.00M
3	Swiggy	BITS Pilani, IIM Kolkata, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Madras	2013	IPO	Public company — kindly refer market data for real-time information				—	—	4.40	7.68M
4	Ola	IIT Bombay	2010	Series D and above	₹257.48B	₹445.64B (2019)	₹1.08B	538	203	—	4.30	2.05M
5	Delhivery	DTU Delhi, IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Lucknow, IIT Delhi, IIT Kanpur, NIT Karnataka	2011	IPO	Public company — kindly refer market data for real-time information				16	—	3.70	4.08K

1 - 5 out of 9,042 Alumni Founded Startups

List of IPO Startups

Sl No.	Startup Name	Associated HEIs	Founded Year	Startup Status	Total Funding	No. of Patents	TRL	Avg. Public Rating	No. of Public Ratings
1	Paytm	DTU Delhi	2000	IPO	Public company — kindly refer market data for real-time information	2	—	4.50	18.00M
2	Swiggy	BITS Pilani, IIM Kolkata, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Madras	2013	IPO	Public company — kindly refer market data for real-time information	—	—	4.40	7.68M
3	Delhivery	DTU Delhi, IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Lucknow, IIT Delhi, IIT Kanpur, NIT Karnataka	2011	IPO	Public company — kindly refer market data for real-time information	16	—	3.70	4.08K
4	Zomato	IIM Kolkata, IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi	2010	IPO	Public company — kindly refer market data for real-time information	—	—	—	—
5	FirstCry	DTU Delhi, IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Lucknow, IIT (BHU) Varanasi	2010	IPO	Public company — kindly refer market data for real-time information	—	—	4.46	939.60K

1 - 5 out of 51 IPO Startups

List of Unicorn Startups

Sl No.	Startup Name	Associated HEIs	Founded Year	Startup Status	Total Funding	Latest Available Valuation	Total Loan	No. of Jobs	No. of Patents	TRL	Avg. Public Rating	No. of Public Ratings
1	Flipkart	IIT Delhi	2008	Series D and above	₹594.49B	₹2.86T (2022)	—	7,129	—	—	4.32	32.19M
2	Ola	IIT Bombay	2010	Series D and above	₹257.48B	₹445.64B (2019)	₹1.08B	538	203	—	4.30	2.05M
3	OYO Rooms	NIT Surat	2012	Series D and above	₹225.86B	₹622.79B (2020)	₹2.03B	100	—	—	4.40	1.40M
4	Zepto	IIT (ISM) Dhanbad	2020	Series D and above	₹165.92B	₹419.50B (2024)	—	5,469	—	—	4.69	243.70K
5	ShareChat	IIT Kanpur	2015	Series D and above	₹153.80B	₹267.61B (2021)	₹5.09B	504	—	—	—	—

1 - 5 out of 85 Unicorn Startups

List of all Incubators

Sl No.	Incubator Name	No. of Startups Supported	Startups Supported
1	NADATHUR S RAGHAVAN CENTRE FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL LEARNING (NSRCEL), IIM BANGALORE	1594	Nappinnai, ATTITUDE and 1592 more
2	STARTUP INCUBATION AND INNOVATION CENTRE, IIT KANPUR	379	INVIVOD SOLUTIONS, SRASHTA AUTOMATION LABS and 377 more
3	IITM INCUBATION CELL, IIT MADRAS	363	AXON AUTOMATED SYSTEMS, Enability and 361 more
4	SOCIETY FOR INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (SINE), IIT BOMBAY	360	AXON AUTOMATED SYSTEMS, I-mboss Technology and 358 more
5	CENTRE OF INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (CIE), IIIT HYDERABAD	305	IPHAWK, My Ally and 303 more

1 - 5 out of 436 Incubators

Govt. Funds which supported Startups

Sl No.	Govt. Fund Name	No. of Startups Supported	Startups Supported
1	STARTUP INDIA SEED FUND SCHEME (SISFS)	1673	REBHU COMPUTING (in 2022), RoadMetrics (in 2020) and 1671 more
2	R RKVY- RAFTAAR AGRI-ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAMME, MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS' WELFARE	1056	Health Sutra (in 2020), EARTHY TALES (in 2021) and 1054 more
3	CREDIT GUARANTEE FUND TRUST FOR MICRO AND SMALL ENTERPRISES (CGTMSE) SCHEME, MINISTRY OF MSME	798	Cerulean Enviro Tech (in 2019), MAGASOOL AGRO (in 2023) and 796 more
4	T TECHNOLOGY INCUBATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF ENTREPRENEURS (TIDE) SCHEME, MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY	667	Predible Health (in 2022), AIndra Systems (in 2022) and 665 more
5	NIDHI - PRAYAS, DST	520	Acceleron Labs (in 2019), CRADLEWISE (in 2017) and 518 more

1 - 5 out of 83 Govt. Funds

Banks & FIs which supported Startups

Sl No.	Bank / Financing Institution Name	No. of Startups Supported	Startups Supported
1	HDFC BANK LIMITED	668	Navi, NYKAA.COM and 666 more
2	ICICI BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED	308	DoSelect, Navi and 306 more
3	STATE BANK OF INDIA	281	Navi, HOMECAPITAL and 279 more
4	AXIS BANK LIMITED	264	Navi, Chai Point and 262 more
5	A AXIS TRUSTEE SERVICES LIMITED	209	Chai Point, Magicpin and 207 more

1 - 5 out of 397 Debt. Funds

Angels who invested in Startups

Sl No.	Angel Name	No. of Startups Invested	Startups Invested
1	Kunal Shah	182	Bharat Bazaar (in 2016), Outplay (in 2021) and 180 more
2	Anupam Mittal	83	Bharat Bazaar (in 2016, 2015), LetsVenture (in 2015) and 81 more
3	KUNAL BAHL	80	Bharat Bazaar (in 2016, 2015), LetsVenture (in 2015) and 78 more
4	Rohit Bansal	72	Bharat Bazaar (in 2016, 2015), LetsVenture (in 2015) and 70 more
5	Ramakant Sharma	66	Truckmandi (in 2015), NIKI.AI (in 2020) and 64 more

1 - 5 out of 6,671 Angels

VCs who invested in Startups

Sl No.	VC Name	No. of Startups Invested	Startups Invested
1	LVX VENTURES (LETSVENTURE), BENGALURU	262	MASS BLURB (in 2015), FarMart (in 2021) and 260 more
2	PEAK XV PARTNERS	239	Convosight (in 2021, 2020), Vue.ai (in 2019, 2018, 2016, 2015) and 237 more
3	ANGELLIST	201	MAGICX (in 2022), Numberz (in 2020) and 199 more
4	VENTURE CATALYSTS ANGELS	195	HOMECAPITAL (in 2020), ION Energy (in 2021, 2020) and 193 more
5	INFLECTION POINT VENTURES (IPV)	159	Uniphore (in 2019), HEALOFY (in 2023, 2021) and 157 more

1 - 5 out of 3,895 VCs

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