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STARTUP ANALYTICS FOR

Anna University, Chennai (U-0439)

HEI Startup Ecosystem Ranking

1 st

Among all 90 State Public Universities

4

Among all 404 HEIs

Incubators

7

Startups

980

+ 1.73 %

last 12 mos

Total Investment

₹329.81B

+ 7.66 %

last 12 mos

Total Loan

₹23.91B

Total Jobs

19.58K

Aggregate Revenue

-

Aggregate
Valuation

₹609.29B

Total Realised
Value

₹235.86B

Unicorns

1

IPOs

3

Startup
Patents

603

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

List of all Startups

Sl No.	Startup Name	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	CRED	2018	Series D and above	₹89.47B	₹312.42B (2025)	₹1.64B	837	—	—	1.90	333
2	Freshworks	2010	IPO	Public company — kindly refer market data for real-time information				4	—	4.00	34
3	WayCool	2015	Series D and above	₹33.90B	₹53.61B (2022)	₹4.13B	220	—	—	4.30	186
4	Ninjacart	2015	Series D and above	₹28.76B	₹59.53B (2021)	₹2.41B	1,103	—	—	—	—
5	Whatfix	2013	Series D and above	₹20.70B	₹12.21B (2020)	—	810	11	—	—	—

1 - 5 out of 980 Startups

List of Incubated Startups

Sl No.	Startup Name	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	MEINE Electric	2022	Series A	₹97.67M	—	—	—	—	—	4.60	11
2	Aatrel	2023	Seed	₹90.00M	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
3	PRIMAS BIOSCIENCE	2019	Series B	₹65.00M	—	₹38.80M	11	—	—	—	—
4	Torus Robotics	2019	—	₹52.09M	—	—	14	2	Level 9 (2022-23)	—	—
5	Goat Robotics	2023	Seed	₹26.60M	—	₹15.00M	31	—	—	—	—

1 - 5 out of 113 Incubated Startups

List of Faculty Founded Startups

Sl No.	Startup Name	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

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List of Student Founded Startups

Sl No.	Startup Name	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	VOKAL	2015	Series D and above	₹6.05B	₹19.67B (2022)	₹160.00M	57	2	—	3.70	6
2	Sea6energy	2010	Series D and above	₹1.91B	₹1.09B (2015)	₹450.00M	119	94	—	5.00	1
3	SP Robotic Works	2012	Series D and above	₹301.89M	₹780.10M (2021)	₹85.40M	80	—	—	—	—
4	Frigate	2021	Seed	₹139.62M	₹524.39M (2023)	₹160.00M	43	—	—	—	—
5	FERMENTECH GSV	2017	—	₹35.80M	—	₹7.70M	—	—	—	5.00	1

1 - 5 out of 67 Student Founded Startups

List of Alumni Founded Startups

Sl No.	Startup Name	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	CRED	2018	Series D and above	₹89.47B	₹312.42B (2025)	₹1.64B	837	—	—	1.90	333
2	Freshworks	2010	IPO	Public company — kindly refer market data for real-time information				4	—	4.00	34
3	Ninjacart	2015	Series D and above	₹28.76B	₹59.53B (2021)	₹2.41B	1,103	—	—	—	—
4	Whatfix	2013	Series D and above	₹20.70B	₹12.21B (2020)	—	810	11	—	—	—
5	Juspay	2012	Series D and above	₹16.21B	₹35.59B (2021)	—	1,027	3	—	4.30	319

1 - 5 out of 719 Alumni Founded Startups

List of IPO Startups

Sl No.	Startup Name	Founded Year	Startup Status	Total Funding	No. of Patents	TRL	Avg. Public Rating	No. of Public Ratings
1	Freshworks	2010	IPO	Public company — kindly refer market data for real-time information	4	—	4.00	34
2	GO COLORS	2010	IPO	Public company — kindly refer market data for real-time information	—	—	4.10	62
3	E2E NETWORKS	2009	IPO	Public company — kindly refer market data for real-time information	—	—	4.30	3

1 - 3 out of 3 IPO Startups

List of Unicorn Startups

Sl No.	Startup Name	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	CRED	2018	Series D and above	₹89.47B	₹312.42B (2025)	₹1.64B	837	—	—	1.90	333

1 - 1 out of 1 Unicorn Startups

List of all Incubators

Sl No.	Incubator Name	No. of Startups Supported	Startups Supported
1	ATAL INCUBATION CENTRE - ANNA UNIVERSITY (AIC-AU) INCUBATION FOUNDATION	45	ACME INDIA MEDICAL DRONES, Aatral ESP and 43 more
2	ITNT PATHFINDER	37	Acrofluidic Innovations, AnjX Solutions and 35 more
3	ITNT IACCELERATE	25	Aerion Labs, Blunav Technologies and 23 more
4	E-YUVA CENTRE, ANNA UNIVERSITY CHENNAI	6	GENPROTIC BIOPHARMA, MICHA LIFE SCIENCES and 4 more
5	CENTRE FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT (CED), ANNA UNIVERSITY	3	InstaGood, ScavengeX and 1 more

1 - 5 out of 7 Incubators

Govt. Funds which supported Startups

Sl No.	Govt. Fund Name	No. of Startups Supported	Startups Supported
1	TAMIL NADU STARTUP AND INNOVATION MISSION (TANSEED)	44	Academic Progress India (in 2022), Al-Zira Technology (in 2024) and 42 more
2	CREDIT GUARANTEE FUND TRUST FOR MICRO AND SMALL ENTERPRISES (CGTMSE) SCHEME, MINISTRY OF MSME	40	ADSTANDEE (in 2023), ARCHERY TECHNOCRATS (in 2021) and 38 more
3	STARTUP INDIA SEED FUND SCHEME (SISFS)	40	Al-Zira Technology (in 2024), All Real (in 2021) and 38 more
4	T TECHNOLOGY INCUBATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF ENTREPRENEURS (TIDE) SCHEME, MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY	37	30M Genomics (in 2022), AJNA LABS PRIVATE LIMITED (in 2022) and 35 more
5	NIDHI - PRAYAS, DST	29	AGNICART (in 2017), Aerostrovilos Energy (in 2020) and 27 more

1 - 5 out of 41 Govt. Funds

Banks & FIs which supported Startups

Sl No.	Bank / Financing Institution Name	No. of Startups Supported	Startups Supported
1	HDFC BANK LIMITED	38	AMPHISOFT TECHNOLOGIES (in 2020), ARCHERY TECHNOCRATS (in 2024, 2021) and 36 more
2	STATE BANK OF INDIA	21	ADSTANDEE (in 2022), Acrannolife (in 2023, 2022, 2020) and 19 more
3	ICICI BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED	11	Bode Animation (in 2023), CoreStack (in 2024) and 9 more
4	AXIS BANK LIMITED	9	E2E NETWORKS (in 2024, 2023), GO COLORS (in 2022) and 7 more
5	O ORBIS TRUSTEESHIP SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED	7	FREIGHTBRO LOGISTICS PRIVATE LIMITED (in 2023), Freightify (in 2023) and 5 more

1 - 5 out of 65 Debt. Funds

Angels who invested in Startups

Sl No.	Angel Name	No. of Startups Invested	Startups Invested
1	Lakshmi Narayanan	14	BLAER MOTORS (in 2021), FOOP (in 2016) and 12 more
2	Girish Mathrubootham	8	Frilp (in 2014), GoBumpr (in 2017, 2014) and 6 more
3	Kunal Shah	7	AntWak (in 2021), Fresh Bus (in 2023) and 5 more
4	Gopal Srinivasan	4	AgniKul Cosmos (in 2023, 2022), Jidoka (in 2022) and 2 more
5	Kushal Jayesh Khandwala	3	Buyofuel (in 2022), Fieldproxy (in 2022, 2021) and 1 more

1 - 5 out of 558 Angels

VCs who invested in Startups

Sl No.	VC Name	No. of Startups Invested	Startups Invested
1	CHENNAI ANGELS	14	BLAER MOTORS (in 2021), E-Sandhai (in 2023) and 12 more
2	LVX VENTURES (LETSVENTURE), BENGALURU	13	AgniKul Cosmos (in 2023, 2021, 2020), Buyofuel (in 2022) and 11 more
3	AXILOR VENTURES, BENGALURU	9	Bonfleet (in 2018), Journee (in 2017) and 7 more
4	INFLECTION POINT VENTURES (IPV)	9	Buyofuel (in 2022, 2021), Cercle X (in 2022) and 7 more
5	NATIVE ANGELS NETWORK	8	E-Sandhai (in 2023), Goat Robotics (in 2025) and 6 more

1 - 5 out of 577 VCs

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