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STARTUP ANALYTICS FOR

Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (U-0517)

HEI Startup Ecosystem Ranking

5 th

Among all 158 Institutes of National Importance (INIs)

7

Among all 404 HEIs

Incubators

5

Startups

1,076

+ 0.65 %

last 12 mos

Total Investment

₹1.09T

+ 4.44 %

last 12 mos

Total Loan

₹63.83B

Total Jobs

101.67K

Aggregate Revenue

₹106.06B

FY25

37 startups

Aggregate
Valuation

₹1.76T

Total Realised
Value

₹599.56B

Unicorns

12

IPOs

6

Startup
Patents

863

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	Delhivery	2011	IPO	Public company — kindly refer market data for real-time information				16	—	3.70	4.08K
2	ShareChat	2015	Series D and above	₹153.80B	₹267.61B (2021)	₹5.09B	504	—	—	—	—
3	Cult.fit	2016	Series D and above	₹52.26B	₹117.53B (2021)	—	149	—	—	4.20	114.00K
4	Glance	2019	Series A	₹50.04B	₹74.06B (2020)	—	738	—	—	—	—
5	Urban Company	2014	IPO	Public company — kindly refer market data for real-time information				—	—	3.20	4.64K

1 - 5 out of 1,076 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	Aerem	2018	Series D and above	₹3.03B	₹3.62B (2025)	₹80.80M	67	—	—	5.00	4
2	Big Bang Boom Solutions	2018	Series B	₹2.63B	—	₹380.00M	83	—	—	5.00	9
3	SatSure	2017	Series D and above	₹2.14B	—	—	131	11	—	4.90	14
4	Offgrid Energy Labs	2018	Series B	₹1.33B	—	—	—	21	—	5.00	1
5	EndureAir Systems	2018	Series D and above	₹922.91M	—	₹20.00M	115	—	—	4.70	56

1 - 5 out of 468 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
1	T Techsolver Communications & Innovative	2018	—	₹5.00M	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2	GITITECH	2015	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
3	I Irene Nanocore	2010	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
4	I ITELEMATICS SOFTWARE PRIVATE LIMITED	2012	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
5	xTerra Robotics	2023	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

1 - 5 out of 5 Faculty Founded Startups

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	ShareChat	2015	Series D and above	₹153.80B	₹267.61B (2021)	₹5.09B	504	—	—	—	—
2	Aereo	2013	Series D and above	₹1.93B	₹3.80B (2022)	₹495.00M	288	—	—	4.70	74
3	EndureAir Systems	2018	Series D and above	₹922.91M	—	₹20.00M	115	—	—	4.70	56
4	G Grabhouse	2013	Amalgamated	₹785.00M	—	—	—	—	—	5.00	1
5	SupplyNote	2015	Series D and above	₹489.68M	₹585.15M (2020)	—	50	—	—	5.00	22

1 - 5 out of 29 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	Delhivery	2011	IPO	Public company — kindly refer market data for real-time information				16	—	3.70	4.08K
2	Cult.fit	2016	Series D and above	₹52.26B	₹117.53B (2021)	—	149	—	—	4.20	114.00K
3	Glance	2019	Series A	₹50.04B	₹74.06B (2020)	—	738	—	—	—	—
4	Urban Company	2014	IPO	Public company — kindly refer market data for real-time information				—	—	3.20	4.64K
5	Moglix	2015	Series D and above	₹36.20B	₹193.41B (2022)	₹4.16B	1,268	—	—	3.00	4

1 - 5 out of 411 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	Delhivery	2011	IPO	Public company — kindly refer market data for real-time information	16	—	3.70	4.08K
2	Urban Company	2014	IPO	Public company — kindly refer market data for real-time information	—	—	3.20	4.64K
3	ixigo	2006	IPO	Public company — kindly refer market data for real-time information	—	—	4.55	188.90K
4	Tracxn	2012	IPO	Public company — kindly refer market data for real-time information	—	—	3.40	576
5	Renesas Electronics	2016	IPO	Public company — kindly refer market data for real-time information	—	—	4.90	19

1 - 5 out of 6 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	ShareChat	2015	Series D and above	₹153.80B	₹267.61B (2021)	₹5.09B	504	—	—	—	—
2	Cult.fit	2016	Series D and above	₹52.26B	₹117.53B (2021)	—	149	—	—	4.20	114.00K
3	Glance	2019	Series A	₹50.04B	₹74.06B (2020)	—	738	—	—	—	—
4	Moglix	2015	Series D and above	₹36.20B	₹193.41B (2022)	₹4.16B	1,268	—	—	3.00	4
5	Perfios	2008	Series D and above	₹34.84B	₹82.78B (2024)	₹3.30B	1,241	2	—	4.20	147

1 - 5 out of 12 Unicorn Startups

List of all Incubators

Sl No.	Incubator Name	No. of Startups Supported	Startups Supported
1	STARTUP INCUBATION AND INNOVATION CENTRE, IIT KANPUR	463	3R ZeroWaste, 4 FRONT ANALYTICS and 461 more
2	C3IHUB - IHUB NTIHAC FOUNDATION, IIT KANPUR	49	AccelPro, Aerosys Aviation and 47 more
3	FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATION AND RESEARCH IN SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, IIT KANPUR	27	AKSHIVA INNOVATIONS, ARTHAVEDIKA TECH and 25 more
4	ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND INNOVATION DRIVEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP (AIIDE) - CENTER OF EXCELLENCE (COE)	23	ASTUTELEXSERVICADO, AgriVijay and 21 more
5	NATIONAL CENTRE FOR FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS (NCFLEXE), IIT KANPUR	0	—

1 - 5 out of 5 Incubators

Govt. Funds which supported Startups

Sl No.	Govt. Fund Name	No. of Startups Supported	Startups Supported
1	STARTUP INDIA SEED FUND SCHEME (SISFS)	88	AANA CROP SOLUTIONS (in 2021), AATHMA PRANAVAAYU (in 2021) and 86 more
2	T TECHNOLOGY INCUBATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF ENTREPRENEURS (TIDE) SCHEME, MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY	79	AGNITECH FORGE (in 2023), AKAC Healthcare (in 2023) and 77 more
3	NIDHI - PRAYAS, DST	55	AKAC Healthcare (in 2023), AiRTH (in 2020) and 53 more
4	BIRAC BIOTECHNOLOGY IGNITION GRANT (BIG)	54	AMDUS TECHNOLOGIES (in 2021), ASPIEL SYRINGES (in 2022) and 52 more
5	CREDIT GUARANTEE FUND TRUST FOR MICRO AND SMALL ENTERPRISES (CGTMSE) SCHEME, MINISTRY OF MSME	40	4tigo (in 2022), ADHITA BIOSCIENCES PRIVATE LIMITED (in 2022, 2020) and 38 more

1 - 5 out of 48 Govt. Funds

Banks & FIs which supported Startups

Sl No.	Bank / Financing Institution Name	No. of Startups Supported	Startups Supported
1	HDFC BANK LIMITED	34	Acquafront Infrastructure (in 2021), Aereo (in 2023, 2022) and 32 more
2	AXIS BANK LIMITED	18	4tigo (in 2021), Aquasense (in 2023, 2021, 2020) and 16 more
3	KOTAK MAHINDRA BANK LIMITED	16	Big Bang Boom Solutions (in 2021), CUREFIT HEALTHCARE PRIVATE LIMITED (in 2023) and 14 more
4	ICICI BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED	15	4tigo (in 2022, 2020), Aereo (in 2025) and 13 more
5	STATE BANK OF INDIA	14	Aereo (in 2023), Big Bang Boom Solutions (in 2024) and 12 more

1 - 5 out of 73 Debt. Funds

Angels who invested in Startups

Sl No.	Angel Name	No. of Startups Invested	Startups Invested
1	Kunal Shah	17	Bitscale (in 2024), Blitz (in 2023) and 15 more
2	ABHISHEK GOYAL	11	FLIPCLASS (in 2014), Masai School (in 2021) and 9 more
3	Ramakant Sharma	10	AIRMEET (in 2020), General Autonomy (in 2023) and 8 more
4	Abhishek Mittal	7	GIVA (in 2019), HappyCredit (in 2021) and 5 more
5	Varun Alagh	7	Belong (in 2025, 2024), Liquid Diamonds (in 2024) and 5 more

1 - 5 out of 1,037 Angels

VCs who invested in Startups

Sl No.	VC Name	No. of Startups Invested	Startups Invested
1	PEAK XV PARTNERS	31	AIRMEET (in 2022, 2020), Apna Mart (in 2025, 2023, 2022) and 29 more
2	LVX VENTURES (LETSVENTURE), BENGALURU	25	AIRMEET (in 2020), Aereo (in 2022) and 23 more
3	ANGELLIST	21	Blitz (in 2022, 2021), Card91 (in 2022) and 19 more
4	ACCEL PARTNERS, PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA	20	4tigo (in 2018, 2017, 2015), AIRMEET (in 2022, 2020) and 18 more
5	INDIA QUOTIENT, AHMEDABAD	18	Blitz (in 2024, 2023), Care24 (in 2019, 2015) and 16 more

1 - 5 out of 831 VCs

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