In the first six months of 2024, venture capital (VC) funding to Indian start-ups has shown a steady upward trend. This is an increase of 45% compared to the six months from July to December 2023. Indian startups have raised a total of $6.4 bn in VC funding in the first six months of 2024. In contrast, research shows that it earned $4.4 billion in the second half of 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, compared to the first six months of 2023, the increase was only 1.5 percent, to $6.3 bn. Overall, there are positive bearings for the first half of 2024 after VC funding showed a 66% decline in the second half of 2022. This is also a very good time in the wake of the long funding winter that has engulfed the Indian start-up ecosystem after the bullish period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In fact, in the first six months of 2024, VC funding per month has been steadily increasing. In the last two months - May and June - VC funding exceeded $1 billion. These developments will see the startup ecosystem end stronger in 2024 and cross the $10.8 -billion mark in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the sectors, fintech and e-commerce accounted for VC funding in H 1.2024, where the fintech segment received a total of $1.4 bn, while the e-commerce segment garnered $1.1 bn. Two notable categories, direct-to-consumer (D2C) and healthtech, raised $523 million and $504 million, respectively. The first six months of 2024 saw a total of 665 deals, but only eight deals exceeded the total value of $100 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The list is topped by quick commerce unicorn Septo, which has raised $665 million, followed by social commerce unicorn Meesho ($275 million) and omnichannel eyewear retailer Lenskart ($200 million).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Startups such as Pharmacy, Capillary Technologies, PocketFM, NephroPlus, and Shadowfax also received VC funding exceeding $100 million. Also, low-to-high-value deals are the primary reason VC funding remains at a moderate level. Given the current funding winter scenario, such high-value deals are few and far between. This is reflected in the phase-wise funding, with the late-stage category receiving $2.4 bn, while in the growth category it was $1.4 bn. It received $1.6 billion in the early-stage funding category and $870 million in the debt category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, the early-stage segment received the highest number of deals at 492 in H 1.2024. In all other categories, the number was less than 100 - a trend seen over the last two years. In terms of cities, Bengaluru has raised the most VC funding, followed by Mumbai and Delhi-NCR. While this is generally the pecking order, VC funding activity has also been seen in startup hotspots such as Chennai, Pune, and Hyderabad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The next six months of this year are crucial for the Indian start-up ecosystem if the VC funding number is to surpass the figure of 2023.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
2024-\u0d7b\u0d4d\u0d31\u0d46 \u0d06\u0d26\u0d4d\u0d2f \u0d06\u0d31\u0d4d \u0d2e\u0d3e\u0d38\u0d19\u0d4d\u0d19\u0d33\u0d3f\u0d7d, \u0d07\u0d28\u0d4d\u0d24\u0d4d\u0d2f\u0d7b \u0d38\u0d4d\u0d31\u0d4d\u0d31\u0d3e\u0d7c\u0d1f\u0d4d\u0d1f\u0d2a\u0d4d\u0d2a\u0d41\u0d15\u0d33\u0d3f\u0d32\u0d47\u0d15\u0d4d\u0d15\u0d41\u0d33\u0d4d\u0d33 \u0d35\u0d46\u0d1e\u0d4d\u0d1a\u0d4d\u0d35\u0d7c \u0d15\u0d4d\u0d2f\u0d3e\u0d2a\u0d3f\u0d31\u0d4d\u0d31\u0d7d (VC) \u0d27\u0d28\u0d38\u0d39\u0d3e\u0d2f\u0d02 \u0d38\u0d4d\u0d25\u0d3f\u0d30\u0d2e\u0d3e\u0d2f\u0d3f \u0d09\u0d2f\u0d30\u0d41\u0d28\u0d4d\u0d28 \u0d2a\u0d4d\u0d30\u0d35\u0d23\u0d24 \u0d15\u0d3e\u0d23\u0d3f\u0d15\u0d4d\u0d15\u0d41\u0d28\u0d4d\u0d28\u0d41\u0d23\u0d4d\u0d1f\u0d4d. \u0d15\u0d3e\u0d30\u0d23\u0d02 2023 \u0d1c\u0d42\u0d32\u0d48 \u0d2e\u0d41\u0d24\u0d7d \u0d21\u0d3f\u0d38\u0d02\u0d2c\u0d7c \u0d35\u0d30\u0d46\u0d2f\u0d41\u0d33\u0d4d\u0d33 \u0d06\u0d31\u0d4d \u0d2e\u0d3e\u0d38\u0d19\u0d4d\u0d19\u0d33\u0d46 \u0d05\u0d2a\u0d47\u0d15\u0d4d\u0d37\u0d3f\u0d1a\u0d4d\u0d1a\u0d4d 45% \u0d35\u0d7c\u0d26\u0d4d\u0d27\u0d3f\u0d1a\u0d4d\u0d1a\u0d41. \u0d07\u0d28\u0d4d\u0d24\u0d4d\u0d2f\u0d7b \u0d38\u0d4d\u0d31\u0d4d\u0d31\u0d3e\u0d7c\u0d1f\u0d4d\u0d1f\u0d2a\u0d4d\u0d2a\u0d41\u0d15\u0d7e 2024-\u0d32\u0d46 \u0d06\u0d26\u0d4d\u0d2f \u0d06\u0d31\u0d4d \u0d2e\u0d3e\u0d38\u0d19\u0d4d\u0d19\u0d33\u0d3f\u0d7d VC \u0d2b\u0d23\u0d4d\u0d1f\u0d3f\u0d02\u0d17\u0d3f\u0d7d \u0d2e\u0d4a\u0d24\u0d4d\u0d24\u0d02 6.4 \u0d2c\u0d3f\u0d32\u0d4d\u0d2f\u0d7a \u0d21\u0d4b\u0d33\u0d7c \u0d38\u0d2e\u0d3e\u0d39\u0d30\u0d3f\u0d1a\u0d4d\u0d1a\u0d41. \u0d07\u0d24\u0d3f\u0d28\u0d41 \u0d35\u0d3f\u0d2a\u0d30\u0d40\u0d24\u0d2e\u0d3e\u0d2f\u0d3f, \u0d31\u0d3f\u0d38\u0d7c\u0d1a\u0d4d\u0d1a\u0d4d \u0d2a\u0d4d\u0d30\u0d15\u0d3e\u0d30\u0d02 2023-\u0d7b\u0d4d\u0d31\u0d46 \u0d30\u0d23\u0d4d\u0d1f\u0d3e\u0d02 \u0d2a\u0d15\u0d41\u0d24\u0d3f\u0d2f\u0d3f\u0d7d 4.4 \u0d2c\u0d3f\u0d32\u0d4d\u0d2f\u0d7a \u0d21\u0d4b\u0d33\u0d31\u0d3e\u0d23\u0d4d \u0d28\u0d47\u0d1f\u0d3f\u0d2f\u0d24\u0d4d. \u0d0e\u0d28\u0d4d\u0d28\u0d3f\u0d30\u0d41\u0d28\u0d4d\u0d28\u0d3e\u0d32\u0d41\u0d02, 2023-\u0d32\u0d46 \u0d06\u0d26\u0d4d\u0d2f \u0d06\u0d31\u0d4d \u0d2e\u0d3e\u0d38\u0d24\u0d4d\u0d24\u0d46 \u0d05\u0d2a\u0d47\u0d15\u0d4d\u0d37\u0d3f\u0d1a\u0d4d\u0d1a\u0d4d, […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":1661,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-startup-news"],"yoast_head":"\n