India
Asia · Pop. 1450.9M · #4 startup ecosystem by EV
1 Overview
* C→Unicorn and Unicorn→Decacorn rates are derived from current counts (no founding-cohort data); the four mid-funnel rates use Dealroom's cohort tracking.
2 Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in India
A live treemap of $100M+ rounds from the Dealroom API. Each cell is one round into a India-headquartered company, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in India - 2024–2026
3 Startup hubs
Inside India: 8 startup hubs, 2,403 universities
Hubs are sized by combined enterprise value; universities and research institutes by the startup founders they produced. Hover any point for its numbers; the lists rank hubs by EV and universities by founders.
4 VC investment
How much venture capital flows into India
VC investment into India-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.
5 Founder origins
Where India's unicorn founders build
638 founders born in India are behind 323 unicorns; 61% of those were built in the US. Origins are resolved from biography and education history, not current address. Compare with the other origin countries in Asia, ranked by founders or per 1M inhabitants.
6 Location comparison
How India stacks up
Compare India with similarly sized ecosystems in Asia — switch between combined EV, 5-year EV growth, and a growth × size view. Expand the table for the full ranking.
Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.
Top ecosystems in Asia ranked by combined EV. India's row is highlighted (#2).
| # | Ecosystem | Combined EV | EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | $5.8T | 3.1× | 515 | $33.9B | 25K |
| 2 | India | $923B | 7.5× | 130 | $14B | 13.6K |
| 3 | Israel | $598B | 5.6× | 133 | $10.5B | 4,801 |
| 4 | South Korea | $432B | 15.4× | 48 | $8.3B | 8,099 |
| 5 | Singapore | $321B | 8.6× | 40 | $4B | 3,996 |
| 6 | Japan | $229B | 5.8× | 21 | $7B | 7,941 |
| 7 | Hong Kong | $179B | 12.4× | 21 | $3.1B | 1,251 |
| 8 | United Arab Emirates | $77.4B | 10.4× | 24 | $3.9B | 1,600 |
| 9 | Indonesia | $64.9B | 5.0× | 12 | $485.4M | 1,219 |
| 10 | Taiwan | $61.5B | 8.1× | 10 | $209.1M | 629 |
| 11 | Türkiye | $52.6B | 16.0× | 10 | $714.6M | 2,048 |
| 12 | Vietnam | $34.3B | 15.3× | 4 | $461.5M | 619 |
7 Patent intelligence
India startup IP portfolio: 26K patent families
Granted patent families assigned to startups headquartered in India. Aggregated across the country's hub-level filings — Bay Area, Boston, etc. roll up under the United States row, the same way Tokyo and Osaka roll up under Japan.
8 Sector concentration
Where India punches above its weight
Sectors in which India's share of the global unicorn pool is bigger than its overall share. A 5× over-index means India is 5× more represented in that sector than in the global average. Source: top-hub aggregation across the 18 simplified sectors.
9 Premium analytics
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