One Of A Kind Startup Awards 2026: Finally, something for early-stage founders
Since everyone in the startup ecosystem loves numbers, here are some to consider:
According to the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, India added over 44,000 startups in 2025 alone, the highest single-year jump since the Startup India initiative launched a decade ago.
Yet, of the $13 billion Indian startups raised last year, early-stage companies (seed through Series A) captured just $3.2 billion across 831 deals, according to data platform TheKredible. Even more stark is the revelation from the NASSCOM-Zinnov India Tech Start-up Report 2025 that 85% of Indian tech startups never make it to Series A.
