ETSA 2026: Over a decade on, India’s startup story is only getting started
More than a decade after India’s startup ecosystem took its first steps, its entrepreneurial journey is entering a new phase, with a growing crop of founders tackling complex problems in deeptech and hardtech, and homegrown companies tapping the public markets as well as pursuing global ambitions.
The 12th edition of The Economic Times Startup Awards (ETSA) captured this transition, reflecting an ecosystem that has moved beyond the race for scale to pursue technological depth, durable businesses and international markets.
