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Bengaluru: The centre has notified the Startup India Fund of Funds 2.0 with a Rs 10,000 crore corpus to channel venture capital into startups, with a focus on deeptech and manufacturing.The scheme retains the earlier fund-of-funds structure, with government capital flowing into SEBI-registered Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs), which will invest in startups.What is new is…
BENGALURU: Deeptech funding in India surged 37% year-on-year to $2.3 billion in 2025, outpacing broader venture capital growth and cementing artificial intelligence as the primary engine of the country’s startup ecosystem, according to Nasscom and Zinnov’s latest Indian Tech Start-up Report.Overall tech startup funding rose 23% to $9.1 billion during the year, even as investors…
The government on Friday approved the second tranche of the Startup India Fund of Funds Scheme with a corpus of Rs 10,000 crore, aimed at encouraging early-stage startups and deep-tech research, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a social media post.On his first day at Seva Teerth, his new office, PM Modi signed files linked…
BENGALURU: India’s deeptech funding rose in 2025 even as investor risk appetite tightened, with capital flowing to fewer companies, at later stages, and in larger cheque sizes. The shift lifted overall funding levels despite a sharp fall in the number of deals, highlighting a move towards selectivity and concentration rather than a broad-based return of…
India’s deeptech sector is on course to become a $30 billion market by 2030, powered by growing defence innovation and a surge in global robotics adoption, according to a report by Redseer Strategy Consultants.The report said India’s deeptech opportunity has expanded 2.5 times over the past five years, with its market base currently estimated at…
