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Foreword
The Indian Technology Start-up landscape has evolved to become the
fourth largest base across the world. Since 2010, there has been a
significant rise in the number of technology start-ups and today, our
country hosts more than 3,000 tech/digital start-ups. If the landscape
continues to evolve at this pace, then by the end of 2020 more than
11,500 start-ups are expected to get established in India, generating
employment opportunities for over 250,000 people.
Key indicators such as opportunities existing in the domestic market,
access to capital/mentors, and increased M&A and consolidation
activities clearly point towards the new evolution of the ecosystem.
Several founders are leveraging emerging technologies like big data
& analytics, augmented reality, internet of things and cloud computing
to come up with some of the best-in-class technology-based
start-ups.
R. Chandrashekhar
President, NASSCOM
This report, titled Tech Start-ups in India: A Bright Future is a rst-ofits-kind report undertaking an in-depth analysis of the various aspects
of the start-up ecosystem. The report clearly identies the current
Pari Natarajan
CEO, Zinnov
scale and size of the start-up landscape, factors that are impacting
the growth of the overall ecosystem and steps that need to be taken
to make the environment more conducive for start-ups.
We hope this report would be useful to you and we welcome your
feedback and comments at research@nasscom.in
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Executive summary
The start-up ecosystem is often described as young, innovative, aspirant
and futuristic. India, home to a new breed of young start-ups, has evolved to
become the fourth largest base of technology start-ups in the world. Since
2010, the Indian Technology Start-ups landscape has seen a sharp rise in
the creation of new start-ups and this number is expected to cross 3,100
by the end of 2014. It is a hyper growth inection point for the Indian startup ecosystem, with growth, capital and acquisitions all coming together to
create a perfect storm.
The whole ecosystem is evolving and becoming more and more vibrant and
multiple indicators are pointing towards this direction. The Indian middle
class is becoming a voracious consumer of digital solutions. eCommerce,
marketplaces and mobile apps are increasingly driving people online. Many
start-ups are incorporating emerging technologies in their solutions and
building global digital solutions from India.
Start-up funding is maturing signicantly in deal value and in diversity of
focus areas, and start-ups today have access to multiple sources of funding.
While start-ups are betting high on the ecosystem, demand for supportive
government policies continue to exist.
NASSCOM and Zinnov are delighted to present the rst-of-its kind report
titled Tech Start-ups in India: A Bright Future, which examines various
dimensions of the Indian start-ups ecosystem. This report is the result of
a comprehensive three-month study, during which detailed research was
carried out by the team at Zinnov to gather quantitative and qualitative data
and insights through primary and secondary sources. The whole process
involved personal interviews with various start-ups, VCs, Angel Investor and
Incubator/Accelerators, and extensive desk research.
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Angel investor
ecosystem in India
VC/PE
investment trends
Technology focus
areas and whitespaces
Technology product/digital
start-up landscape in India
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Inception year
Organisation with
inception year of 2010
or later
Intellectual property
That has developed and/or owns
the technology IP (includes IP-owned
through acquisitions) and/or
Headquartered
An organisation that is
headquartered in India
Has founding team
with Indian origin AND
product development
largely in India
Distribution
Undertakes the packaging,
selling and marketing of the
product/platform itself or
through channel partners
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Acknowledgement
This report has been co-developed by NASSCOM and Zinnov through a
comprehensive three-month study to understand the technology product
& digital start-ups landscape in India.
The preparation of this report has been facilitated by a number of
organisations and people who have extended great help to the NASSCOM
and Zinnov teams. We wish to sincerely thank all of them for their valuable
contributions without which this report would not have been possible.
First, we would like to thank all the industry members and other
colleagues, who went out of their way to provide detailed inputs and
perspective of their services/clients/markets, etc. They offered great
support to this project by providing the requisite data and insights as
required by the team. This study has been greatly enriched by the valuable
insights and detailed inputs provided by various investors, angels as well
as other key stakeholders in the ecosystem.
We would also like to acknowledge the special contribution made by
Google for supporting us on various policy-related aspects as well as
formulating and nalising the numbers.
Finally, we would like to specially acknowledge the support offered by
NASSCOM research team for their efforts and contribution towards the
execution and completion of this report.
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SECTION I LANDSCAPE/SCORECARD
Founders Profile
Start-up Landscape
India emerges as the
Catching up
th
4 Largest
start-up location globally
Delhi-NCR
Fast
48%
73%
Founders
28%
have
less than
MNC
36
work
experience
years of age
of start-ups continue to
be the technology hotspots
Bengaluru
Focus Areas
B2C/B2B:
4%
B2B:
37%
2014
3,100+
65,000+
36%
Founders
solely
engineers
6%
Women
founders
B2C:
59%
Growth Drivers
43%
Large
Domestic
market
Evolving
ecosystem of
investors and mentors
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Whitespaces
Increased
M&A
resulting in more
exits for investors
product/digital
organisations
have focus on
global market
US
UK
Israel
India
Canada
3,500+
3,300+
41,500+
3,100+
2,700+
US
India
70+
Avg. valuation
of start-ups
550+
Angels in India
80+
Incubators/Accelerators
USD 4.2
million
USD 2.3
million
Ease of doing
business ranking
7th
142nd
No. of investors
residing in the country
25,000
770
*in India ~68 per cent of total start-ups listed on Angel List are tech. product/digital start-ups, same ratio has been applied to the total number of start-ups listed on Angel List for a
country to arrive at the No. Tech. Product/Digital Start-ups
**Includes projected investments by VCs, PEs, angels, incubators/accelerators during 2010-14 in start-ups incepted during 2010-14
***Data from Angel List and World Bank Group (Ease of Doing Business rankings are benchmarked to June 2014)
Source: Microsoft Ventures, Zinnov Product/Digital Start-up Database, Angle List
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A number of
whitespaces within
consumer internet,
big data, cloud and
IOT, etc.
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As M&A is witnessing
increased momentum
in India, investors are
getting more exit
opportunities
2014E
2010
2011
3,100+
480+
Total number
of start-ups
2020P
11,500+
525+
2012
590+
2013E
680+
2014E
65,00075,000
2014E
805+
2020P
2,000+
Total number
of jobs created
2020P
250,000300,000
Year 2020 is expected to see a remarkable rise in the base of start-ups, and the total number of start-ups are projected to grow at a CAGR of ~24% between 2014 and 2020
This will equally impact the growth of Indian start-ups jobs, which is expected to grow at a CAGR of ~25%
Note : P = Projected; E = Estimated
Source : Angel List, Zinnov Product/Digital Start-up Database; Venture Intelligence, YourStory.in
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24%
Top 6 locations
account for 90% of the
start-up activity in India
Hyderabad
Mumbai
15%
Pune
6%
Bengaluru
28%
Top focus
areas of
start-ups
by location*
eCommerce/Aggregators
Big data & analytics
ERP
Productivity & collaboration
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8%
Chennai
6%
Education
Marketing & advertising
Kolkata, Ahmedabad,
Cochin, Jaipur and
Thiruvananthapuram
are the next
emerging locations
Hyderabad
Pune
Chennai
B2C
37%
59%
B2C
focus of
start-ups
15%
5%
13%
18%
5%
19%
19%
16%
4%
7%
6%
6%
10%
7%
7%
11%
21%
45%
42%
22%
Across years
2010
5%
40%
69%
2014
2010
B2C
B2C/B2B
13
Education
Aggregator &
online marketplace
39%
eCommerce
2012
2014
Overall
14%
5%
9%
17%
7%
13%
13%
19%
8%
9%
10%
52%
24%
Travel
8%
26%
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Social media
21%
26%
B2C/B2B: 4%
B2B
16%
Others*
B2B
focus of
start-ups
Others**
Productivity
8%
6%
6%
16%
33%
26%
23%
26%
Marketing
& advertising
23%
30%
27%
28%
ERP
2010
2012
2014
Overall
Communication
/Collaboration
Big data
& Analytics
Building on experience:
Fresh innovation:
32%
51%
49%
~73%
26-35 years
45+ years
~52%
Postgraduate founders**
~58%
~6%
Women founders
16%
16%
36%
14%
BE/B. Tech
ME/M. Tech
/MS/MCA
Cumulative
20%
2010
B.E./B.Tech
MBA
43%
2014
M.E./MS/
M.Tech/MCA
Others*
Note: Analysis based on a sample size of 430 start-ups for Age Wise Break-up and 458 start-ups for Education Break-Up;
#Analysis based on a sample of 100 start-ups across years
*Others includes Other Undergraduates, Others Masters and Doctoral degree
**Postgraduate Founders includes founders with ME/M.Tech/MS/MS/MCA, MBA, Other Masters and Doctoral degrees
Source: Zinnov Product/Digital Start-up Database
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13%
49%
No Previous
Experience
25%
12%
14%
16%
16%
27%
33%
Others*
35%
MBA
Indian
Tech
Up to 25 years
36-45 years
2014
Quick
Facts
Indian
Non-Tech
10%
2010
13%
Up to
25 years
Cumulative
4%
15%
MNC
Non-Tech
53%
5%
36-45
years
22%
45+
5%
years
20%
MNC Tech
26-35
years
Aggregator
eCommerce
Gaurav Kushwaha
CEO & Founder
B.Tech from IIT Delhi
Multiple rounds
of funding
58%
founders focus
on B2C segment
Major
Focus Areas
Gaurav Munjal
Founder & CEO
B.Tech from NMIMS
Single round of funding
36%
ERP
founders focus
on B2B segment
Manasij Ganguli
Co-Founder & CEO
B.E. from BIT, Mesra
Single round of funding
Major
Focus Areas
6%
founders focus on
B2B/B2C segment
Recruitment Portal
Santosh Yellajosula
Co-Founder & VP
M.Sc from BITS
Single round of
funding
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Major
Focus Areas
Aggregator
Business Analytics
Arjun Pillai
Co-Founder & CEO
B.Tech from Cochin University
Single round of funding
Rahul Yadav
Co-Founder & CEO
B.Tech from IIT Bombay
Multiple rounds of funding
Successful Women
Entrepreneurs
~6%
84%
eCommerce
B2C
45+ Years
0% Up to 25
36-45 Years
16% 16% Years
Aggregator
Richa Kar
Co-Founder & CEO
Masters from
NMIMS
USD 9 million in
funding
68%
13%
26-35 Years
B2B
Education Break-Up of
Start-up Founders
Education
Sreepriya Koppula
Founder
Certificate
Programme from
Stanford University
Single round of
funding
BE/B. Tech
Others*
30%
26%
37%
7%
ME/M.Tech/
MS/MCA
3%
B2B/
B2C
MBA
Note: Analysis based on a sample size of 31 start-ups
*Others include: Other Undergraduates, Others Masters and Doctoral degree
Source: Zinnov Product/Digital Start-up Database
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Marketing
platform
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Aggregator
Ruchi Garg
Founder & CEO
BE from CRSCE
Single round of
funding
Start-ups
Benefits achieved
Goodwill
enhancement
New business
opportunity
Serving unmet
needs of clients
Deeper client
engagement
Client connects
Product credibility
Corporate accelerator
Programme
Transition to
a solution provider
Support in solution
integration
Intrapreneurship
programme
Bundle services
around an
innovative product
Supporting
infrastructure
Enterprise partnership
Collaboration drivers
Business transformation
Global market access
High business value
to clients
Competencies offered
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Collaboration models
Corporate funds
programme
Competencies offered
Extended support
Innovation
Access to lients
Compact product
development cycle
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Growth firms
Enterprise security
Application software
Analytics
Productivity
Emergence of B2C
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Young start-Ups
Big data & analytics
Marketing &
advertisement
Mobility
ERP
Comm/Collaboration
Cloud computing
Niche use cases
43% product/
digital firms
have focus on
global markets
Public listed
organisations
5,000+
3,500+
Organisations in
Forbes 2000
Small
& medium
businesses
65+
Internet users
250+
million
3
Customers
Mobile phone
connections
900+
million
Smartphone users
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SMBs with
mobile phones
100%
Large
enterprises
India domestic
market
5+
million
115+
millionn
Global Whitespace
Opportunities
Over USD 100 billion+ of SMAC*
led level playing opportunities** in
global markets for Indian firms
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Business Environment
/Laws in India
Anecdotal evidence of low adoption
of products by Indian firms
& long sales cycles
Talent
Value Propositions
by Functions to
Attract Top Talent**
Technology function
57%
interesting work
25%
Social
Job
network
portals
20%
16%
9%
7%
7%
Sales function
opportunity to grow
Internships
College
HR
Hackathons agencies recruitment
Referrals
& meetups
Operations
open culture
B
82%
83%
63%
start-ups pay
more than the
market median**
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80%
Java
61%
HTML5
57%
CSS3
Product
management
Sales
business
Marketing
66%
66%
Top
programming
skills
20%
AJAX
25%
PHP
22%
Python
22%
Ruby on rails
14%
C/C++
14%
Others
Operations
41%
20%
30%
Inbound
marketing
Finance
14%
7%
HR
Others
14%
Source: http://10000startups.com/skills-infographic/
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Top
marketing
skills
70%
Growth
hacking
38%
SEO/SEM
38%
Online advertisement
/PPC/PPM
Community
management
Others
35%
25%
9%
800+
Delivery Platforms
350+
Start-ups
Security
Start-ups
Cloud
35+
Start-ups
Augmented
Reality
>25%
30+
Start-ups
AdTech
100+
Start-ups
Start-ups
Addressing
Whitespaces
/Emerging
Technologies
IoT
35+
start-ups
leverage
cloud as
the delivery
platform
Analytics
& ERP
emerge as key
cloud workloads
HealthTech
30+
Start-ups
Mobility
Start-ups
EduTech
Hardware
190+
30+
Start-ups
Start-ups
Payment Solutions
50+
Start-ups
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Gaming
100+
Start-ups
>7%
>26%
start-ups
provide
enterprise
mobility
platforms
start-ups
use mobile
app as a
primary
delivery mode
Payments
Founder worked
with
PayPal
Cloud*
Co-founders worked
with MindTree for
10+ years
Hardware
Founder worked
with Intel
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Cloud
Computing
AdTech
Co-founders worked
with Bain &
Company
Security
Co-Founder worked
with Philips
Electronics India Ltd.
HealthTech
EduTech
Co-founders
worked with
Sun Microsystems
Founder worked
with
Cisco Systems
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Augmented
Reality
Gaming
Founder worked
with DreamWorks
Animation
Mobility*
Quick Facts
30+
Augmented reality start-ups in India
Mumbai
hardware
and
internet
Healthcare
Communication
Virtual Trial Room
Virtual Jewellery
Trial Solution
Marketing &
Advertising
Hyderabad
2011
connectivity
Bengaluru
2012
Consumer mCommerce
is emerging as one of the top growth
areas for augmented reality
Virtual Home Design
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2011
Chennai
2012
Customer Engagement
Platform
Marketing & Advertising
Quick Facts
35+
IoT start-ups in India
India market
opportunity of
Ahmedabad
2012
Mumbai
USD 1 billion+
2014
Pune
investment committment by
Indian Government on building
A wearable device
to control any
smart device
2013
A connected c
car
platform for
remote monitoring
Source: *Machina Research; Zinnov analysis, Cisco, Zinnov Product/Digital Start-up Database
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2012
Quick Facts
30+
HW start-ups
in India
2013
NCR
Hardware
firms such as Nest,
GoPro, Beats,
Jawbone, Oculus have
recently accorded a
multi-billion dollar
valuation
Low-cost (<USD 200)
and efficient hardware is
becoming a great medium
for selling software and is
hence, attracting lot of
VC investments
3D printing market is
expected to grow at a CAGR
of 23% from 2013-20,
and reach USD 8.41 billion in 2020
2013
Bengaluru
2011
Mobile payment
solutions
Source: Huffington Post, Tech Crunch, Zinnov Analysis, Zinnov Product/Digital Start-up Database
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Warehousing and
distribution automation
products, fleet of
mobile robots
3D printer
2013
350+
BD&A* start-ups in India
four-fold growth in
analytics start-ups in India
in the last four years
2012
2010
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Social media
analytics platform
Real-time predictive
analytics based on
machine data
Chennai
Bengalure
2011
2011
Kochi
Data visualisation
and analytics tool
800+
cloud computing
start-ups in India
2020,at least
80% of IT industry
By
growth would be
driven by cloud and
modern IT solutions
>25% of start-ups in
India are already using
cloud as the primary
delivery medium
Source: *EMC and Zinnov; NASSCOM, Zinnov Product/Digital Start-up Database
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Self-service
platform for big
data analytics
Cloud-based billing
platform for subscription
business
2011
Bengaluru Chennai
2011
2012
Cloud-based
healthcare
CRM solution
2012
Cloud-based video
conferencing software
35+
security firms in India
Enterprise mobile
security firm
working in the
space of "Bring
Your Own Device"
2012
India IT security
market is expected to
double by 2016
2013
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Bangalore
Cloud-based mobile
security to secure
mobile applications
from getting hacked
Source: CRN, Economic Times , Zinnov Analysis, Zinnov Product/Digital Start-up Database
Chennai
Provider of innovative
pattern-based two
factor Authentication
Solution
2010
2011
Enterprise cloud security
solutions, focusing on
cloud security and
accessibility
50+
payment solutions
firms in India
Digital payments in India
is expected to touch
USD 19.8 billion by
December 2014, a
40% increase
from previous year
Payments platform
to solve payment
issues faced by
eCom. firms
2010
2011
NCR
Online payment
solutions firm
Mumbai
2011
800
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Comprehensive web
and mobile payment
solutions for merchants
as well as consumers
Bengaluru
2011
Paymentt d
device
i with a
card reader which can
be plugged into any
smart device or phone
190+
Edu-Tech start-ups in India
2013
Indiasonline education
market size is predicted to
grow to USD 40 billionby 2017
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Haryana
2013
Social learning network
for science for participants from academia to
corporate research
2013
Mumbai
2012
Cloud based
knowledge
management
platform
Bengaluru
Tablets for
education
Quick Facts
100+
Ad-Tech start-ups
in India
Digital advertising
market in India which
was USD 503.56 million
in 2013, will witness
35% growth by
the end of 2014
Ad platform for
retargeting users
over mobile and
social ad ecosystem
Ad spending on mobile
devices growing at an
annual average rate
of 46% while that on
social media growing
at an annual rate of
of 41%
eCommerce, telecom and
FMCG and consumer durables
are the top three verticals
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2012
2014
NCR
social
i l referral
f
l
ad campaigns
2013 Pune
Bengaluru
AdTech product for
advertising &
marketing analytics
2012
Software ad campaigns
& marketing analytics
30+
Health-Tech start-ups in India
India'shealthcare ITmarket
is expected to grow to
USD 1.45 in 2018, more than
three times the USD 381.3
million reached in 2012
Durgapur
2012
Pune
Accelerators dedicated solely to
2012
healthcare start-ups
are getting incepted in India
Indian health-tech
start-ups are proving
their capabilities in the
global market as well
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2012
Online healthcare
search
2013
Bengaluru
Patient records
management
software
100+
Gaming start-ups
in India
2011
Mumbai
2011
Mobile casual gaming
revenue expected to
grow at a
CAGR of 27.5% over
2010-15 period
Pune
2010
l
A game d
development
studio creating realistic,
casual and social video
games for tablets and
smartphones
to 8 million people in
India claim to play on a
console regularly
Bengaluru
2012
Source: IBN Live; Zinnov analysis, Zinnov Product/Digital Start-up Database, FICCI-KPMG report
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Incubators/Accelerators
2010
2014
100+
USD
13 million
USD
1,818 million
70+
80+
5+
25+
3/4 of Total
VC/PE Funding
Investmentson
the Rise
Angel Investors
50+
Delhi-NCR
2010
2014
73+
USD
4.2 million
USD
32.2 million
USD
1,574 million
Bengaluru
8+
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90+
USD
524 million
Angel Investors/Networks
Event Platforms/
Support Networks
Banks/Financial Institutions
Incubators/Accelerators
Academic/Training Programmes
Management
Programme for
Women Entrepreneurs
Wadhwani Centre
for Entrepreneurship
Development
Indian Institute of
Entrepreneurship
Support Ecosystem
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133 Member
Lending Institutions
41
83
70+
55
101
100+
549
265
28
217
37
13
Average Deal Size (Overall)
2010
2011E
2012E
2013E
2014P
USD 4.2
million
USD 7.2
million
USD 3.9
million
USD 5.4
million
USD 7.7
million
USD 2.5
million
USD 3.3
million
USD 5.7
million
USD 4.9
million
USD 7.8
million
USD 9.4
million
101
207
743
Investment Commitment in
Start-ups Excluding eCommerce**
USD 8.9
million
USD 6.9
million
2011E
2012E
2013E
2014P
*Average Deal Size (Overall)/(B2B)/(B2C) is based on publicly available deal values (In the public domain deal value is not available for every deal), excluding deals >= USD 100 million; (E):
Estimated, (P): Projected
**Total Investment Commitment is estimated based on Avg Deal Size (excluding deals >= USD 100 million) and Total No. of Deals; For the year 2014, Investment Commitment is
projected for the whole year based on the run rate so far
Source: Zinnov Product/Digital Start-up Database
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Early Stage
USD 0.5
million
USD 0.8
million
USD 4
million
USD 4
million
USD 0.5
million
USD 0.8
million
USD 3.5
million
USD 5
million
1,470
259
13
77
13
9
4
2010
USD 15
million
USD 19
million
USD 210
million
USD 45
million
USD 17
million
USD 17
million
USD 65
million
USD 627
million
2014
Early Stage
(>USD 1-5 million)
Growth Stage
(>USD 5-20 million)
Expansion Stage
(>USD 20 million)
Growth Stage
Expansion Stage
*Investment by stage of Funding is based on Avg Deal Size (excluding deals >=USD 100 million) and Total No. of Deals, and using the Total Investment Commitment
projected in the previous slide as base; (E): Estimated, (P): Projected
Source: Zinnov Product/Digital Start-up Database
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8.3
186
4.3
4.2
~2.0X
2010
~1.8X
2014
2012
2014
1,632
13
6.2
2.5
~2.5X
2014
2010
2010
2-5 Years
3.7
3.4
~1.1X
2014
2012
2014
*Average Deal Size and Average Investment/Investor is based on publicly available deal values (In the public domain deal value is not available for every deal), excluding deals >=USD 100
million; (E): Estimated, (P): Projected
**Investment by Start-up Inception Time is based on Avg Deal Size (excluding deals >=USD 100 million) and Total No. of Deals, and using the Total Investment Commitment projected in
the previous slide as base; (E): Estimated, (P): Projected
Source: Zinnov Product/Digital Start-up Database
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Cumulative
B2C
B2B
63%
32%
Share
of B2C
focused
VC deals
33%
11%
14%
11%
11%
2%
11%
20%
9%
2%
9%
12%
15%
16%
67%
B2C/B2B
61%
40%
5%
2010
2012
2014
53%
Others*
Social media
Education
Travel
Aggregator &
online marketplace
eCommerce
Overall
Across Years
1%
Others**
34%
100%
64%
21%
14%
7%
14%
2010
2014
B2B
Share
of B2B
focused
VC deals
B2C
B2C/B2B
2010
28%
21%
8%
16%
16%
16%
21%
16%
2012
2014
28%
7%
9%
18%
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Productivity
Big data
& analytics
18%
ERP
20%
Marketing &
advertising
Overall
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Communication/
Collaboration
Security
Solutions
CRM
Business
Analytics
Location Based
Services
eCommerce
Communication tool
Aggregator
Content
Management
Major
Investments
by Top 5
Investors in
B2B firms*
(Illustrative List)
Communication
tool
Major
Investments by
Top 5 Investors in
B2C firms*
(Illustrative List)
Travel
Business Resiliency
& Service Availability
CRM
CRM
Robotics
eCommerce
*Top 5 Investors based on total amount invested during 2010-14 in start-ups incepted during 2010-14 in B2B and B2C
Source: Zinnov Product/Digital Start-up Database
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Travel
eCommerce
eCommerce
eCommerce
Travel
1,200
400
Amount Invested
350
1,574
1,128
333
300
250
221
513
93
524
109
48
Bengaluru
NCR
200
150
80
52
38
37
9 0.1
2012
100
50
9
4
2010
NCR
Pune
Bengaluru
Hyderabad
Mumbai
Others
Quick Facts
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43
30
1.5
2014
Chennai
97% of funding in
NCR is towards
B2C start-ups
Over the past two years, NCR has seen the highest investments by VCs/PEs, followed by Mumbai
Chennai and Pune are also catching up fast
*Investment by Location is based on Avg Deal Size (excluding deals >=USD 100 million) and Total No. of Deals, and using the Total Investment Commitment projected in the previous
slide as base; (E): Estimated, (P): Projected
Source: Zinnov Product/Digital Start-up Database
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Softbank
9
Avg: 2.1
8
7
6
Tiger Global
5
4
Avg: 3.6
3
Steadview Capital Bessemer
Matrix Partners
Intel Capital
Venture Cannan
Bharti Softbank
Kalaari Capital
Partners Partners
eBay &
SAIF Partners
Saama Capital
Ru-Net
IDG Ventures India
IndoUS
CDC Group
Holdings
Venture Partners
2
1
0
Accel Partners
Sequoia Capital
Helion Venture Partners
4
5
6
Rank Based on No. of Deals*
10
*Rank Based on No. of Deals: Percentile rank (on a Scale of 0-10) of 20 Investors based on the number of investment made during 2010-14
**Rank Based on Amt Invested: Percentile rank (on a scale of 0-10) of top 20 Investors based on total amount invested during 2010-14, The top investor is ranked 10, second one is
ranked 5 and rest of the investors are given percentile ranks
Source: Zinnov Product/Digital Start-up Database
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1:1
2010 (E)
2011 (E)
2012 (E)
2013 (E)
Number of
Active Angel
Investors
(Individuals)
8+
29+
48+
112+
Total No.
of Deals
19
45
95
73+
Amount
Invested
USD 4.2
million
USD 9.1
million
USD 23
million
USD 33.9
million
USD 32.2
million
Average Deal
Size
USD
80,000
USD
416,000
USD
476,000
USD
312,000
USD
368,000
(Excluding Outliers)
2014 (P)
90+
Total 550+ Angel
Investors Focused
on India Market
*Average Deal Size (Excluding Outliers) is based on publicly available deal values minus deals where an individual/Angel network has invested >=USD 1 million; (E): Estimated, (P): Projected
Amount Invested is projected for each year based on Average Deal Size (Excluding Outliers) and Total No. of Deals
For the year 2014, Total No. of Deals and Amount Invested is projected for the whole calendar year based on the run rate so far
Source: Zinnov Product/Digital Start-up Database
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32.2 (P)
0.42
0.37
10.6
0.37
0.28
21.7
2011
4.2
2014
2012
2014
2014
<2 Years
2-5 Years
Angel investment is not restricted to select areas, investors are ready to bet on innovative ideas
Past four years have seen a gradual shift in investment from the earlier dominant sectors to new upcoming sectors in both B2B and B2C
*Average Deal Size is based on publicly available deal values (In the public domain deal value is not available for every deal), excluding deals where an individual/Angel network has
invested >=USD 1 million; (E): Estimated, (P): Projected
**Investment by Start-Up Inception Time is estimated based on Avg Deal Size (excluding deals >=USD 1 million) and Total No. of Deals, and using the Amount Invested projected in the
previous slide as base; (E): Estimated, (P): Projected
Source: Zinnov Product/Digital Start-up Database
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5%
10%
Cumulative
19%
B2C
B2B
60%
34%
Share of B2C
focused
angel deals
19%
100%
26%
5%
21%
16%
48%
16%
13%
3%
13%
14%
Others*
Social media
Education
Travel
20%
Aggregator &
online marketplace
37%
eCommerce
16%
B2C/B2B
6%
2010
2012
2014
Overall
Across Years
Others**
5%
33%
56%
38%
67%
20%
Share of B2B
focused
angel deals
20%
100%
2010
2014
B2B
B2C
13%
13%
13%
20%
B2C/B2B
2010
2012
29%
47%
12%
12%
6%
18%
6%
2014
11%
13%
14%
ERP
14%
Productivity
19%
Big data
& analytics
Overall
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Communication/
Collaboration
Marketing &
advertising
25+
Private
Incubators
50+
Public
Incubators
Consumer Internet
Productivity
Apart from on premise guidance and support, some incubators are also providing virtual incubation to start-ups
Incubators/Accelerators with exclusive focus on specific/niche areas are emerging in India
Source: Zinnov Product/Digital Start-up Database
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Unified Communication
GIS Location
Mentoring
through
Incubators/
Accelerators
Entrepreneurs
turned Angel
Investor &
mentoring the
investee
start-up
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Mentoring
through
support
platforms
Mentors
from
Networks
In Mobi's co-founder and
CTO Mohit Saxena is
mentoring App Virality
Connect entrepreneurs to peers, mentors and potential long-term advisors to the firm
Partnerships
Help start-ups build partnerships and business relationships to launch products in their
target markets
Workspace/Funds
Start-ups which are a part of the incubation programme are offered office/workspace,
shared administrative services and some even offer seed fund
36
Start-ups
have
graduated
from the
Accelerator
Programme
Connect with local venture funds and angel investors to raise funds
6
Conferences
/Events
have been
organised
to
showcase
start-up
talent
18
Angels are
associated
with GSF
Accelerator
programme
50
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64
150
Start-ups
Mentors
have
associated
graduated
with the
from the Accelerator
Accelerator
Programme
$215 K
Average
funding
received by
start-ups
part of the
Accelerator
programme
650+
50+
45+
Start-ups
are
supported
by
including
virtual
incubatees
Regular
incubatees
Partners
including
VCs,
angels,
banks
2014
2009-10
>12
2-3
Start-ups get access to mentors and experts; access to incubators is also fast tracked
Mentorship &
Idea Viability
Hands-on-experience where entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs find out the viability
of their start-up ideas
Networking
& Funding
Connect start-ups with other entrepreneurs and thus help them build a network of
their own
eWeek:
Entrepreneurship
Week, Annual Event
14,000
5,000
Events
were
organised
in 2014
450
3,000,000
Participants
Member
took part in
Academic
Institutions the events in
2014
& partners
support
aspiring &
growing
entrepreneurs
Niche
Entrepreneur
Entrepreneurs
readers
stories have
provided
been profiled from India
networking
and
by YourStory
opportunities
across
via
the world
conferences
and meetups
Source: The Economic Times, National Entrepreneurship Network, Yourstory.in, Start-ups Unplugged
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50,000
700,000
7,000
$120 Mn
75
Start-ups
have been
launched
Training
Design and organise training activities for different target group and undertake research
in the areas relevant to entrepreneurship
Incubation
The training and academic institutions may also provide incubation support to start-ups
150+
Start-ups
have been
trained in
India
Faculty
35+
Incubatees
till date
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77
Partners which
include academic
institutions,
government
agencies &
industry experts
16
Events have
been
organised till
date to
promote
entrepreneurs
A
Enterprises acquiring start-ups
Start-up
Start-up
Start-up
Enterprises
Talent acquisition
Accelerate consolidation
Favouring Factors to
Branch Out from India
Global Market
((USD) Opportunity
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Acqui-hiring
There's growing interest from Facebook, Google and Yahoo! in acqui-hiring from India
Technology
Acquisition
Oracle acquired Bitzer Mobile in 2013. Bitzer augments Oracles portfolio and is expected to be a core
component to its mobile security strategy
Start-ups are acquiring start-ups to accelerate consolidation and extend reach to existing customer base
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Consolidation
Customer
Acquisition
Goozop a global digital agency, acquired Red Digital, an Indian social media agency to increase revenue
from Indian operations
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USD
135 million
USD
25 million
USD 31
million
2011
>USD
10 million
Not disclosed
2012
Not disclosed
USD
136 million
2013
USD
62 million
USD
43.4 million
USD 300US
330
3 million
2014
USD
15
5 million
USD
15 million
Not disclosed
Not disclosed
Source: Venture Intelligence, YourStory.in, NextBigWhat.com, Others
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USD
9 million
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Preferential treatments/relaxation of
eligibility criterion by government for
start-ups to participate in large scale
technology projects
3
5
4
6
Though the Government is making right efforts to make the start-up ecosystem more conducive to growth, there is still a need for clear and transparent guidelines
Source: Zinnov, NASSCOM
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Freemont Partners
Abhishek Goyal
GSF SuperAngels
Ratan Tata
Ascent Capital
Google Capital
Ojas Venture
Partner
Amit Ranjan
Indian Angel
Network
Ravi Gururaj
Avalon Ventures
Greylock Partners
Omidyar Network
Anand Ladsaria
Kanwaljit S Bombra
Ravi Kiran
Bertelsman
Qualcomm Ventures
Anand Lunia
Kishore Ganji
Ravi Trivedi
Ru-Net Holdings
Angel Prime
Krishna Motukuri
Bessemer Venture
IDG Ventures
Partners
59
Angel Investors/Networks
Bharti Softbank
Anupam Mittal
Krishnan Ganesh
Sachin Bansal
Blackrock
Intel Capital
SAIF Partners
Bhupen Shah
Manav Garg
Samir Sood
Blume Ventures
InterWest Partners
Sequoia Capita
Bimal Shah
Manoj Menon
Sasha Mirchandani
CDC Group
Binny Bansal
Mumbai Angels
Sharad Sharma
Cisco Ventures
Kalaari Capital
Steadview Capital
Calcutta Angels
Sunil Kalra
Clear Stone
Venture Partners
KITVEN Funds
Telstra Ventures
Ccube Angels
Naveen Tewari
Umang Kumar
Draper Fisher
Jurvetson
Lightspeed Venture
Partners
Tiger Global
Chennai Angels
Nitin Aggarwal
Urrshila Kerkar
eBay
Matrix Partners
Unilazer Ventures
Deep Kalra
Nitin Singhal
Venkat
Vallabhaneni
Epiphany Ventures
Mayeld Fund
Vertex Venture
Holdings
Dinesh Aggarwal
Rajan Anandan
Vikash Taneja
Fidelity Growth
Partners India
Nexus Venture
Partners
Walden
International
Girish
Mathrubootham
Rajesh Sawhney
Vishal Gondal
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Incubators/Accelerators
5ideas
Kyron
In50hrs
91Spring Board
LetsVenture
BitChemy Ventures
Microsoft Ventures
Boot Up Factory
10,000 Startups:
NASSCOM
Catalyzer
CIE - IIIT Hyderabad
TBI VIT
SME Joinup
The Fabric
StartDunia
Freemont Partners
RTBI - IIT M
STARTOHOLICS
Growth Story
Startup Festival
GSF
SEED MDI
Veddis Advisors
Startup Weekend
Health Start
Venture Centre
CIIE - IIM A
IIITB Innovation
Centre - IIIT Bangalore
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PayPal Incubator
Startups Unplugged
Venture Nursery
Villgro
Startups.in
Startup Oasis
TIE
Khosla Labs
Start-up Village
Zone Startups
Yourstory
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Disclaimer
Methodology and assumptions for the Analysis of Top 20 VCs/
PEs in Page No.43
1) This analysis is based on publicly available deals done by VCs/
PEs. It is not exhaustive in nature as this list may not include
some top investors as all their deals may not be available in
public domain
2) For ease of analysis, in deals involving multiple investors, the total
deal amount is split equally among investors. In deals where the
amount invested by each investor is available from public sources,
then in such cases the amount is allocated accordingly
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List of Sources
Zinnov
Repository:
Zinnov
product/
digital
start-up
database
Public Sources:
NASSCOM 10,000
Start-up Database
Angel List
Yourstory.in
Techcrunch/Crunchbase
Primary
Interactions:
35+
Technology
product
companies/
start-ups
Interactions
with VC &
Angel
Investors
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Venture Intelligence
Start-up Websites
VC Websites
Angel Networks
Websites
Media Articles