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NEW DELHI and GURGAON

The capital of India has some of the largest startups in the land of Gandhi. Neighboring city Gurgaon has also become a center of tech activity, and is home to over 250 of the Fortune 500. Rock star prime minister Narendra Modi launched “Make in India” in 2014 to encourage multinational companies to manufacture products in India.

AGGREGATE VENTURE ACTIVITY Q4’15 - Q3’16

VC FUNDING: $3.2B

DEALS: 280

EXITS: 38

5 YEAR YoY FUNDING GROWTH: 83.9%

5 YEAR YoY DEAL GROWTH: 68.5%

Source: CB Insights

 

NEW DELHI AND GURGAON AT A GLANCE

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Power Breakfast

Sagar Ratna

Coffee Shops to Start Up In

Café Coffee Day

Glenz Café n Bakers

Local Beer

Kingfisher

“Must Be At” Local Events

Shankar Market Connaught Place New Delhi

Going to the blueFROG

International Mango Festival

In the Know

The entire public transport system runs on eco-friendly compressed natural gas, making the city one of the greenest in the world.

THE TOP

ANGELS

Aloke Bajpai

Anirudh Mullick

Jay Meattle

Rakesh Agrawal

Sandeep Murthy

VCs

Brand Capital

Canaan Partners

Indian Angel Network

Lightspeed Ventures

Sequoia Capital India

SIDBI Venture Capital

ACCELERATORS

Brand Capital/GSV

Entreprensurship Development Cell IIT Delhi

Indian Angel Network

TLabs

ENTREPRENEURSHIP EVENTS

Startup Weekend New Dehli

Techcircle Startup

The Startup Garage

TiE Delhi

Q4’15 - Q3’16 TOP FUNDING ROUNDS

ReNew Power—$265M

ibiboGroup—$250M

MakeMyTrip—$180M

Hike—$175

Welspun Renewables—$165M

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