1. Key Trends in the Indian Startup
Ecosystem
Manish Dalal
September 12, 2013
2. India presents huge opportunities for innovation
and entrepreneurship in the technology space…
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Source: Edelweiss 2011 India Internet Report, McKinsey Internet Report, Indian Goes Digital, Avendus, Zinnov Public Cloud Report 2011, IDC, Gartner, Zinnov Analysis
3. …however, India lags behind as a startup
nation
Technolog
y Start-ups
~250
15,000+
Why?
800+
4. Entrepreneurs face several challenges in India
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Source: State of the Startup, Survey Report – 2012, YS Research
5. In spite of this, 155 startups got funded in
2012
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Approximately $750 million of venture capital was invested
Source: State of the Startup, Survey Report – 2012, YS Research
6. Meet the Investors…
A majority of VCs have moved upstream
Seed
Angel
Pre Series A
• Angel groups (Mumbai Angels, IAN)
• Individual angels
• Incubators & Accelerators (Microsoft Accelerator,
iAccelerator, Nasscom 10K Startups, Venture
Nursery)
• Seed funds (Kae Capital, Blume Ventures)
Series A
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Series C /
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Series B /
Growth
Inventus
Accel
Helion
Sequoia Capital
IDG Ventures
Saama (formerly SVB)
Kalaari (formerly IndoUS)
Matrix
Nirvana
Omidyar
Qualcomm
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Nexus
Canaan
NEA
Bessemer
Norwest
SAIF
Lightspeed
Fidelity
Tiger
Vertex
Intel
Cisco
7. What are some of the opportunities in 2013?
e-SMB’s
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40 million SMB’s but only 1 million websites => big web services opportunity
in bringing SMB’s online
Mobile Applications
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Will end 2013 at 60 million smart phones (out of 600 million unique phone
users) => big market for mobile applications, especially on Android
Digital Advertising
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Online search, display and video advertising growing rapidly; big brands
enhancing their TV and print campaigns with digital advertising
Big Data
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Will reach $1 billion in India by 2015 and $25 billion globally => big
opportunity for Indian startups who are good at IT and Analytics
Cloud Services
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Public cloud services market in India will reach $450 million in 2013; SaaS
will be 1/3 of this market
8. A few interesting examples: NowFloats
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Get SMBs online with just 4 simple SMS’s
9. A few interesting examples: Squeakee
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Get hyper-local merchants online with local deals / offers
10. A few interesting examples: Exotel
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IVR
Cloud telephony service for SMB’s
Call Recording
Virtual Phone Numbers
Call Logs & Data Records
Call Conferencing
Missed Call Marketing
11. A few interesting examples: Mobstac
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Adaptive platform to create mobile sites and native apps
12. A few interesting examples: Rolocule
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Mobile game development studio
13. A few interesting examples: ZipDial
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Marketing and analytics platform based on missed calls
Polls & Surveys
Customer Mobile Verification
14. A few interesting examples: FreshDesk
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Software as a service (SaaS) for help desk software