Indian startups have raised more money through VCfundings and financing, beating now listed companies that raised capital via IPOs this year.- While the startups raised nearly ₹449 billion in the
venture capital (VC) funding rounds in 2018, nearly 25 companies listed on stock exchanges in India garnered ₹341.17 billion from investors. - Indian market regulator SEBI has been making amendments in regulations to provide
IPO as a substitute to VC funding for startups.
Comparing the total amount $4 under the two segments — startups getting funding under the Venture Capital (VC) and other companies listed under IPOs — stats show that while the startups raised nearly ₹449 billion in VC funding rounds in 2018, nearly 25 companies listed on stock exchanges elevated with ₹341.17 billion from investors.
In 2017, the companies listed under IPOs raised over ₹772 billion. On the other hand, the startup VC investments were found to be comparatively low, raising ₹243.47 billion.
The biggest company under IPO, Bandhan Bank, raised ₹44.7 billion from investors this year.
In fact, startups are forging ahead with nearly twice the Venture Capital ( VC) funding this year, as compared to 2017. Separately, the $4 (SEBI) has recently floated changes in the existing regulations for the startup ecosystem. With this, the regulatory body is looking to provide IPO as a substitute to VC funding.
However, the market regulator will release detailed guidelines by January 2019. It is also planning to launch a startup platform, with inputs from Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), for its listing process across sectors — including Information Technology, e-commerce and biotech among others.
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India, which is the third -largest for startup ecosystem in India, $4 to the list this year, adding up to 18 in total. Private companies with a valuation over $1 billion are the ones making to a ‘unicorn club’.
Under the venture capital funding, India’s recent unicorns raised ₹70 billion in its latest round of $4such as Naspers and SoftBank among others. In fact,
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