IANS | 19 Nov, 2023
Funding in women-led startups in India decreased from 183 startups in
2014 to a mere 7 this year to date, according to a new report.
The
funding landscape for women-led companies showed a significant surge in
the number of rounds, rising from 171 in 2014 to 460 in 2022.
However,
there was a sharp decline in 2023, with the number of rounds dropping
to 185, according to a report from leading market intelligence platform
Tracxn.
Zomato, Byju’s Lenskart and Zerodha are among India's top 10 women-led startups.
Data
suggests that Bengaluru hosts a significant 1783 women-led startups, in
stark contrast to Ahmedabad, which has a total of 181 women-led
startups.
Meanwhile, India saw a third consecutive drop in tech
funding in a quarter this year, with the July-September period (Q3)
becoming the least-funded quarter in the last five years.
Q3 2023
saw a significant drop in funding, with a total of $1.5 billion raised,
marking a 29 per cent decrease from the previous quarter and a
staggering 54 per cent decline compared to Q3 2022, according to Tracxn.
Late-stage rounds witnessed a 33 per cent reduction, while
early-stage and seed-stage funding plummeted by 74 per cent and 75 per
cent, respectively, compared to the same quarter last year.
