In the same period last year, 13 companies became unicorns, or privately held companies valued at $1 billion or more.
Tracxn tracks 1.4 million startups across 1,800 regions globally.
Tracxn said India ranks third in total unicorns, with the United States in the first place, followed by China.
Unicorns mined this year include automation provider Unifor, interior solutions company Livspace, analytics company Fractal, Games24x7, Elasticarn and social commerce company DealShare.
The top three by total equity funding so far this year are Unicorn Fractal, Unifor and Livspace.
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Indian startups are passing through a slowdown in investor sentiment or a “funding winter”, amid various categories of slowdown, economic volatility, rising interest rates, inflation and a sharp jump in commodity prices as well as currency depreciation.
“Thanks to the proliferation of smartphones and disruptive ideas, a real revolution is underway in the digital economy. Valuations may fluctuate slightly, but current funding concerns are not a reflection of the digital economy,” said Kannan Sitaram, early-stage consumer said partner at startup investor Fireside Ventures.
Fireside has invested in personal care company Mamaearth, health foods and ingredients maker Slurrp Farm and electronic wearables maker Boat.
DealShare, which became a unicorn in January after raising $165 million from Tiger Global and Alpha Wave Global, said it plans to hire 500 employees and 1,000 contractual workers over a six-month period, as it plans to hire 500 employees over a six-month period. spread in cities.
“What is happening now is that investors are more discriminating; They are seeing long-term gains, and every real business is still attracting investors,” Sitaram said.
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