Indian start-ups raised a record $14.5 bn in 1185 funding rounds this year

The decade has seen an impressive 25x growth in terms of the total funding raised by the startups.

As the decade is coming to an end, it has seen an impressive 25x growth from a tiny $550 million in 2010 to $14.5 billion in 2019 in terms of the total funding raised by the start-ups.

This year start-ups raised $14.5 billion in 1185 funding rounds out of which 459 were Series A and late-stage investments, according to the ‘India Tech Annual Factsheet - 2019’ compiled by data analytics firm Tracxn. This is a significant jump from $10.5 billion raised by young ventures in 2018 and $10.4 billion in 2017.

There are 24 ‘unicorns’ or startups valued at more