Shifting Orbits: Decoding the Trajectory of the Indian Start-up Ecosystem

Contents: Preface. Section I: Innovation. 1. India s innovation system and start-ups: achievements and opportunities/Rishikesha T Krishnan, Srivardhini K Jha and Sumelika Bhattacharyya. 2. Patenting by Indian start-ups: moving forward/Ruchi Sharma and Madan Dhanora. 3. Going deep: the dynamics of founding radically innovative start-ups/Srivardhini K Jha. 4. Corporate start-up collaboration programmes: improving the odds of success/Atit Danak. 5. Innovating for social impact/Sumelika Bhattacharyya, Simy Joy and Priya Nair Rajeev. Section II: Incubation. 6. The Past, present and future of start-up incubation in India/Supriya Sharma, Neharika Vohra and Shailaja Shukla. 7. Technology incubation and start-up creation: lessons from BETIC, IIT Bombay/Bhallamudi Ravi. 8. Virtual incubation: helping Indian start-ups grow and scale/Kritika Murugesan. 9. Building synergies for ensuring venture success: the case of Atal incubation centres/Abha Rishi, Ajith Chandran and Rahul Singh. 10. Nurturing the next gen: university incubation in India/Rohan Chinchwadkar. Section III: Funding. 11. Venture financing in India: the seven trends that defined the decadal trajectory/Akshay Natteri Mangadu, Neha Singh and Thillai Rajan A. 12. The Wood and the trees: the angel investing landscape in India/Thillai Rajan A and Akshay Natteri Mangadu. 13. More than a century of angel investments: a perspective/N Ramakrishnan. 14. Family offices as a source of start-up funding/N Ramakrishnan. 15. Venture funding and translational research based ventures: the case of AI, ML and brain science/N Dayasindhu and Krishnan Narayanan. 16. Impact and contribution of venture capital funding/Akshay Natteri Mangadu and Thillai Rajan A. 17. Angel and early-stage funding for ventures/Akshay Natteri Mangadu and Thillai Rajan A. Section IV: Industry Perspectives. 18. Driving innovations, leveraging technology in a turbulent environment/Joffi Thomas and Dinesh Tiwari. 19. AgriTech: triggering technology-enabled transformation/Rajesh Ranjan. 20. Indian EdTech: revolutionising learning/Arjun Mohan. 21. FinTech: the leap Ahead/Qambar Abidi. 22. HealthTech: shifting gears/Sameer Wagle In the new millennium, the shape of India s vibrant entrepreneurial economy has changed significantly to move towards one driven by technology and innovation. Today, India is one of the largest start-up and innovation hubs in the world, and the Indian start-up ecosystem has become an important contributor in our journey to become a $5 trillion economy. Shifting Orbits chronicles the spectacular rise of the start-up landscape in India in four different sections: innovation, incubation, funding and industry perspectives. The first section dives deeper into understanding how India is faring on innovation-led entrepreneurship and delineates the challenges to be overcome. The next section explains how incubators provide a safe harbour for start-ups so that they can survive and flourish as viable businesses.