Indian VC Survey 2025
Indian VC Survey 2025
Emerging Trends and Perspectives
Indian VC Survey, 2025
Emerging Trends and Perspectives
Trending Insights
More distributed activity across pre-seed to growth stages; sector-specific conviction reemerging.
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Climate tech, AI infra, and robotics emerging as breakout sectors for 2025
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Falling deal volumes, smaller cheques, and reduced first-time founder activity emerging as signs of an angel investing slowdown in 2025.
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Portfolio optimism rising, but access to capital, rising CAC, and talent bottlenecks emerging as persistent performance drags in 2025.
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Suppressed exits, slower fund pacing, and weak portfolio realizability emerging as structural constraints for VC funds in 2025.
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Deep tech, clean energy, and cybersecurity emerging as top investor themes, driven by long-horizon impact and digital infrastructure priorities.
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As India cements its position as one of the world’s fastest-growing startup ecosystems, India VC Survey, 2025 offers a first-of-its-kind deep dive into what’s driving venture capital decisions today — and what’s shaping them for tomorrow.
Based on extensive primary research with over 50+ leading venture capitalists, this report captures evolving investor priorities, sectoral confidence levels, risk appetite, and expectations from founders in the current macro environment.
Inside the Report
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Capital Allocation Trends: Where the money is going - sectors, stages, and cities
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Investor Sentiment Index: Confidence in funding climate, valuations, and exits
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Thematic Bets for 2025: AI, climate tech, D2C, fintech, and beyond
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LP Perspectives: What Limited Partners want in a changing global context
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Founder-VC Dynamics: What VCs look for in today’s startup teams
Whether you're an investor, founder, policymaker, or ecosystem enabler, this report provides a data-backed lens on how India’s VC landscape is evolving — and what lies ahead.
India’s venture landscape is resetting. Capital is flowing with more discipline, favoring deep tech, climate, and consumer health—while exits remain muted and fundraising slows.
Research Team
Datum Intelligence is your trusted source for global consumer insights, trends, and forecasts.
We deliver data-backed analysis to help brands, retailers, and investors benchmark performance, identify growth opportunities, and navigate India's fast-evolving market landscape.
Taghash is a purpose-built cloud platform that powers operational excellence for private equity firms, venture capitalists, fund-of-funds, venture debt providers, and family offices. From deal sourcing to LP management, Taghash unifies workflows, insights, and reporting into one intelligent system.
Klavoza is a digital-first strategy and marketing studio based in Mumbai, serving alternative investment funds and venture-backed B2B SaaS companies.