Unraveling Dark Side of Startups in India

India has the second-largest number of startups in the world

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Startups ecosystem contributes 4% to 5% to India's GDP

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In 2016 India only has 445 startup

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In 2023 this number increased up to 86,713.

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In the last 5 years 90% startups failed.

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15% companies are profitable among all the startups.

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