'Investors are backing fewer startups with bigger cheques'

INDIA’S startup funding market is stabilising, but investors are becoming far more selective, with investors increasingly favouring repeat founders, larger deals and startups with stronger financial discipline, according to Tracxn co-founder and CEO Neha Singh.

- PADMINI DHRUVARAJ @ Bengaluru

While overall deal activity has slowed from the highs seen in 2021, she said the nature of funding itself has changed sharply over the past few years.

“Deal volumes have decreased,” she said, adding that although the number of transactions has fallen, “the median deal size has actually increased”.