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In an exclusive interaction with Entrepreneur India, Subrata Mitra, Partner at ACCEL shares his perspective on the future of funding.

Fintech has fast emerged as the solution to the challenges in front of achieving financial inclusiveness in the country

According to Krishna Vinjamuri, partner, Kae Capital, startups need to figure out how to achieve strong unit economics and limited cash burn to grow meaningfully during the current funding winter

Bansal is of the opinion that funding on the equity side is likely to reduce significantly across sectors

He believes that there are multiple white spaces within a broader investment focus that need attention like animal health, waste management, soil health, alternative protein sources, and new age rural fintech solutions

According to Vanga, it is important for every investor to ensure the continuity of their portfolio, which would indicate more bridge rounds in the next 12-24 months

Rajiv believes that a long road to recovery is expected but it also presents an opportune moment for driven founders to build solid companies

Singal to support companies that connect India to Bharat

This startup is building a community of credit-aware consumers in the country by offering solutions to deal with the affordability gap between their aspirations and income levels

Agarwal already looking at start-ups in climate tech, climate + fintech

DBR Ventures positive about the next year and start-ups in the space sector

Alternate investment platform Jiraaf's current offerings include corporate debt, invoice discounting, real estate-linked debt, leasing and venture debt/revenue-based financing

The country witnessed 30 startups turning Unicorns-valuation of over $1 billion-between 2020 and 2021. However, the number and the speed of startups reaching the 'Unicorn' status has slowed down

Macroeconomic factors-inflation, financial markets, geopolitical conflict-are impeding the global flow of capital from limited partners (LPs) to venture capitalists (VCs) to startups

Wealth Assistants is a wealth management service that offers discerning individuals a way out of the rat race

Contactless will fuel the digital payments ecosystem by offering more convenient and secure solutions to consumers and merchants across segments

The new age has created new type of asset classes such as digital assets, art and artifacts which make the task a bit difficult for the patrons and patriarchs of a family while dealing with the new asset classes

While India remains to be one of the fastest-growing economies in the world, the pandemic created an unexampled impact on individuals, enterprises and the government alike

Early-stage funding in technology startups in India hit a 12-month low in May 2022; government grants are all the more important now

26-year-old Sharan Hegde is the founder of Finance with Sharan, where through his social media channels he creates content to educate people about finance, money management and investments.

The long funding winter is pushing startups to this new asset class

According to the recently released FACE report, fintech lending volume doubles in FY 21-22

Credit score is one of the primary factors that your lender assesses while considering your loan application

How Upstox Upped the Ante

Can it accelerate the Tech led innovation in the BFSI sector?

In the last 12 months, Freo grew its customer base by 300 per cent to cross the million customer landmark in March 2022