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.
For start-ups to be able to grow and create an impact, funding is critical – the third section examines the current funding scenario and lists the policy changes essential for its growth. The section on industry perspectives takes an analytical, practice-centred view of the growth of the Indian innovation ecosystem.
Taken together, Shifting Orbits is a comprehensive narrative on innovation and venturing in India and provides valuable insights on current trends and practices as well as the challenges and potential benefits for the future.
