The flow of cash to Indian Start-Ups seems to remain unaffected despite the pandemic affecting the economy badly. The study carried out by renowned research institute Inc42 has reported that a sum of 1,150 crore dollars reached Indian Start-Ups in 2020 across 924 different deals. There has been 14 percent rise in the number of deals compared to the previous year.

The total funding for Start-Ups in the country has reached 7,000 dollars in the last 7 years. 5985 deals have been completed so far in the country.

Bengaluru leads the list of Indian cities both in terms of Start-Ups and funding. Bengaluru Start-Ups completed 333 funding deals last year. Kochi features in the list of top 10 cities with 7 deals completed. Over a dozens deals have been completed in whole of Kerala, including Kochi. If the list of all Kerala Start- Ups are taken into consideration, then this figure would be more than 20.

Financial, Educational Start-Ups received the largest flow of capital. Byju’s, owned by Kannur native Byju Ravindran, leads in the Ed Tech category. Byju’s had taken over WhiteHat Jr for 30 cdore Dollars.