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India Venture Capital Report 2025

Bain & Company with IVCA · Bain & Company Free Advanced India

The annual read on where capital is actually flowing in India, by stage and sector, with the macro tailwinds behind it. It tells you which categories are heating up (consumer tech, fintech, AI, deep tech, semiconductors) and where funding is thin. Useful for reading the funding environment your opportunity will have to raise into.

  • See which sectors drew capital and which cooled, year over year
  • Emerging bets named: semiconductors, energy transition, deep tech, generative AI
  • Consumption tailwinds and DPI are the structural drivers cited
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The question it answers

  1. What are the biggest emerging opportunities in India right now?

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