Birds eye view on the trends on angel and early stage funding in India

1. Changing Landscape of
Angel Investing
Startup Funding Made Easy
Manish Singhal
Founder & CEO
@manish_saarthi

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State%of%seed/Angel%Investments%
! 2012%
• Roughly%between%120;150%deals%
• Networks%(IAN,%Mumbai%Angels,%Hyderabad%Angels,%Bangalore%
Angels)%etc%contributing%to%guess%estimate%of%30;35%%of%the%deals%
• Median%investment%value%for%Seed/Angel%investment:%1.5%CR%
• Roughly%50%deals%between%Dec;Mar%13%
• Rise%of%the%institutional%first%cheque%(Blume,%Kae,%firstcheque,%
Harvard,%500startups%etc)%
• Start%of%incubators%

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State%of%seed/Angel%Investments%
! 2013%%
• Slight%slow%down%%
• New%players%(including%incubators)%starting%to%deploy%funds%
• RISE%of%the%incubation%model%(today%approx%50+%incubators)%
• Accelerators%working%on%batches%2%&%3%
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Funding ~200-300 startups / year
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Unconfirmed reports say ~500-700 angel investors in India

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There%is%a%hope%though!%
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Three%Things%that%will%define%
the%Early%Stage%Funding%in%
coming%days%

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1.%New%found%Love%for%Startups%
esp%Early%Stage%

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New%Capital!%
! Many%folks%having%disposal%income%coming%forward%to%
support%the%startups%
! With%syndication%platforms%available,%the%average%
contribution%is%coming%to%~5L%INR%per%deal%
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New%Capital!%
! Many%folks%having%disposal%income%coming%forward%to%
support%the%startups%
! With%syndication%platforms%available,%the%average%
contribution%is%coming%to%~5L%INR%per%deal%
! Number%of%lead%investors%are%increasing%

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New%Capital!%
! Many%folks%having%disposal%income%coming%forward%to%
support%the%startups%
! With%syndication%platforms%available,%the%average%
contribution%is%coming%to%~5L%INR%per%deal%
! Number%of%lead%investors%are%increasing%
! Institutional%Investors%are%getting%involved%in%early%stage%
deals%
! 4%deals%out%of%9%had%an%institutional%investor%

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New%Capital!%
! Many%folks%having%disposal%income%coming%forward%to%
support%the%startups%
! With%syndication%platforms%available,%the%average%
contribution%is%coming%to%~5L%INR%per%deal%
! Number%of%lead%investors%are%increasing%
! Institutional%Investors%are%getting%involved%in%early%stage%
deals%
! 4%deals%out%of%9%had%an%institutional%investor%
! Increased%M%&%A%activity%
! Little%Eye%Labs,%CoolTok%etc%
! iSprit%initiative%

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2.%Increasing%Focus%on%
Domestic%Market%&%B2B%

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Domestic%Market%&%B2B%
! Increasing%interest%from%investors%to%look%at%“India%Story”%
! Startups%focusing%on%serving%India%is%picking%traction%
! Servesy,%OnlineRTI%
! B2B%startups%are%getting%more%traction%
! Increased%acceptance%from%businesses%to%work%with%startups%
! POSist,%FRROLE%

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3.%Platforms%are%enabling%
discovery%across%geographies%

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%BlueGape%

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%OnlineRTI%

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LetsVenture%in%last%10%months%
Confidential%
1241
Startups
544
Investors
232
441
103
from%16%countries%
Actively%
Fundraising%
Angel%Investors% Institutional%Investor%
700+%%
Investor%Connections%%
Made%
12%Cr%%
Total%Funds%Committed%
82%Investors%
Participated%in%9%deals%

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What%have%we%Achieved?%
Some%of%the%startups%we%have%a%difference%to%
For%more%information%
www.letsventure.com/news%

19. Thank You!
Manish%Singhal%
manish@letsventure.com%
www.letsventure.com
Startup Funding Made Easy