• N Ahmad
• Dr. Anjani K Singh

Startups are keys for entrepreneurial growth in the country. They are germinating seeds on which the foundation of business pyramid is laid. It is true that all the seeds that we sow do not grow to trees that give sheds and lives to millions of creatures. Similarly, all the startups which germinate with some or more innovative ideas do not grow to big businesses, some die out but many of them travel through difficult phases and become vast business houses to give impetus to economic development and job creation for millions of people. The startups which survive business turbulences and become big business are well known to all like TATA, Reliance, Infosys, Wipro, HCL groups HDFC bank, ICICI bank etc., and the latest origins of Unicorns like e-retailer Flipkart, mobile wallet company Paytm, hotel aggregator OYO rooms, ride sharer Ola cabs, learning apps company Byju, and food deliverers Swiggy. However, the startups which failed to take off or die in the business turbulence are quickly forgotten and buried. Many of the startups fail due to poor managerial and marketing strategies, inadequacy of cash to run the show indicating thereby that funding is one of the key issues to set ideas into growth and become business ventures. In this paper the numbers of startups growing in India and their funding pattern have been studied for internet apps or technology based companies. From the study it is seen that India is becoming a start hub with a number of startups growing during 2015-18 and there is constant flow of money for funding the new businesses with successful new ideas backed with documented business plan.

Bootstrapping, break even, business turbulence, crowd funding, debt finance, equity funding, SEBI, SEC, seed funding

"FUNDING TRENDS FOR STARTUPS IN INDIA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.652-663, June-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1908B84.pdf

"FUNDING TRENDS FOR STARTUPS IN INDIA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp652-663, June-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1908B84.pdf