Only 1 in 400 Indian startups becomes a unicorn
(Thatโs just 0.25%)
Hype is loud โ but the odds are brutal.
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Yet 90% of Indian startups still copy US models or burn investor
As per a survey by Private Circle Research,
60% of the Indian founders built a unicorn in their very 1st attempt !!!
29% of the founders did this in two attempts.
Also, after their first unicorn, the same founder takes a median of 1.5 years to tu