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Priyadarshi M

๐—”๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๏ฟฝ...ย โ€ขย 3m

๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐—™๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—”๐˜๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ด ๐—™๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด? Indiaโ€™s startup scene is growing, but funding still mostly favors metros, leaving Tier II/III founders underfunded. ๐— ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ ๐˜ƒ๐˜€ ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—œ๐—œ/๐—œ๐—œ๐—œ: ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎโ€“๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ โ€ข Startups share: 45โ€“51% now come from Tier II & III cities. โ€ข Funding captured: They get under 5% VC funding, while metros take 90%+. โ€ข Funding trends: 2022โ€“24 metros saw big rounds & unicorns; Tier II/III dipped in 2023 but are recovering in 2024โ€“25.. ๐—š๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜€ & ๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜ โ€ข ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป โ€“ Investors trust metro founders with stronger networks. โ€ข ๐—™๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต โ€“ Small-town startups lack larger follow-on rounds. โ€ข ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† โ€“ Non-metro founders struggle to reach right investors. โ€ข ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ & ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜€ โ€“ Weak facilities, senior talent, and ease of doing business. โ€ข ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ธ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป โ€“ Seen as riskier in scale, market, and regulation. ๐——๐—ผ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†! โ€ข ๐˜ฝ๐™ช๐™ž๐™ก๐™™ ๐™– ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™œ, ๐™˜๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™ง ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™˜๐™. โ€ข ๐˜ผ๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™–๐™˜๐™ ๐™ง๐™š๐™œ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐™›๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™๐™จ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ก. โ€ข ๐™‡๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™–๐™œ๐™š ๐™™๐™ž๐™œ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ก ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฉ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ข๐™จ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ž๐™—๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ. โ€ข ๐™‚๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜๐™š๐™™ ๐™—๐™š๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ค ๐™—๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™๐™–๐™ง๐™ž๐™š๐™จ. โ€ข ๐™€๐™ญ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ง๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ซ๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™จ/๐™›๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™๐™จ ๐™จ๐™ช๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™๐™ž๐™š๐™ง ๐™„๐™„/๐™„๐™„๐™„ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ. ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† "๐——๐— " ๐˜‚๐˜€. #IndiaStartups #Tier2Startups #Tier3Startups #BharatFounders #StartupFunding #SmallTownStartups #VCFundingIndia #IndianEntrepreneurs #StartupEcosystem #NonMetroStartups #RegionalStartups #StartupGrowth #FoundersJourney #InvestInBharat #DigitalPitch #StartupMentorship #FundingOpportunities #Bharatpreneurs #InnovationIndia #EntrepreneurshipIndia

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