India’s startup ecosystem is facing its toughest phase ever. In just two years, over 28,000 startups have shut shop — more than 12 times the number that failed between 2019 and 2022. Sectors once flooded with VC cash like fintech, edtech, agritech, and healthtech are now seeing mass shutdowns and layoffs. What went wrong? From weak business models to obsession with scale without sustainability, the fall has been steep.
On this episode of The Breakfast Club, @toyasingh breaks down the real reasons behind the ‘funding winter’ and what it means for India’s startup dream. Are we witnessing a market correction or a complete collapse? What lessons should future entrepreneurs and investors take from this crash?
Join the conversation as we separate hype from reality, numbers from narratives.
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I am noticing a subtle shift in CNN-News18 reporting nowadays, especially after India US relations soured post Op Sindoor. It’s getting anti-India. What % of your shares do CNN US controls? Your anti-India bias is getting louder by the day. Are you being manipulated or are you a willing instrument in the hands of the big boy😅 Beware!! Otherwise, the content is fine. Will continue to observe.
i live in africa and we are facing same challenges. people are building for the investment money. the dream is to raise money, when in rooms with ceo''s all they talk about is how to raise money. no one talks about growing businesses. startups are a scam
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India's startup dream was always a bubble.
When most of the businesses are either reselling Chinese products, or exploiting cheap labor instead of trying to innovate, it’s not a start up ecosystem, it’s laxmi chitfund
Because Corrupt Officer's and Bad law's for Citizens.
You need more License to open a Restaurant than a Licensed Weapon in India.
Everywhere you have to pay under the table it's hard for new person to open and run a Stable business in India.
Only older players are stables because they are now in Politics and Civil services and Judiciary.
In future India going to face a Civil war and first going to break with South India and North India as a seperate Country.
What’s needed is some initial purchase order from government 🙏
Investors are lazy and appoint useless people as analysts.
Investors run behind IITians who are taking advantage of ecosystem
Any idea when there is no buildup of expected, funding commitment is scheduled to go down or stopped in 2/4 years.
No company will grow whos target market is Indians