Building India’s deep-tech enterprise pipeline: from IP to IPO
As entrepreneurial energy plays an ever-larger role in India’s success story, we present a package of weekly opinion articles by members of TiE, a global organization for startups and entrepreneurs. From the rural reach of India’s startup revolution and the easing of capital and compliance...
Why public capital isn’t enough to save India’s deeptech
Can government funds derisk deeptech enough to make private capital comfortable in India? Partly. The state is well placed to absorb technology risk. It is far less able to remove the two risks that actually keep fund managers awake: time and exit. Unless policy addresses...
Forbes India Spotlight: The Next Chapter of Angel Investing
Download Article CLIPPED WINGS: As regulations tighten and venture capital matures, angel investors are writing fewer cheques but focus on the best-of-the-next wave of companies. - By Payal Ganguly, Forbes India Magazine Once the first port of call for fledgling startups, angel investors are now writing far...
IAN Group Co-founder Padmaja Ruparel Featured in Business Today’s Most Powerful Women 2025 List
IAN Group is proud to share that its Co-founder, Padmaja Ruparel, has been named in Business Today’s Most Powerful Women 2025 list, recognising women leaders who are shaping India’s business and innovation landscape at scale. Padmaja Ruparel’s entrepreneurial journey began early. Under her leadership, IAN Group...
IAN Group announces Final Close of its Second VC Fund IAN Alpha Fund with US$100 million
New Delhi, 10th Dec’25: IAN Group, the country’s single largest early-stage investment platform, has announced the final close of its 2nd VC Fund - IAN Alpha Fund with US$100 million. The Fund will invest in early-stage companies / MSMEs with strong founders, solving real problems,...
India’s reforms moment in Science and Technology
Consumer App have scripted a unique success story in India: they are transforming the way we eat, shop, and make payments, thus helping us to embrace technology at an accelerated pace. As they expand geographically, these billion-dollar businesses have also inspired and enabled a new...
India’s next billion-dollar leap
Consumer App have scripted a unique success story in India: they are transforming the way we eat, shop, and make payments, thus helping us to embrace technology at an accelerated pace. As they expand geographically, these billion-dollar businesses have also inspired and enabled a new...
India’s Angel Led Disruption
IAN Group is an early stage investing platform platform that invests in startups from seed to series A. According to Padmaja Ruparel, co founder and senior managing partner at IAN Alpha fund, the early stage is very attractive because innovative solutions are built by entrepreneurs,...
India needs a deeptech fund and not just a startup fund
With the rise of India Stack, UPI and consumer apps, India has rapidly evolved into a digital economy. This has enabled Indians to go online to ease payments, logistics, e-health, etc. While digital-first startups have reshaped the consumer economy and enabled incredible convenience, they depend...
Has The Era Of Vanity Metrics Finally Ended For Indian Startups?
The headlines have been relentless over the past year and numbers reflect this, 38 per cent decline in startup funding in 2024. Funding has slowed down, startups are down sizing or even closing down as investors are cutting back. On the surface, it does indicate that...