Venture capital funding into Indian startups rose marginally in the first week of February, and it was largely due to two reasonably sized transactions, but fund inflow continues to remain restricted, revealing the challenges for the ecosystem.The total VC funding for the week stood at $191 million across 20 transactions. In contrast, the previous week saw capital inflow of $152 million from 22 deals. There is a direct correlation between the number of deals and the funding amount. The higher number of deals leads to a larger value of funding.Over the last two weeks, the number of deals has remained in the 20s range. In the week from January 17 to 23, the funding number touched $373 million, and this came from 40 deals.Now, the VC funding on a weekly basis has come back once again to the familiar trend of being around in the $100-200 million range. This is not a positive sign for the startup ecosystem.In the current week, the VC funding was spread across stages, and as expected, the highest deal activity was from the pre-Series A stage, but the quantum of money raised was lower. Also, the funding was across segments of startups cutting across EV,… Read MoreYourStory RSS Feed
