Some emerging trends in the world of start-ups - investing and emerging areas of innovation - in India and brief overview of global trends.

1. The Driving Trends in Start-Ups

3. The Investment Magnets
Start-Up Investment Sector
Snapdeal USD 50 Million E-Commerce
Caratlane USD 15 Million E-Commerce
Scale Arc USD 12.5 Million Software/Big Data
Yebhi USD 12.5 Million E-Commerce
Baby Oye USD 12 Million E-Commerce
Ivy Hospitals USD 12 Million Health Care
Perfint USD 11 Million Medical Devices
Zomato USD 10 Million Restaurant Listings
Excellence4u USD 10 Million Skills Assessment
Apalya USD 10 Million Mobile Video Streaming
Grameen Koota USD 10 Million Micro-Finance
Valyoo USD 9 Million E-Commerce
My Dentist USD 9 Million Healthcare
Hector Beverages USD 8 Million Energy Drinks
Pepperfry USD 8 Million E-Commerce

4. • Early Stage continues to attract investments.
– Reported 50% rise in investments over last year
• The Hot-Sectors will be
– E-Commerce (Vertical niches)
– Retail services
– Education
– Health-care
– Mobile Internet
– Gaming
• The Key Challenge
– Right Strategy/Growth Aspiration
– Series A Crunch
Key Early Stage Trends

5. • It’s cheaper to do start-ups now…and doing
start-ups seem to be the growing ‘normal’ thing
to do
• Not all ‘Great’ Founders have founded yet!
• Deal Flow opening up (AngelList)
• Expedited angel investments
• VC’s need to change the model – investing in
Series A and as much the start-up needs
Global Start-up Trends

6. • Internet of Things
• 3 D Printing
• Nano-Technology
Emerging Areas of Innovation

7. • Start-up Exchange
– Based out of Netherlands
– Will enable anyone to invest in start-up
equities
– India: SME Exchange
• Crowd-Funding
– Total amount expected to be raised in
2013: USD 5.1 Billion
Emerging Ways of Funding

8. And this is just the beginning…
Satish Kataria
Managing Director – Catapooolt
Advisor – DARE
Satish.kataria@gmail.com