Key Highlights
- India experienced a 19% increase in VC deal volume and a 20% rise between January and April 2025.
- During the same period, India accounted for over 8% of global VC deal count and more than 3% of total deal value, highlighting its growing prominence in the global VC landscape.
In early 2025, India's venture capital (VC) ecosystem rebounded strongly, with double-digit growth in deal-making even as global peers such as China lost momentum.
From January to April 2025, the number of venture capital deals in India was up nearly 19% and the total funding value rose by about 20% compared to the same period in 2024, according to GlobalData.
What stands out is the level of growth, especially when you consider the problems that other leading markets are experiencing, said Aurojyoti Bose, Lead Analyst at GlobalData. The growth story in Asia contrasts with the trend seen in several major markets, where deal count or deal value has gone down, with a few markets seeing both fall.
India held a top-five position globally for deal volume and value during the entire four-month period. The United States took the lead, representing 8% of the global venture capital deal count and 3% of the worldwide total value, says GlobalData.
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Unlike the EU5, both the US and UK received a larger amount of money from VC investment even as the total number of transactions fell. Both markers went down in the case of China.
Investor sentiment towards India appears to be stable, owing to the country's growing digital economy and maturing start-up landscape. Rising VC deals in India say a lot about how confident investors are in the market, Bose explained. Because start-ups are always finding new ways to grow, we believe this trend is set to accelerate, making India a leading place for venture capital investment.
