Indian businesses are anticipated to raise $8-12 billion this year, according to a top official at venture capital company Peak XV, who emphasized that the country's start-up ecosystem is the most vibrant in the world.

Speaking at StartUp Mahakumbh, Peak XV managing director Rajan Anandan stated that around $20 billion in private capital remains uninvested and is committed to investment in private enterprises and start-ups across India. Anandan stated that the investment run rate in Indian start-ups was around $8-10 billion before 2021 and 2022, but climbed to $60 billion in 2021 and 2022 combined. 

"Last year, it was $7 billion, which people said is low. It could have been zero because basically six years of funding came in two years.This year we are well on track to $8-10 or 12 billion. We are going to have an ecosystem which is going to have $10-12 billion for few years and it will go at the natural pace that it should," Anandan said.

He stated that $10 billion, or around Rs 80,000 crore, in capital per year is sufficient to develop the Indian start-up ecosystem. Anandan claimed that the Indian start-up ecosystem is the most vibrant in the world, citing a shift in financing focus in the United States toward AI and next-generation software organizations. He stated that his company made investments last year in consumer businesses that are no longer funded in the United States.

"Today, India has 20 publicly traded start-ups. We believe that during the next 7-8 years, 100 start-ups will go public," Anandan stated.

He noted that funding growth is returning across all funding levels.