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Bengaluru ranks 14 in top 20 startup ecosystems: Report
Bengaluru: Bengaluru is ranked 14th among the top 20 global ecosystems, an impressive improvement of seven positions from last year, according to the Startup Genome's Global Startup Ecosystem Report 2025.
Silicon Valley, New York City, and London secured the top three positions, followed by Tel Aviv in fourth place, with Boston and Beijing tied for fifth.
Startup Genome defines ecosystem value as the sum of valuations of funded startups, including unicorns, plus the post-money valuation of exits in the past two and a half years. Globally, the total value of exits decreased by 4%, and the number of exits decreased by 9% compared with 2023.
Across last year's top 40 ecosystems, the total count of large exits decreased by a troubling 31%—and for the aggregate of all ecosystems in our database, the decline was 40%.
In 2024, the ecosystem experienced a remarkable surge in billion-dollar exits. Food delivery giant Swiggy made its public debut with a $12 billion valuation, marking one of India's largest IPOs. Insurance innovator GoDigit followed with a $3.6 billion public listing, while digital health commercialisation firm Indegene reached a valuation of $1.3 billion.
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Logistics leader Blackbuck, transforming India's freight industry, closed the year with a $1 billion IPO.
These milestones were not isolated events but reflected a deepening and maturing ecosystem, which saw its total value soar to $136 billion in 2024.
India, the report said, secured $38 billion in total VC funding between 2020 and 2024, underscoring investor confidence in its innovation pipeline. Even amid global headwinds, Bengaluru startups raised $268 million in seed funding in 2024 alone—a 26% increase from the previous year.
Deal activity remained healthy, growing by 4% year-over-year to hit 114. This reflects a robust early-stage pipeline supported by more than 1,500 venture capital firms, more than 2,200 corporate venture investors, and a flourishing community of 17,000 angel investors.
Bengaluru now ranks 5th among the Top 50 AI cities globally, and AI & big data have emerged as the most resilient and forward-moving sector, with increases in both deal volume and funding in recent years. "Bengaluru is building a platform where corporations, researchers, startups, and policymakers can co-create the future—not just for India, but for the world. Bengaluru's next chapter will be written in deep code, hard science, and global collaboration," said Ravi Narayan, president, Middle East & South Asia, Startup Genome.
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