{"id":33938,"date":"2020-01-06T15:01:33","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T09:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/officechai.com\/?p=33938"},"modified":"2020-01-06T15:12:11","modified_gmt":"2020-01-06T09:42:11","slug":"comparing-startup-ecosystems-israel-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/officechai.com\/startups\/comparing-startup-ecosystems-israel-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Comparing The Startup Ecosystems In Israel And India"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/b>Both India and Israel<\/span> <\/a>have seen a lot of success in each country\u2019s startup ecosystem, at home and on the global level. But what makes this interesting is that each country has a very different approach to nurturing their respective country\u2019s startups.\u00a0 While India is ranked 52nd on the Global Innovation Index (GII), Israel is ranked 10<\/span>th<\/span> and there are fundamental differences in how each country\u2019s ecosystem operates.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Startup infrastructure\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

India<\/b> \u2013 In India, there has been a lot of changes in the past few years which has helped in creating opportunities for startups to flourish and pick up speed. There is a government backed initiative called \u201c<\/span>Startup India Action Plan<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u201d aimed at promoting Indian entrepreneurs to launch startups in India and create a healthy and diverse startup environment. In addition, the government has initiated a number of reforms geared towards helping start-ups succeed, including tax exemption for the first 3 years, tax exemption on capital gains, discounts on patent fees, and free legal advice. Before these reforms were made, time and cost were major factors in inhibiting a startup were time and cost involved.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The government also aims to attract new talent and ideas by promoting competitions throughout the year to garner interest in the startup culture and has also begun to set up innovation and startup hubs throughout India.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Israel<\/b> \u2013 In Israel, the startup ecosystem differs in that it is more mature and is one of the world\u2019s top biggest of successful startups. Other than Silicon Valley, Israel has the highest concentration of hi-tech companies in the world.\u00a0 Since the 90\u2019s, the Israeli government have offered incentives for foreign investors making investing in Israeli startups quite appealing. In addition, there are over 250 R&D centers as well as incubators, accelerator programs and co-working spaces that create a fertile environment for startups. Due to Israel\u2019s size, the startup scene is very dense which in turn creates an atmosphere of startups helping each other out to become successful.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Raising Funds\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

India- <\/b>In India, investors don\u2019t shy away from investing at all stages of a startup\u2019s growth, from seed funding to late stage growth.\u00a0 In 2019, the total amount invested<\/span> <\/a>in startups in India totaled $14.5 Billion, which was record breaking for Indian startups. Many venture capital and corporate investment funds have set up in India in 2019 as it is projected that investments in startups for 2020 will soar.\u00a0 So far, a new venture fund that has been set up in India this year Unicorn India focuses on pre-series A and Series A funding has invested in 18 different startups such as <\/span>Sequretek<\/span><\/a><\/span>, a cybersecurity company who raised approximately $3.7 million US dollars this year.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Israel- <\/b>With Israeli start-ups<\/span> having an excellent hit-rate investor are similarly eager to fund at all stages of a startup\u2019s growth, and it\u2019s not uncommon for Israeli startups to raise large investments during a funding round. \u00a0 2018 and \u201919 have also seen many established U.S venture capital funds open offices in Israel, one of them being New York based venture capital <\/span>Insight partners<\/span><\/a><\/span> which led a Series A funding investing $45 million US dollars in global payroll start-up <\/span>Papaya Global<\/span><\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Unicorn Status, Exits, and IPOs\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

India:\u00a0<\/b>Thanks to several international funds investing heavily in Indian startups, India now has 23 unicorn startups, which after China and the US is the third<\/span> <\/a>highest in the world. Few of these startups, however, have managed to go public, or given returns to their later-stage investors. Most of India’s unicorn startups, with a few exceptions, are currently making losses.<\/span><\/p>\n

Israel:<\/b>\u00a0In the past, entrepreneurs in Israel\u2019s aim was to exit or IPO.\u00a0 As the startup ecosystem has matured, the new aim is to gain unicorn status.\u00a0 As of 2019, Israel has <\/span>20 companies with unicorn status<\/span><\/a><\/span>, and that number will only continue to rise.\u00a0 This number is more than France, Australia and Germany combined.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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