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Delhi

Metro area · India · Pop. 28.5M · #28 city by EV

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1,661 Pool of Funded Startups
New Startups
1,104 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures
190 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment
get funded 17%
1,357Startups
630 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M
449 Seed Startups$1–4M
Pre-Seed to Seed 29%
278 Series A Startups$4–15M
Seed to Series A 33%
233Breakouts
152 Series B Breakouts$15–40M
A to Series B 38%
81 Series C Breakouts$40–100M
B to Series C 44%
71Scaleups
42 Mega Scaleups$100–250M
reach Mega 2.5%
29 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+
reach Mega+ 1.7%
30Valuation Outcomes
26 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)
reach Unicorn 1.6%
4 Decacorns($10–100B valuation)
reach Decacorn 0.24%
Pre-Seed
630
Seed
449
Series A
278
Series B
152
Series C
81
Unicorn
26
Decacorn
4

* C→Unicorn and Unicorn→Decacorn rates are derived from current counts (no founding-cohort data); the four mid-funnel rates use Dealroom's cohort tracking.

Quarterly report

Delhi's latest quarter in venture capital

VC raised by Delhi-headquartered companies in the quarter shown, against the quarter before and the same quarter a year earlier.

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Largest rounds

Largest funding rounds in Delhi

A live treemap of the largest VC rounds. Each cell is one round into Delhi-headquartered companies, grouped by Dealroom sector.

Largest rounds in Delhi - 2026

Every $40M+ VC round into Delhi-headquartered companies in 2026, grouped by Dealroom sector.
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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into Delhi

VC investment into Delhi-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.

Academia

Delhi's academic flywheel

Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to Delhi.

University-linked startup formation
30
University spinouts
2,028
Total alumni-founded companies
1,258
Of which startups (<$15M raised)
526
Breakouts ($15M-100M)
244
Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Delhi stacks up

Compare Delhi with peers from the same country (India) — switch between combined EV, EV growth, and a growth × size view. Expand the table for the full ranking.

Bengaluru
$300B
Mumbai
$244B
Delhi
$230B
Pune
$37.5B
Hyderabad
$29.6B
Chennai
$29.4B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

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