58% of founders prefer IPO in India; 75% of founders expect funding environment to improve in 2022: InnoVen Report

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Encouraged by successful IPOs in India, notably Zomato and Nykaa, the majority of startup founders (58 percent) consider IPO listing in India as the most preferred exit option. Further, 71 percent of founders believe that IPO is the likely mode of exit for their investors, the findings showed. Out of all the sectors, AgriTech and Logistics start-ups are most keen to do an IPO in India over other exit options.

Gender disparity across the Indian startup ecosystem narrowed only a little in 2021. The report showed that about 70% of startups in the country have less than 20% women in leadership roles, compared to 77% in 2020, while about 41% of startups have less than 10% of women in leadership roles.

Further, in the over-hyped category, Quick Commerce topped the list while Healthtech was chosen as the most under-hyped sector. Meanwhile, founders chose Zerodha as their most favorite Indian start-up, the second year in a row and Zomato’s Deepinder Goyal was chosen as the favorite founder.