India Deal Review: Big-ticket deals boost startup funding by 72% YoY to $2.4b in March

Despite the unprecedented challenges thrown by the country’s second COVID-19 wave, Indian startups raked in at least $2.38 billion across 93 venture capital and private equity transactions in March this year. The fundraising was a sharp 72% jump from the same month last year, according to proprietary data compiled by DealStreetAsia.