Over the past few years, Unicorn status has become a clear indicator of startup success. Now we’ve seen the startup arena move towards Decacorns – a privately owned business valued at over $10 billion. This is especially the case in thriving start-up economies such as India, which is currently the third largest startup ecosystem in the world. Producing 44 Unicorns and four Decacorns in the past year alone, India has continued to go from strength-to-strength in terms of investment opportunities – particularly in areas such as FinTech and EdTech. This is likely to expand with the Indian Budget Announcement earlier this month highlighting their focus on maintaining and growing their digital sector through the introduction of digital currency, digital universities and a National Digital Health Ecosystem.

With over 13 million people in the UK looking to invest in emerging markets – according to research from JPIN – India looks set to become the next destination for Decacorns. With startups having raised over $42 billion in 2021 alone – more than the total funding raised in the last three years combined – investment opportunities looks set to thrive in one of the fastest-growing economies in the world.

With this in mind, the leading investment bank between the UK and India, JPIN (https://www.jpinvcats.com/), have worked with various Unicorns as well as some of the major key players in the MedTech, FinTech and GreenTech arena, with a key desire to not only invest in the future of emerging markets, but to bridge the gap between investment opportunities in the UK and India, ultimately bringing two of the world’s most prominent startup ecosystems together.

Gaurav Singh, founder of JPIN, comments:

“India looks set for a Decacorn boom in the next few years after a period of Unicorns being created on a regular basis. While we’re still somewhat behind other incumbents like China in terms of value, last year’s growth in their startup ecosystem shows significant promise. At JPIN we are always looking to back the next generation of startups and businesses looking to change the world: the success of Indian startups has been noticeable in the last year especially, and that is really exciting for us. I can’t wait to see what’s yet to come.”

Nayan Gala, founder of JPIN, comments:

“India is one of the world’s largest economies and presents huge potential as a key partner for investment opportunities for the UK. India is a 21st-century powerhouse and creating a strong UK-India pathway of innovation and investment will help fuel growth and returns on investors’ capital. In total, there have been 84 decacorns created, and India saw four join this exclusive club in the last year alone. Investors are beginning to look to investing in high-growth companies to make the maximum possible return, and India has proved to be a key player in many in-demand sectors, particularly through FinTech not just locally, but internationally.”