India is home to the third-largest start-up community in the world. We have been partnering with Indian start-ups for over 15 years, throughout their lifecycle – while starting-up, scaling and expanding.
PwC recognises that challenges faced by a start-ups changes as the business scales. We provide necessary insights and advice needed by start-up founders and management build a resilient company
Indian startups had a blockbuster CY21 with approximately USD 35 billion raised, a 3x increase compared to CY20 and largely driven by FinTech, EdTech and SaaS.
We can see that the base of the companies in the growth stage and late-stage deals have improved significantly in CY21, depicting a stronger base of companies having the potential to reach unicorn status. With market sentiments favourably inclined towards startups, and the large base of scaled startup companies at the end of CY21, we expect the startups unicorn tally to go well beyond 100 by the end of 2022.
Despite uncertainties in the global economic environment, Indian startups have continued to attract capital, particularly in the growth capital stage. As more start-ups mature, conversations around corporate governance are now becoming mainstream. It will become increasingly important for Indian start-ups to design a corporate governance road-map synced with organisational growth aspirations.
PwC supports the Indian startup ecosystem across their entire value chain – from starting up a new business, disrupting the existing status quo and to sustaining market leadership thereafter. To help analyse the latest trends in the startup space in India, PwC speaks to industry experts about startup valuations, growth strategy, global expansion plans and the outlook for startups operating in various segments.
Know how big organisations are partnering with new-age tech
start-ups and what is driving these strategic alliances.
Fintech perspectives
Developing Ecosystems with Startups
Healthtech perspectives
D2C perspectives
The startup world is defined by bold bets taken by visionary entrepreneurs on disruptive themes. However, selecting the right investment targets with sound future-ready business models is as much a craft as it is a science, especially when data is hard to come by.
PwC combines deep primary research capabilities, with robust understanding of end-use sectors and vast experience in startup business models - to help add weight and logic to complex investment decisions. What's more - we help you get these customised insights at a rapid pace, so that your investment decisions align to the pace of your deal process.
Any organisation considering a potential deal must evaluate all pertinent parameters of the investment. An unbiased due diligence is necessary as it analyses and validates all financial, commercial, operational and strategic aspects of the deal.
PwC can assist you in identifying key business drivers and KPIs, value adjustments and other significant matters to ensure that you make an informed decision on the transaction.
During any investment decision - questions often arise: What is the fair value? What maximum price should be paid? At the same time, various stakeholders and regulators are demanding greater transparency through fair value reporting and emphasising on the importance of valuations.
PwC brings together professionals with extensive valuation, technical accounting, corporate finance, tax, strategy, and deep industry experience to help you measure, analyse and report on a broad range of valuation issues.
As organisations pivot toward becoming digital, more data is generated exponentially and shared among organisations, business partners and customers.
PwC can help you in IT due diligence procedures to assess the robustness of the target’s IT platform and its performance efficiency.
The world of regulation is continually evolving. All regulated and designated businesses face regulatory challenges, regardless of size or sector. Taking a proactive approach to regulatory compliance is the best way businesses can prepare and respond to these changes to mitigate risk and protect themselves.
PwC can help you understand target’s compliance with regulatory challenges, while strengthening trust.
For Startups looking to raise funds or divest its business, a vendor due diligence helps in avoiding “late surprises” and risk of value destruction during ‘buy-side’ due diligence. Not too much time is spent on the buyer’s or investor due diligence which, in turn, minimises disruption to the ongoing business operations.
PwC partners startups in their global expansion journey (whether organic/ inorganic) and advises them on investment structures, jurisdictional analysis, business model reviews, funding mechanisms, transfer pricing policies, Indian regulatory compliances and other requirements by leveraging expertise of the global PwC network.
PwC partners with high growth Startups across a wide range of sectors and regions, for fundraise and beyond. By working with us, you will increase the probability of achieving a successful fundraise on good terms, giving you more time to focus on growing your business, and spend less time on fundraising.
When it comes to cyber security, no business is too small to be targeted by hackers. With data becoming the new oil, there has been a tremendous shift in the focus or motive of cyberattacks. PwC can help Startups develop an architecture to secure against the risk of cyber-attacks.
Hiring the best talent is key to a startup’s success. PwC helps startups develop a framework to use various alternate options - employee stock purchase scheme (ESPS), Employee Stock Option Plans (ESOP), Stock appreciation rights (SAR’s). We can help you evaluate the options and help select what works the best for you.
A business has to undertake multiple compliances across jurisdictions. As businesses grow, they struggle to keep up with compliances timely. Further, with the normal attrition in organisations, it becomes difficult for organizations to track the documents.
PwC assists organizations in automating the process of undertaking the requisite compliances through our technology solutions. The solutions are tailored depending upon its industry and presence across the globe and enables real-time monitoring.
The transition from a private to a public company is an important milestone in a journey of a company and needs to be planned well. If a startup is planning for an IPO in the long run, it must consider thinking and acting like a public company today.
PwC assists in evaluating various alternatives of listing to help maximize returns for the shareholders such as evaluating Indian/ Overseas listing/ special purpose acquisition vehicles, etc.
Sumit on the value proposition, growth of B2B e-commerce startups and why multiple unicorns have emerged from the space.
Watch Ganesh discuss platformisation, regulatory compliance and global trends impacting the fintech space in India.
Know how big organisations are partnering with new-age tech startups and what is driving these strategic alliances.
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book.
PwC's curated podcast playlist, built to help you tackle your most pressing issues as a startup in today's world
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum.
