Lunia: Most Indian tech unicorns remain capped at $1B to $2B valuations
Anand Lunia · The India Opportunity, Youth’s BIGGEST Problem & Future of Startups | India Quotient VC on Neon Show · Nov 3, 2023 · at 1:01:28
Anand Lunia discusses public valuations and exit sizes for Indian venture-backed startups.
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“I mean, even companies like Nica, PTM, Zomato, they have still remained in even by and large, a single digit billion outcome. And these are horizontals. They're not a lot of them. Most other unicorns also are in the one or two billion range.”
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