MARCH 20204siliconindiasiliconindiaDelhi-NCR is currently home to over 7000 startups. NCR is also home to 10 unicorns, with at least 1 new unicorn emerging each year since 2013. These factors, along with the cumulative private market valuation of start-ups currently worth USD 50billion, make Delhi-NCR the largest start-up ecosystem in the country. The city houses several successful startups that are performing tremendously great and are aiming to leave a lasting impact in the business world. Startups in Delhi NCR have easy access to important government offices, top talent from institutes such as IIT Delhi and Delhi College of Engineering, amongst others. Consequently, several companies have set up their delivery centres and liaison offices in Noida, Delhi, and Gurugram in order to take advantage of the high-quality infrastructure, manpower, real estate, and supportive government policies. In fact, there are several startup incubators and accelerators in the region associated with the government, educational institutions, and venture capitalists. Regardless of the structural challenges posed to the IT sector in India, Delhi offers a dynamic and highly-functioning ecosystem that sees investors, government policymakers, skilled professionals and entrepreneurs, and startup incubators and accelerators. The city continues to enjoy the high valuations placed by major investors in Indian startups despite the economy facing strong headwinds. In fact, it has the potential to lead innovation in many sectors across the Indian economy, in the coming years. With sectors such as consumer products, travel and hospitality, food and foodtech, logistics, edutech, and mobility and electric vehicles, Delhi NCR has a unique opportunity to become a magnet for startups building in each of these sectors. With the signs of the economic slowdown bottoming, the Delhi startup ecosystem is set on a course towards a brighter, progressive future.Do share your thoughts with us!Nandini MukherjeeManaging EditorDelhi NCR is all set to become the Largest Start-up Ecosystem EDITOR'S NOTE Vol 05 · Issue 9 - 1 · March - 2020 Publisher Alok Chaturvedi Managing Editor Nandini Mukherjee Editorial Team Aparna Roy Monica Pallavi J Sigma Mohanty Likhith Aradhya Sales & Marketing Madan D S Tapas Ranjan Mallick Editorial Queries startupcity@siliconindia.com To subscribe Visit: www.siliconindia.com/subscribe/ Cover price is Rs. 150 per issue.Printed and Published By Alok Chaturvedi on behalf of Siliconmedia Technologies Pvt Ltd and Printed at Precision Fototype Services at Sri Sabari Shopping Complex, 24 Residency Road Bangalore-560025 and Published At No. 124, 2nd Floor, Surya Chambers, Old Airport Road, Murugeshpalya, Bangalore-560017. Editor Alok ChaturvediCopyright © 2020 SiliconMedia Technologies Pvt Ltd, All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher.sales@startupcity.comGroup Art Director Ashok KumarCirculation Manager Magendran PerumalVisualisers Vimalraj S SivasankarGM Sales & Marketing Amrit Singh
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