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Hampered by the coronavirus pandemic and too busy expanding and getting funding for his cryptocurrency platform CoinDCX<\/a>, his team finally grabbed a few days on the beach in Goa to celebrate recently.
\"That was very delightful to everyone,\" Gupta told AFP. \"It's been a very, very exciting journey. I've learned a lot... The future of India is very bright.\"
This year 44 Indian unicorns -- privately held startups<\/a> valued at more than $1 billion -- were minted as investors piled money into a country long overlooked despite its vast potential.
Overseas funds put more than $35 billion into Indian startups<\/a> in 2021 -- a tripling from 2020, according to data compiled by Tracxn -- buying into everything from fintech and health to gaming.
Foreign investors have long preferred China, another Asian country with more than a billion people.
But Beijing's clampdown on runaway growth in China's powerful internet<\/a> sector, and reining in of big businesses, have spooked investors and wiped billions off giants such as Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent<\/a>.
In the startup space, investors this year sank $54.5 billion into Chinese firms, down from $73 billion in 2020, analysis by GlobalData<\/a> showed.
India by contrast became more attractive, with its large pool of well-educated entrepreneurs upending how many businesses work using a fast-developing digital infrastructure.
\"India really is that final frontier where businesses can attract a sixth of the world's population,\" said Siddharth Mehta, founder of investment firm Bay Capital Partners.
\"I think India is about 13-14 years behind China in terms of size and scale of the market. India's overall digital marketplace is about sub-$100 billion today but that number can easily be a trillion or $2 trillion over the next 10 to 15 years.\"
'India will be great'<\/strong>
Among those attracted are Japan's Softbank<\/a>, which invested $3 billion in India this year, as well as China's Jack Ma and Tencent<\/a>, and US-based Sequoia Capital and Tiger Global.
\"I believe in the future of India. I believe in the passion of young entrepreneurs in India. India will be great,\" Softbank<\/a>'s founder Masayoshi Son said earlier this month.
Indian tech also saw a record number of initial public offerings this year.
Companies going public included food delivery app Zomato and beauty products platform Nykaa, listing at huge premiums to their IPO prices and making billionaires of their founders.
At their October high, Indian stocks had rallied more than 125 percent from their April 2020 low, becoming one of the world's best-performing equities markets.
No profits<\/strong>
But some experts warn that many of these firms may be grossly overvalued.
For instance, local fintech giant Paytm<\/a>, the biggest IPO of the year, is yet to make a profit and its share price is some 40 percent down from its IPO valuation.
India's bumper year for startups<\/a> also masks serious problems for an economy struggling to provide jobs for the 10 million young people entering the workforce every year.
Desperate for employment, many take low-wage \"gig economy\" jobs, earning as little as 300 rupees ($4) a day with little to no job security.
But for white-collar workers in the startup sector, demand for qualified workers has outstripped supply this year.
Flush with cash, companies are competing to recruit and retain top talent, offering cash, stock and even motorcycles and tickets to cricket matches as incentives.
\"Recruiters reach out to us all the time,\" one tech employee told AFP on condition of anonymity.
\"Salaries have inflated in the last year and it feels like everybody is hiring. People are changing their jobs constantly.\"
CoinDCX<\/a>'s Gupta, fresh from his beach holiday, was bullish.
\"If you remain persistent, it's very possible to create a unicorn, especially if you're living in a country like India, which is full of opportunities,\" he said.
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印度的独角兽:初创公司在2021年的聚光灯下科技的繁荣
今年44岁的印度独角兽,私人控股公司价值超过10亿美元,是铸造,投资者的资金大量涌入一个国家长期被忽视,尽管它的巨大潜力。
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阻碍了冠状病毒大流行和太忙cryptocurrency平台扩大和获得资金CoinDCX几天,他的团队终于抓住了最近在果阿的沙滩上庆祝。
“这对每个人都很愉快的,”Gupta告诉法新社。“这是一个非常激动人心的旅程。我学到了很多…印度的未来是很光明的。”
今年44岁的印度独角兽——私人持股创业公司价值超过10亿美元,是铸造,投资者的资金大量涌入一个国家长期被忽视,尽管它的巨大潜力。
海外基金投入超过350亿美元印度公司2021年——2020年的三倍,Tracxn编纂的数据显示,购买从fintech和健康游戏。
外国投资者一直喜欢中国,另一个亚洲国家,超过十亿人。
但中国政府取缔失控的增长在中国强大互联网部门和大型企业的控制,令投资者感到不安,摧毁数十亿巨头如百度、阿里巴巴和腾讯。
在创业领域,投资者向中国公司今年下跌545亿美元,低于2020年的730亿美元,分析GlobalData说明了这一点。
印度相比之下变得更具吸引力,大量受过良好教育的企业家颠覆许多企业如何使用快速发展的数字基础设施工作。
“印度是最后边界,企业可以吸引世界上六分之一的人口,”哈斯。梅塔说,投资公司湾Capital Partners的创始人。
“我认为印度落后中国13年左右的大小和规模的市场。印度市场的总体数字大约是今天子- 1000亿美元,但这一数字可以很容易地一万亿或2万亿美元在未来10到15年。”
印度将是伟大的
在那些吸引了日本软银今年在印度投资30亿美元,以及中国的马云和腾讯,美国红杉资本和老虎全球。
“我相信印度的未来。我相信在印度年轻企业家的热情。印度将是伟大的,”软银本月早些时候的创始人孙正义说。
印度科技也看到今年创纪录数量的首次公开发行(ipo)。
公司上市包括食品交付应用Zomato Nykaa和美容产品平台,以其IPO溢价巨大的价格清单,使他们的创始人亿万富翁。
在10月高点,印度股市自2020年4月低点大涨逾125%,成为全球表现最好的股市之一。
没有利润
但一些专家警告称,这些公司可能被严重高估。
例如,当地fintech巨人Paytm今年规模最大的IPO,但盈利,其股价有40%低于IPO的估值。
印度的丰收年创业公司也掩盖了经济的严重问题努力提供工作每年有1000万年轻人进入劳动力市场。
绝望的就业,许多拿低薪”演出经济”工作,挣300卢比(4美元)一天没有工作保障。
但对于白领在创业领域,今年对合格工人的需求超过了供应。
现金充裕,企业正在争相招募和留住顶尖人才,提供现金,股票,甚至摩托车和板球比赛门票作为激励手段。
“招聘人员接触我们,”一位技术员工告诉法新社在匿名的情况下。
“工资去年膨胀,感觉每个人都招聘。人们不断改变他们的工作。”
CoinDCX古普塔,刚从他的海滩度假,是乐观的。
“如果你仍然持续,很可能要创建一个独角兽,尤其是如果你生活在一个像印度这样的国家,充满机遇,”他说。
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