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		<lang class="3" style="Headline1"  font="Franklin Gothic Medium Cond" fontStyle="Regular" size="25">India ranks 4th globally in tech funding; early-stage investments jump 20%: Report</lang>
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" font="Minion Pro" fontStyle="Regular" size="9">New Delhi</lang>
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" font="Minion Pro" fontStyle="Regular" size="9">Techfunding in India stood at $11.7 billion in FY 2025-26, an increase of 20 per cent compared to $9.7 billion raised in FY2023-24 amid strong early-stage momentum and a surge in IPO activity, according to a new report.</lang>
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" font="Minion Pro" fontStyle="Regular" size="9">As per Tracxn analysis, India ranked as the fourth-highest funded country global-ly during FY 2025-26, behind the United States, the United Kingdom and Chi-na, while staying ahead of Germany and France.</lang>
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" font="Minion Pro" fontStyle="Regular" size="9">It further stated that funding trends showed strong traction across key stages.</lang>
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" font="Minion Pro" fontStyle="Regular" size="9">Early-stage funding rose sharply to $4.8 billion, a 33 per cent increase from $3.6 billion in FY 2024-25 and a 37 per cent rise from $3.5 billion in FY 2023-24, while seed-stage startups raised $1.3 billion.</lang>
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" font="Minion Pro" fontStyle="Regular" size="9">On the other hand, late-stage startups raised $5.6 billion in FY 2025-26, signifi-cantly higher than $4.7 billion raised in FY 2023-24.</lang>
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