Indian startups raise $16.9 billion VC funding in 2021, next only to China Illustration: Rahul Awasthi Indian startups acquired $16.9 billion of enterprise capital funding in 2021, next only to Chinese counterparts in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) nations, GlobalData stated Friday. “Despite the third wave of COVID-19 pandemic looming large and slow economic recovery, venture capital (VC) investors seem to be reposing faith in the Indian startup ecosystem. In fact, Indian startups stood next only to Chinese counterparts in terms of VC funding value among the APAC countries during January to July 2021,” the main knowledge and analytics firm stated. An...