A bunch of startup founders are braving the winter chill by wrapping themselves in the warmth of a much-deserved funding blanket. The challenge, though, is to conserve and grow at the same time if one needs to survive the long and harsh winter
From $4.96 billion in funding in April 2021, the monthly numbers dipped to $2.65 billion in 2022, and then plunged to $989.5 million in 2023.
Winter is coming,” reckoned Jon Snow. “We know what’s coming with it,” underlined the fictional character in A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels penned by American author and screenwriter George RR Martin, which were later adapted for TV as Game of Thrones. “The enemy is real… it’s always been real,” Snow talked about the threat.
(This story appears in the 12 January, 2024 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)