Data

Data Repository for Researchers and Policy Makers

Availability of high quality and data specific to start-ups and ventures in India has been very limited. In fact, that has been the biggest stumbling block for many, resulting in limited research work. One of the objectives of CREST to make high quality data available on start-ups and venture ecosystem in India, one of the largest start-up ecosystems in the world.

Broadly, the data repository with CREST consists of 203640+ start-ups, 11092+ angel investors, 325172+ start-up founders, 1044+ incubators and accelerators, 4960+ VC funds and angel networks, 60147+ investment deals. Some of the data available for different entities are

Start-ups

  • Incorporation information
  • Contact details
  • Key words and description
  • Logo details
  • Founder information
  • Incubator and accelerator details
  • Investment by angels and VCs
  • Comparable and similar start-ups

Incubators

  • Description
  • Contact details
  • Start-ups supported
  • Investors in the incubatee start-ups

Angel investors

  • Description and background
  • Contact details
  • Start-ups invested
  • Co-investors
  • Investment trends

VCs and Angel Networks

  • Description
  • Contact details
  • Start-ups invested and the investment details
  • Co-Investors in the start-ups invested

Debt Funding

  • Startups Obtained Loans
  • Latest Investment Date
  • Avg. Loan Value
  • Avg. Age of Startup
  • Avg. No. of Founders
  • Avg. Age of Founders

Govt. Funding

  • Supported Startups
  • Latest Investment Date
  • Avg. Round Size
  • Avg. Deal Amount
  • Avg. No. of Founders
  • Avg. Age of Founders

Insights

  • Current state of the Indian startup ecosystem.
  • Startup demography in India (No. of startups)
  • Top startup sectors for angel investments.

Data from CREST has been used in top tier journal publications as well as policy influencing OP-Eds in leading business dailies. Shifting Orbits, a comprehensive narrative on the Indian Venture Capital industry extensively leverages the data from CREST. If you would like to discuss your data requirements, do reach out to us at crest@wmail.iitm.ac.in We would be happy to schedule a discussion to see how we could help you.


For trial access to the database, Please visit www.ynos.in