Bengaluru joins the Top 5 leading VC Funding Hubs in 2021

Bengaluru has joined the top five leading VC funding hubs across the world in 2021. With $18.6 billion investments, Bengaluru has outstripped Beijing and Shanghai. According to the report of London & Partners and dealroom.co, Global tech VC investment into startups hit a record of $675 billion in 2021. 

The USA has the highest VC investment in 2021 followed by China in second and India in third place. The United Kingdom came in fourth with $39.8 billion followed by Germany with $19.9 billion.

2021 was a record year for VC investments in India and Bengaluru with the Indian tech VC investment growing three times between 2020 and 2021, taking India’s rank to third from fourth in 2021. More Indian cities are also catching up to Bengaluru. The report of Orios Venture Partners included that 13 of the total 46 unicorns created in 2021 were from Delhi, 11 from Mumbai.