This article explores the growing trend of deeptech startups in India, which are based on early-stage technologies that are not yet commercially proven. It also looks at the National Deeptech Startup Policy, which attempts to differentiate deeptech ventures from their ‘non-deeptech’ counterparts. Nasscom believes that India’s deeptech startups are India’s “Next Big Opportunity” and that the deeptech landscape has changed significantly since 2021. The article also features stories of deeptech entrepreneurship, from robotics to aerospace, as well as the burgeoning number of venture capitalists (VCs) opening the purse-strings to fuel these potentially ground-breaking ideas.
