Indian startups have successfully demonstrated the power of population-scale solutions at low cost, he said.
Kant said that there is no funding winter in startup space, and pointed to “spring” of capital availability for good startups.
The world is flushed with funds looking for well-structured good projects, he pointed out.
Kant spoke about the success of India’s digital public infrastructure, biometric ID, digital payments, and the strength of its startup ecosystem, and added that the country has demonstrated the huge power of digital technology.
India has over 1,00,000 startups and 108 unicorns, he said.
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Kant underlined the importance of self-regulation and good governance for startups and entrepreneurs. “Startup innovators start innovating and lose out on good governance. Today’s startup is tomorrow a Fortune 500 company. So issue of financial propriety and governance is important,” he said.
Kant added: “We must build culture of great, good governance among startups, which must be done by startups themselves,” he said.
The government must remain at arm’s length.
“Self regulation is the key from inception to early stage to maturity to IPO,” he said.