India, Jan. 5 -- From the evident IPO wave to several startups shutting down, the Indian startup ecosystem saw several milestones while facing some challenges along the way in the year 2025. However, investor interest patterns continued to remain unchanged throughout the year.

Although Indian startup funding declined 8% YoY to $11 Bn across 936 deals over the past year, as per Inc42's "Annual Indian Startup Trends Report, 2025", fintech and ecommerce sectors continued to remain on top of investors priority lists.

While the fintech sector bagged $2.5 Bn across 120 deals this year, ecommerce managed to be on the top in terms of deal count of 206, raising a total of $1.7 Bn in 2025.

It must be noted that fintech and ecommerce continue to ...