India, April 14 -- Days after commerce minister Piyush Goyal triggered a debate over the state of deeptech innovations in India, Info Edge founder Sanjeev Bikhchandani shared his take on the topic in a detailed post on X.

Highlighting a gap in venture capital interest and lack of motivation from founders to start a deeptech venture in India, Bikhchandani said that commercial success of such ventures is often questionable, leading to lower numbers of startups as well as fund infusion in the sector.

Besides, even if an investor backs startups innovating in fields previously unheard of, financial support to such entities can not be indefinite.

". there is this gap between it being a national priority versus it making sense for an individu...