India, March 6 -- The number of entrepreneurs increased manifold last year, making India a global start-up hub. The start-up story in India has seen a very encouraging growth with a vibrant ecosystem of incubators and venture capitalists, with total funding reaching the $70 billion-mark between 2014-2020.

Using the time series forecasting technique, Inc42 Plus has predicted that start-ups are likely to raise capital to the tune of $13 -$14 billion across 1,000 deals in 2021. Since new business ventures by entrepreneurs emphasise on launching new products or services using unique ideas or technologies, the methods to assess their value are also different.

The 'Berkus Approach' is a technique given by the famous angel investor, Dave Berku...