Data coverage
What is in the platform, layer by layer
Public registries give names, titles and dates. Each layer below is work we added on top of them: reading, judging, matching, profiling and mapping capital. Each shows how much we hold, how full it is, and the caveat that goes with it. Counts and shares only; the records themselves are in the plans.
Data as of 12 Oct 2026Methodology
Totals rebuilt weekly from our records, last on 12 Oct 2026. How we build them →
Six layers, one dataset
The bottom layer is the public record. The five above it are ours.
- 0 · Collected4,84,093Indian patent applications in our set84% filed from 2022 onward. Indian Patent Office records only. Designs run from the first year shown; trademarks are held for the applicants we match against, not the whole register.
- 1 · Read4,62,986patent applications read by AI and placed in a sector, of 4,84,093 in our set96% of the set readAI-generated summary, not the patent text - a starting point; verify before relying.
- 2 · Judged29,513startups judged deep tech, confirmed or likely, of 4,53,422 registered startups in our set7% of registered startups in our setRead by AI, then checked by our team: we review samples and decide the hard cases by hand. Each company profile shows the evidence its verdict rests on.
- 3 · Matched8,936deep-tech startups matched to a patent, design or trademarkA patent application is matched for 5,000 deep-tech startups.30% of deep-tech startupsStartup counts are name-matched candidates, not ownership records - see methodology.
- 4 · Profiled87%of deep-tech startups in our set have a web profile read by AI and matchedRead by AI from the company's own site and public sources, then checked by our team through samples and with our users. A record can still be incomplete or matched to the wrong company; check a figure before relying on it.
- 5 · Mapped2,037funding rounds on record, at 1,650 companiesAcross all companies in our set, not only deep tech.Funding is from public sources and may contain errors - verify before relying on it.
0 · Collected
Public record: what the registries give
Public record: Patent, design and trademark journals from the Indian Patent Office, and the startup registry: titles, applicants, dates and status; names, states and sectors.
We added: This is the base the layers above are built on.
- of the patent applications granted
- 1,11,613
- of the patent applications granted
- industrial designs in our set, filed from 2024
- 76,820
- industrial designs in our set, filed from 2024
- trademark filings in our set
- 2,86,064
- trademark filings in our set
Patent applications placed in a sector, by filing year
Indian applicantForeign applicant
| Year | Indian applicant | Foreign applicant |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 26,407 | 30,660 |
| 2023 | 44,491 | 32,413 |
| 2024 | 58,676 | 35,537 |
| 2025 | 67,418 | 33,317 |
| 2026 (so far) | 48,317 | 10,820 |
Chart starts at 2022 - earlier years reflect granted-only survivorship, not full filing volume.
The latest year is partial and still filling in: patents publish about 18 months after filing, and rounds are added as they are reported.
Indian Patent Office records only. Designs run from the first year shown; trademarks are held for the applicants we match against, not the whole register.
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1 · Read
Read: each patent placed in a sector and a technology
Public record: A title, an abstract, an applicant and a status.
We added: The problem each one solves and its approach, in 225 technologies across 14 sectors.
Patent applications by sector
All filers in our set: Indian and foreign, companies and institutes. Other holds filings not yet placed in one of the named sectors.
| Label | Patent applications |
|---|---|
| Health & Life Sciences | 1,07,61623% |
| Communications | 56,84112% |
| Mobility & Transport | 50,13311% |
| Computing & AI | 48,20410% |
| Energy | 47,80810% |
| Agri & Food | 30,4757% |
| Materials & Nanotech | 30,0356% |
| Robotics & Industrial Automation | 24,3705% |
| Climate & Environment | 17,6854% |
| Fintech & Consumer | 17,4114% |
| Defence & Security | 14,1673% |
| Other | 10,6302% |
| Semiconductors | 6,1221% |
| Space | 9640% |
| Quantum | 5250% |
AI-generated summary, not the patent text - a starting point; verify before relying.
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2 · Judged
Judged: which registered startups are deep tech
Public record: A name, a state and a sector the company picked.
We added: A verdict that names its evidence, from the company's own site to the registry text alone.
Deep-tech startups by sector
| Label | Deep-tech startups |
|---|---|
| Health & Life Sciences | 5,77120% |
| Communications | 2921% |
| Mobility & Transport | 3,23511% |
| Computing & AI | 3,07310% |
| Energy | 3,30211% |
| Agri & Food | 1,4005% |
| Materials & Nanotech | 2,87610% |
| Robotics & Industrial Automation | 4,74416% |
| Climate & Environment | 6312% |
| Fintech & Consumer | 3101% |
| Defence & Security | 6872% |
| Other | 1,9146% |
| Semiconductors | 4502% |
| Space | 6212% |
| Quantum | 2071% |
Deep-tech startups by state
Leading states
- 1Maharashtra5,024
- 2Karnataka4,353
- 3Tamil Nadu3,211
- 4Telangana2,388
- 5Delhi2,258
- 6Uttar Pradesh2,226
1 - 5,024 deep-tech startups per state
Read by AI, then checked by our team: we review samples and decide the hard cases by hand. Each company profile shows the evidence its verdict rests on.
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3 · Matched
Matched: the startup behind a filing
Public record: An applicant's name on a filing. Nothing says which startup it is.
We added: The registered startup behind the name, with a confidence label on each match.
The broader figure includes trademarks, which on their own say little about the technology; a patent match is counted apart.
Share of deep-tech startups matched to a patent, design or trademark, in the eight states with the most
| Maharashtra | 33% |
|---|---|
| Karnataka | 34% |
| Tamil Nadu | 26% |
| Telangana | 29% |
| Delhi | 35% |
| Uttar Pradesh | 28% |
| Gujarat | 34% |
| Kerala | 25% |
Startup counts are name-matched candidates, not ownership records - see methodology.
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4 · Profiled
Profiled: what a deep-tech profile holds
Public record: A registered address and, for some, a website.
We added: What each company makes, its brand and the customers it names: 1,25,231 web profiles read and matched across all companies in our set. Directors and incorporation year come from the company register where we matched it.
Shares of the deep-tech startups in our set, confirmed or likely and not closed. A share counts what is on record with us, not what exists, and is recounted within the hour, so it can differ slightly from the weekly totals.
Read by AI from the company's own site and public sources, then checked by our team through samples and with our users. A record can still be incomplete or matched to the wrong company; check a figure before relying on it.
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5 · Mapped
Mapped: the capital around the companies
Public record: News stories on some rounds, and lists of investors.
We added: Rounds tied to the companies that raised them, and the investors, incubators and family offices around them.
Funding rounds on record, by year
| Year | Rounds |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 67 |
| 2020 | 74 |
| 2021 | 135 |
| 2022 | 187 |
| 2023 | 208 |
| 2024 | 302 |
| 2025 | 395 |
| 2026 (so far) | 348 |
180 rounds dated before 2019 are counted in the total above but not drawn.
141 rounds carry no date and are not drawn.
- investors by focus, stage and state
- 1,243
- investors by focus, stage and state
- incubators
- 1,390
- incubators
- accelerators
- 225
- accelerators
- family offices
- 261
- family offices
11 of the family offices are backing a company we call deep tech by a confirmed match.
41 more are possible, matched on a trading brand only, and not counted as backing.
Funding by sector →Family offices (members) →
Funding is from public sources and may contain errors - verify before relying on it.
The latest year is partial and still filling in: patents publish about 18 months after filing, and rounds are added as they are reported.
Family offices are listed from Inc42's Family Office Tracker (April 2026) and from funding rounds and news reports, each with the source it came from.
Backing deep tech means a company it is known for is one we call deep tech, matched by registered name or a funding round. A match on a trading brand alone is counted apart, as possible.
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Reviewed by our team
AI does the first read at this scale, and our team stands behind what it produces. We set the rules it follows, check samples of its work by hand, check findings with the investors who use them, and decide the hard cases ourselves. Each decision is kept with who made it and when.
What our team decides by hand
The deep-tech verdict on the hard cases, which fund-manager entries are one firm, and which technology names are the same.
Rules our team set, which the pipeline follows
- A not-for-profit, a government company or a unit of a large company is not listed as a deep-tech startup.
- A company matched to a fund on its trading brand alone is marked not confirmed, and that match is not counted as funding.
- Campuses of one university, and the institutes of one system such as the IITs, are kept apart, never merged.
- A company whose own website is parked or taken over by another business is not judged deep tech from it.
Samples checked by hand
From October 2026 our team checks random samples of the AI's company profiles, patent summaries and deep-tech verdicts by hand, marking each right, partly right or wrong. The results show here once 20 have been checked.
Between those checks, a review runs at two-hour intervals: it samples what the pipeline wrote and flags anything that looks wrong, and our team decides what to change.
How often each layer is updated
| Layer | Update cycle |
|---|---|
| Public record | Update cycle: Monthly to quarterly, as the journals and the registry publish; figures rebuilt weekly |
| Read | Update cycle: New applications read after each import; figures rebuilt weekly |
| Judged | Update cycle: Rebuilt weekly |
| Matched | Update cycle: Rebuilt weekly |
| Profiled | Update cycle: Company websites read continuously; figures updated within the hour |
| Mapped | Update cycle: Funding news read continuously; rounds rebuilt 12 Oct 2026 |
How recent: the latest record on file
- Designs published to
- 31 Jul 2026
- Trademarks filed to
- 08 Jun 2026
- Startups registered to
- 18 Jun 2026
- Funding rounds to
- 29 Sept 2026
- Company websites read to
- 12 Oct 2026
Sources are refreshed monthly to quarterly; company websites and funding news are read continuously.
Counts and shares here; the records are in the plans
This page shows how much we hold and how full it is. Company lists, profiles, filings and rounds are in the plans. A study on one company or one field is commissioned apart.
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