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India's Deep-Tech Ecosystem

Data as of 13 Oct 2026Methodology

The deep-tech startup base across India - 29,513 classified startups by state. Toggle back to the ecosystem to see investors, accelerators, incubators and institutions.

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Where India's deep-tech startups cluster

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Leading states

  1. 1Maharashtra5,025
  2. 2Karnataka4,353
  3. 3Tamil Nadu3,212
  4. 4Telangana2,388
  5. 5Delhi2,258
  6. 6Uttar Pradesh2,226
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1 - 5,025 deep-tech startups per state

14 deep-tech startups in locations not shown on the map (union territories or unrecognised state labels).

Rising tier-2 cities

Deep-tech startups clustering beyond the 8 metro hubs.

  1. 1.Coimbatore · Tamil Nadu488
  2. 2.Kochi · Kerala410
  3. 3.Jaipur · Rajasthan388
  4. 4.Bhubaneswar · Odisha311
  5. 5.Surat · Gujarat307
  6. 6.Vadodara · Gujarat303
  7. 7.Nagpur · Maharashtra256
  8. 8.Lucknow · Uttar Pradesh248
  9. 9.Indore · Madhya Pradesh243
  10. 10.Thiruvananthapuram · Kerala236
  11. 11.Visakhapatnam · Andhra Pradesh223
  12. 12.Rajkot · Gujarat203
  13. 13.Nashik · Maharashtra193
  14. 14.Bhopal · Madhya Pradesh191
  15. 15.Kanpur · Uttar Pradesh183

Counts are startups classified deep-tech (confirmed or likely) with a known state - the same series the hotbeds map publishes. Best-effort geography; a few records with non-canonical state names are omitted.