Karnataka's Digital Landscape
DPIIT registered
startups
0
K
Venture Capital raised by Bengaluru based start-ups
$
0
Bn
Active tech startup
investors in the state
0
K+
Tech Unicorns
in Karnataka
0
Tech soonicorns
in Karnataka
0
Accelerators & Incubators
0
+
Innovation hubs
0
Mergers & acquisitions
0
Center of Excellence
0
Funded tech startups
0
K
Karnataka's Digital Landscape
DPIIT registered
startups
0
K
Venture Capital raised by Bengaluru based start-ups
$
0
Bn
Active tech startup
investors in the state
0
K+
Tech Unicorns
in Karnataka
0
Tech soonicorns
in Karnataka
0
Accelerators & Incubators
0
+
Innovation hubs
0
Mergers & acquisitions
0
Center of Excellence
0
Funded tech startups
0
K
Home
According to a government statement, the state has allocated INR 570.675 crore for the policy. The framework focuses on improving access to funding, expanding incubation infrastructure, enabling market access, and easing regulatory processes for early-stage companies.
The Karnataka govt has recognised 146 start ups under its flagship Elevate 2025 programme, extending Rs 38.8 crore in grant support to early-stage ventures, underscoring the state’s continued push to strengthen its startup ecc system. Of the selected start ups, 43% are women-lec while an equal proportion are based outside Bengaluru, reflecting a focus on inclusive and regionally balanced entrepreneurship.
With the ambition of providing greater encouragement to entrepreneurship over the next five years and developing Karnataka into a global innovation hub, the state government has unveiled the new Startup Policy 2025–2030, said Information Technology and Biotechnology Minister Priyank Kharge.
The traditional landscape for young talent has long been a binary choice: the structured, “publish or perish” world of academia or the high-velocity, profit-driven engine of a venture-backed startup.
The Kallakurichi district administration on Wednesday launched village startup communities at Sathanur and Naranampatti in Kallakurichi district, under the State’s flagship ‘Gramam Thorum Puthozhil Scheme’.
India’s technology startups raised $10.5 billion in 2025, ranking the country third globally in funding, ahead of China and Germany, according to a report released on Thursday. The report by market research firm Tracxn said the performance was notable despite a 17 percent decline from the $12.7 billion raised in 2024 and a 4 percent drop from the $11 billion raised in 2023.
Marking continuing of funding winter in 2025, India’s tech startups raised a 17% decline in tech startup funding to $10.5 billion in 2025, down from $12.7 billion in 2024, and a 4% drop compared to $11B raised in 2023, according to the India Tech Annual Funding Report 2025 by Tracxn. However, despite the slowdown, India continued to rank as the third-highest funded tech ecosystem globally, behind only the US and the UK, and ahead of China and Germany.
Google and the Government of Telangana on Tuesday announced the launch of the Google for Startups Hub at T-Hub in Hyderabad. It is the first Google-branded startups hub to be launched as part of Telangana’s incubation and innovation ecosystem.
Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Wednesday reaffirmed his government’s commitment to transforming the State into a global innovation hub, announcing a ₹1,000 crore Fund of Funds to boost startups. Speaking at the launch of the Google for Startups Hub at T-Hub, Hyderabad’s flagship incubator, the Chief Minister urged young entrepreneurs to dream big and aim to become the next generation of unicorns emerging from the city’s thriving tech ecosystem.
Two startups that participated in the MeitY GENESIS Entre-(EiR) preneur-in-Residence Program process facilitated by the Marathwada Accelerator for Growth & Incubation Council (MAGIC) have been selected at the national level under the Ministry of Electronics & In-formation Technology (MeitY), Government of India’s GENESIS EiR Program – Cohort 2. The programme aims to strengthen India’s deep-tech and technology-driven entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Spread across 12,000 sqm within the repurposed Switch Gear factory shed on the NGEF campus in Baiyappanahalli, the museum is being developed as a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) between the Department of Electronics, IT&BT and S&T, and UnboxingBLR.
Mangalore is the best for data center development
Memorandum of Understanding signed between KDEM-FKCCI
active RFP
Industry News
Industry News
Cybersecurity & AI
Startup & Innovation
Startup & Innovation
Startup & Innovation
Startup & Innovation
Global Collaboration & Mou
Global Collaboration & Mou
ESDM & Semiconductor
ESDM & Semiconductor
ESDM & Semiconductor
active RFP
ABOUT KDEM
Karnataka Digital Economy Mission(KDEM), initiative of Government of Karnataka, designed to function as the knowledge bridge between the Government of Karnataka and industry to accelerate growth and investments in the field of Information Technology sector in Karnataka.
A not-for-profit, Section ‘8’ organization under the aegis of the Department of Electronics, Information Technology, Biotechnology and Science & Technology, Government of Karnataka, driven by highly skilled, energetic and dynamic professionals. Industry Partners – ASSOCHAM, IESA & NASSCOM.
Our Focus Areas
KDEM will help guide growth and investments in five core sectors. An advocacy council has been set up for each vertical to guide the management in its goals. The council helps in designing sector-specific strategies and its implementation. KDEM also facilitates in execution of short-term and long term projects. The focus is to achieve annual goals, increase investment flow and align existing activities within the overall KDEM goals.
KDEM led Initiatives
UPCOMING EVENTS
Key Industry MoUs - Partners in Progress
Blogs
The Future of ESDM Leadership: Karnataka at the Forefront
The Indian Electronics System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) sector is experiencing a period of phenomenal growth.
July 1, 2024
The Fintech Revolution in India: Success, Opportunities, Challenges
India boasts one of the world’s fastest-growing fintech markets, with a current size of USD 584 billion and a projected.
June 27, 2024
The Mangaluru Cluster: Growing Nexus
In the past decade, the Mangaluru cluster (Mangaluru and Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Uttara Kannada, and Kodagu districts).
June 19, 2024
The startups that were rewarded under ELEVATE programme, included 103 ELEVATE 2025 winners, 33 ELEVATE Unnati (which supports start-ups by the SC/ST community) winners and 10 ELEVATE Minorities (empowering entrepreneurs from Minority communities) 2025 start-ups with a total committed grant of Rs 38.85 crores.
According to a government statement, the state has allocated INR 570.675 crore for the policy. The framework focuses on improving access to funding, expanding incubation infrastructure, enabling market access, and easing regulatory processes for early-stage companies.
The Karnataka govt has recognised 146 start ups under its flagship Elevate 2025 programme, extending Rs 38.8 crore in grant support to early-stage ventures, underscoring the state’s continued push to strengthen its startup ecc system. Of the selected start ups, 43% are women-lec while an equal proportion are based outside Bengaluru, reflecting a focus on inclusive and regionally balanced entrepreneurship.
With the ambition of providing greater encouragement to entrepreneurship over the next five years and developing Karnataka into a global innovation hub, the state government has unveiled the new Startup Policy 2025–2030, said Information Technology and Biotechnology Minister Priyank Kharge.
The traditional landscape for young talent has long been a binary choice: the structured, “publish or perish” world of academia or the high-velocity, profit-driven engine of a venture-backed startup.
The Kallakurichi district administration on Wednesday launched village startup communities at Sathanur and Naranampatti in Kallakurichi district, under the State’s flagship ‘Gramam Thorum Puthozhil Scheme’.
India’s technology startups raised $10.5 billion in 2025, ranking the country third globally in funding, ahead of China and Germany, according to a report released on Thursday. The report by market research firm Tracxn said the performance was notable despite a 17 percent decline from the $12.7 billion raised in 2024 and a 4 percent drop from the $11 billion raised in 2023.
Marking continuing of funding winter in 2025, India’s tech startups raised a 17% decline in tech startup funding to $10.5 billion in 2025, down from $12.7 billion in 2024, and a 4% drop compared to $11B raised in 2023, according to the India Tech Annual Funding Report 2025 by Tracxn. However, despite the slowdown, India continued to rank as the third-highest funded tech ecosystem globally, behind only the US and the UK, and ahead of China and Germany.
Google and the Government of Telangana on Tuesday announced the launch of the Google for Startups Hub at T-Hub in Hyderabad. It is the first Google-branded startups hub to be launched as part of Telangana’s incubation and innovation ecosystem.
Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Wednesday reaffirmed his government’s commitment to transforming the State into a global innovation hub, announcing a ₹1,000 crore Fund of Funds to boost startups. Speaking at the launch of the Google for Startups Hub at T-Hub, Hyderabad’s flagship incubator, the Chief Minister urged young entrepreneurs to dream big and aim to become the next generation of unicorns emerging from the city’s thriving tech ecosystem.
Two startups that participated in the MeitY GENESIS Entre-(EiR) preneur-in-Residence Program process facilitated by the Marathwada Accelerator for Growth & Incubation Council (MAGIC) have been selected at the national level under the Ministry of Electronics & In-formation Technology (MeitY), Government of India’s GENESIS EiR Program – Cohort 2. The programme aims to strengthen India’s deep-tech and technology-driven entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Spread across 12,000 sqm within the repurposed Switch Gear factory shed on the NGEF campus in Baiyappanahalli, the museum is being developed as a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) between the Department of Electronics, IT&BT and S&T, and UnboxingBLR.
Mangalore is the best for data center development
Memorandum of Understanding signed between KDEM-FKCCI
Blogs
The Fintech Revolution in India: Success, Opportunities, Challenges
India boasts one of the world’s fastest-growing fintech markets, with a current size of USD 584 billion and a projected.
The Mangaluru Cluster: Growing Nexus
In the past decade, the Mangaluru cluster (Mangaluru and Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Uttara Kannada, and Kodagu districts).
