Why do tech start-ups emerge rapidly in emerging economies like India? What kind of
entrepreneurial ecosystems have evolved for tech start-up promotion? What is their structure?
What role do they play in the nurturing of tech start-ups to the advantage of regional
economies? This book examines the trend of evolving entrepreneurial ecosystems for tech
start-ups in India ascertains its structure and examines its role in the nurturing of tech
start-ups over its lifecycle to bring out its implications for Indian economy. At the outset
it traces and conceptualizes what it terms an ideal ecosystem for tech start-ups in the Indian
context and explores the historical evolution of entrepreneurial ecosystems in two of the six
leading start-up hubs in the country namely Bangalore and Hyderabad. It describes the
characteristics and the structure of these ecosystems as they prevailed in the two start-up
hubs and analyses the role that they play in nurturing the development of tech start-ups.
Finally this book explores the ecosystem gaps that exist in the two cities the factors
causing these gaps and makes policy recommendations to encourage the growth of a healthy and
vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem for the accelerated growth of tech start-ups in these two
cities in particular to promote employment innovation and economic growth in the country at
large. Policy makers researchers engineering and management students technology and business
mentors angels venture capitalists and MNC executives will find the book informative
revealing and a source of valuable insights into a new rapidly emerging entrepreneurial India.
