2019 has been the year for startups. With introducing new experimental and innovative ventures, the startups industry has grown as a million dollar industry. Some startups have that left an impressive impact in the market and created an astounding stature in the ecosystem. To name a few startups that became unicorns in the first nine months of the year are BigBasket, Delhivery, Ola Electric, US-based SaaS firm Druva Software, US-

headquartered Cloud-based software developer Icertis Software, gaming startup Dream11, healthcare startup CitiusTech and logistics startup Rivigo.

This evolvement has set up ample scopes and opportune activities for VCs and investors across the country. Some efficient VC firms that made their debut in the industry include Tiger Global, Lightspeed, and IAN made. However, the already active investors have engaged themselves in 186 deals out of 1,606 deals in the first nine months of the year.

As per YourStory Research, Oyo is the top acquirer by M&A deal size, while Reliance Industries is the top acquirer by M&A deal volume. The total number of deals for the corresponding period of 2018 was 1,478 and the top 10 investors contributed 147 deals. Tiger Global, Flipkart's early backer, which had decided to take a step back from making fresh investments for about 2-3 years, has come back with a roar last year. Hence, this year has been great for startups, VCs and investors.