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Space and deep-tech businesses in India have solved one funding problem. They now encounter another.

Space and deep-tech businesses in India have solved one funding problem. They now encounter another.
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For years it was difficult for deep-tech and space businesses to raise seed rounds in India. That is not the case anymore. But there is now a new problem they encounter when looking to raise further risk capital for growth — fund houses’ lack of understanding of high technology and its business case.

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