Our tech and startup predictions for 2025 — from the state of IPOs, to what will happen after the quick commerce boom and how the GenAI revolution will shape up in 2025 We’re so back! On the first day of 2025, the mood in the startup ecosystem is in stark contrast to how 2024 began. A positive and bullish sentiment is running strong among startup founders and investors as the Indian tech and startup ecosystem showed its tenacity, maturity and resilience in 2024 after two years of introspection and course correction. And so we move on to 2025, beginning as usual with our list of predictions for the tech and startup ecosystem in the year to come.
Our Indian Tech Outlook 2025 series has delved into individual sectors such as GenAI, climate tech and gaming, and we will continue to dive deeper into key sectors such as fintech and ecommerce through the first week of the new year. But right now, the spotlight is on the trends that will dominate the year to come, based on which we can make 42 tech and startup predictions for 2025 — from the state of IPOs, to what will happen after the quick commerce boom, how the GenAI revolution will shape up and what to expect from the all-important VC and investor ecosystem. When we did this exercise last year, we laid down around 25 predictions for 2024 , and we are pleased to report that just a couple were off the mark, with 22 of our predictions coming true in 2024.
These include the increasing reliance on platform fees by consumer servic.