The tide is turning for the startup ecosystem as venture capital investments into early and midstage deals pick up pace, with the lacuna among series-A, B and C deals finally seeing some respite. The first half of 2018 has given a thrust to the capital flow in the ecosystem with investments worth $3.6 billion made across 411 deals in startups. While the number may seem optimistic for the year ahead, it pales in comparison to the $5.6 billion worth of investments across 571 deals that flowed into startups during the first half of 2017 down by almost 36%.Investors believe a large part of the lag in investments in the ecosystem in 2018 has also been due to the lack of quality companies, as startup formation still remains work in progress.

(ET Tech)