New Delhi, Oct. 28 -- Bharat Innovates 2026, held in June in Nice, France and inaugurated jointly by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as well as French President Emmanuel Macron, showcased 120 curated deep-tech startups carrying out cutting-edge innovation from India. The selection itself of the 120 firms out of a long list of more than 2,000 nominations demonstrated the scale and depth of the rapidly evolving Indian innovation ecosystem.

For a decade, the binding constraint on deep-tech in India has been patient capital. Science-based ventures take years to gestate before anything can be sold, and venture funds built around business models such as e-commerce, consumer products and similar tech found them too risky.

The government has addre...