Addition of over 1,200 tech start-ups, $4.3 billion funding received in 2018: Nasscom report. : The start-up landscape in the country is buzzing with action. After a brief slowdown witnessed in 2016-17, the start-up sector is witnessing an influx of investors and numbers tell the story. There has been an addition of over 1,200 start-ups this year, taking the total number of tech start-ups to 7,200-7,700. Investment into start-ups have increased by over 100%, from $2.0 billion in 2017 to $4.2 billion in 2018.