Category: Founders
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Preparing for the Worst, Hoping for the Best
Categories: Advice, Artha, Business, Entrepreneurship, Founders, Funding, Investments, Learning, Startups, Vc Funding, Venture CapitalThe number of bankers reaching out with bridge rounds for startups that have raised ₹100+ crores but have run out of money astonishes me. How does a company (since these are no longer startups) run ‘out of money’ after having such a large cash pile? It begs the obvious question – are these companies adequately…
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My Funding Picks For Last Week (W2 & W3)
Categories: Entrepreneurship, Founders, Funding News, India, Investments, My Funding Picks, News, Opinion, Startups, Vc Funding, Venture CapitalLast 2 weeks, 73 startups raised $843 million year-to-date, the month of January has seen a steady funding momentum as Indian startups have raised more than $1.50 billion in total capital.
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My Funding Picks For Last Week (W41)
Categories: Entrepreneurship, Founders, Funding, Funding News, India, Investments, My Funding Picks, News, Opinion, Startups, Venture CapitalLast week 28 startups raised $705 million; the slowdown in China has only increased the confidence in India!
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Narrowing the founder focus
I believe that founders are super-humans.
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My Funding Picks For Last Week (W39 – W40)
Categories: Entrepreneurship, Founders, Funding, Funding News, India, Investments, My Funding Picks, News, Opinion, Startups, Venture CapitalLast two weeks 68 startups raised $2.3 billion; our ecosystem is on a sustained bull run now. Just when it seems like there could be a dip, a slew of startups raise…
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My Funding Picks For Last Week (W28)
Categories: Earlystage, Ecommerce, Entrepreneurship, Founders, Funding, Funding News, Technology, Venture CapitalLast week 29 startups raised $209 million; the base of 25+ deals a week is firmly set now, and the Zomato & PayTM IPOs led-liquidity…