In India, the focus shifts to the Budget 2022 to be presented next week. India has been the biggest beneficiary of the COVID-related Quantitative Easing and...
Propstack Sales Guy (PSG): Hello, is this Anirudh Damani? Me: Yes, who is this? ...
There is clear evidence that many of the most recognized technology companies in the world (and in India) started wit...
I have looked closely at the EV space for the better part of the last decade. While I have not made any investments in...
Last week 20 startups raised $740 million; that once again reassured that the demand for Indian startups ...
Last week 19 startups raised $46 million; the numbers indicate a dip, but it just a temporary lull. This fire burns...
I learned about the need for reform in India's Public Distribution Scheme (PDS) scheme a year after Narendra Modi got...
There was a time when a degree from a top college guaranteed a prosperous life. But, because the knowledge taught...
An exciting read forwarded to me by my team inspired the blog for today.Tauseef Shahidi goes into depth about how...
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I have (for a very long time) said that angel networks in India are in a deadly spiral. I had not (yet) discovered "why"...
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In my last blog on gross margins, I had written about the importance of gross profits for a startup to survive in any...
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BookMyCab is an on-demand taxi service with options to rent metered city taxis as well as from their own fleet of cabs...
Fynd is an online retailer of multi-category fashion products. Fynd's product catalog includes apparel, footwear,...
Several founders wait with bated breath as the Indian economy reopens after a 76-day hibernation. Many of them wait...
Recently, I was on a weekly update call with one of our food delivery startup founders. They were restarting delivery...
Rolocule Games is a game development studio creating realistic, casual, and social video games for tablets and...
Fundraising activity continues to slow down; therefore, my team and I had a tough time shortlisting our favorite picks...
While redoing our website, I accidentally stumbled upon an interesting piece of information.
After the turbulence of the last few weeks, I finally carved out the time to share my funding picks of Week...
The aftermath of the pandemic spread of the Covid-19 virus has hit financial markets where it hurts the most – their...
It has been fourteen days since VG Siddhartha took his life.
There were a lot of excellent deals last week for me to choose my picks. After shortlisting 15 deals from Traxcn, Inc42, and YourStory...
The first week of 2020 was understandably slow for deal announcements with Yourstory reporting a 73% drop in funding from last week.
Every Monday, I will share my favorite early-stage startups that have raised money (i.e., <Series C) in the last week.
An LP who had read AVF’s monthly newsletter inquired why we had rejected one of the deals based on the fact that the..
I would rate the budget presented by FM Piyush Goyal, a solid 4 out of 5.
The Indian Television industry is undergoing a massive change. Except for Shark Tank & Suits that are available on Ind...
Just last year, I was writing praises of Ola’s product mix that allowed it to have the upper hand over Uber...
Every Monday, I sit with my team to review the funding activity of the previous week.
There is an old saying in sales, “The worst salespeople are the best interviewers”.
I believe that founders are super-humans.
Behind every successful fundraise is a strong narrative.
I have looked closely at the EV space for the better part of the last decade.
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