2017 was a pivotal year for Artha. Artha India Ventures surpassed 50 investments, Artha Energy Resources tri...
Founder: ….then we will provide data analytics to the hotel owners providing an overview of what are the common ...
The Masayoshi Son led SoftBank is in a boardroom battle to save its investment in Snapdeal, which is well known to us...
Whosoever dreamed up Ola Select & Ola Play for ANI Technologies (DBA Ola Cabs) should be given a raise & ...
A single conversation with Mikhil Innani (of CouponDunia.com and Pharmeasy.in fame) brought about disruption...
Recently, I was on a conference call with experienced investors where our objective was to decide if a startup is f...
I’ve written a lot about the fundraising process. Of late (however), I have begun advising founders to pull the plug on their fundraise.
Propstack Sales Guy (PSG): Hello, is this Anirudh Damani? Me: Yes, who is this? ...
How quickly we’ve recovered from the impact, COVID had on our life & lifestyles.
Bhavesh Kothari invited me to join the United Book Lover’s Club (UBLC) with several esteemed members of the literary...
I have looked closely at the EV space for the better part of the last decade. While I have not made any investments in...
Yesterday, I was eagerly waiting to see a startup's pitch as it was creating a name for itself in a niche space growing...
I am a huge believer in the applicability of blockchain and cryptocurrencies in the real world. I am incredibly confident...
I learned about the need for reform in India's Public Distribution Scheme (PDS) scheme a year after Narendra Modi got...
Arcatron Mobility builds the next generation of innovative physical aid devices to enhance people's lives with limited...
There was a time when a degree from a top college guaranteed a prosperous life. But, because the knowledge taught...
I am a strong advocate for my founders to allocate a PR budget to get utilized only in the last 9 months of their seed...
An exciting read forwarded to me by my team inspired the blog for today.Tauseef Shahidi goes into depth about how...
Our brain plays fantastic tricks with our memories. Events in our history that seemed earth-shattering at the time get...
The 1st was a piece of advice I received from the owner of a leading Mumbai based bakery brand. He was sampling th...
Sanjay shared this article over WhatsApp last night, How venture capitalists are deforming capitalism. I guessed that it...
A team member leaving and finding a role someplace else is part and parcel of running a company – not just in India bu..
I have known Anil for over 8 years, and I credit him for introducing me to angel investing. He raised the flag for angel...
As a consumer-facing startup, where should you invest your marketing rupees? Google AdWords? Social...
Yesterday, an icon in the sports entertainment space – where I have innumerable memories with family, friends, team,...
In my last blog on gross margins, I had written about the importance of gross profits for a startup to survive in any...
It has been several weeks since our ecosystem breached the 2 deals/day average with 17 startups raising $106 million...
Maximojo offers cloud-based tools that provide hotels the means to setup & manage their hotel inventory distribution...
BrandIdea is a business intelligence tool for marketing and sales information. They offer a SaaS-based business ...
Squeakee Media Private Limited was a provider of cloud-based ecommerce store builder on a subscription model...
Triggero was an enterprise rewards and recognition services platform. Triggero worked on a SAAS model and was a...
BookMyCab is an on-demand taxi service with options to rent metered city taxis as well as from their own fleet of cabs...
While the funds raised by India’s startup ecosystem (barring Jio) fell, it was heartening to note that we continued to...
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...
As most of India reopened, so did the funding lords! There was a marked increase in the number of startups that raise...
Rolocule Games is a game development studio creating realistic, casual, and social video games for tablets and...
In my recent memory, Japan has always held the crown for the longest living humans – almost 20 years higher than th...
Yesterday was the 60th day since we shut down our office, but it feels much longer. Partly because of the roller coaste...
Exotel is a cloud telephony(IVR, missed call management.)service provider offering various products for a hassle-free ...
In the past several weeks, I have been astonished at the size of seed rounds that founders expect to raise in their first...
I am continuing on the same thread upon which I wrote last week, i.e., Finding Silver Linings in this lockdown
Calling the shutdown caused by the Coronavirus pandemic, an economic crisis is a gross understatement.
United Mobile Apps (UMA) developed and published mobile applications software.
As I approach my personal goal of personally investing in 100 startups within 10 years...
The history of sports and wars is replete with moments of inspiration.
Siri tells me that it took 1,347 days from my first blog post, Dropping Out Of The Rat Race… to my 100th blog post.
As I pulled open the wrapper for an essential part of my movie-going experience ie the Almond Magnum ice-cream, ...
I just got back from my trip to Kolkata which was planned in order to introduce the founding team of an upcoming investment to...
I finally saw Padman on Thursday night and I’ve got to confess, I absolutely loved it!
I am the Vice-Chairman of Mumbai One Round Table 221 (M1RT221) which is part of Round Table India.
Imagine that you have been invited for a stand-up comedy show of a well-known comic.
One of my favorite entrepreneurial movies is Rocket Singh Salesman of the Year.
At a personally & professionally challenging time in the 2nd quarter of 2016, I went out and stayed at Damodar Farms in Vapi for a short while.
In the past few weeks, I have met several founders whose DCF valuations for their early start-ups were made by...
2018 started off with a bang for Artha India Ventures.
Exactly a year ago, I wrote about a growing malaise in the angel investment ecosystem in the post You are NOT an angel investor.
There are many days in a founder’s life where he/she are searching for inspiration to feed the fire within them.
This past Saturday, I was at a IIT-Kharagpur as a panelist in their 2018 version of the Global Entrepreneurship Summit.
This was one of those weeks that reminded me why I love my job so much. I am lucky to have access to some ..
An entrepreneur’s primary role is to sell. At any given point the entrepreneur is selling whether it is
There is a lack of reliable sources for procurement of farm fresh produce & it’s impossible to buy directly from farmers without traveling to farms. High consumer demand of farm fresh produce is hugely under-served.
Over the past weekend I was a speaker & judge at the Odisha Startup Summit in Bhubaneshwar.
Looking out at the inclement weather from my car window I reminisced my days as a door-to-door sales agent.
Yesterday, I was on a panel at Startup Jalsa discussing the pro...
There is a growing set of investors who believe that their investment has bought them the right to turn the founder...
Uber & Ola have finally found out that their long-term discounting campaign only helped in distorting the market.
Many founders, angel networks, brokers, co-investors and others who we interact with ask us why we take so much time doing our due diligence so here is my answer to that.
I’m using he as a pronoun but it stands for he and she.
Two weeks back I was sitting in on a pitch wherein a healthy snacks company was looking at raising its seed round from us.
There is a worrying trend that is growing in my email & LinkedIn inbox...
I usually do not write my blogs before 6-7 pm but the events of my breakfast wont allow me to keep my thoughts within my head.
I thought of writing this post almost two weeks back when I saw the movie for a second time...
Apurva and I visited the office of a startup that we are co-leading the investment into with a global angel network.
Today I met with an entrepreneur in the travel space that kept reiterating that they wanted to grow organically...
If setting a valuation is an art, then the amount of money to be raised is a science.
I was at the VentureCatalysts HQ last night heading a workshop on a subject that I love talking about
On a given day there are at least 10-15 investment proposals in my inboxes at LinkedIn, Facebook and Office365.
Solve this... Person V does consulting for Person G
There are books that talk to you in a way that they put together previous thoughts, actions, emotions
I have decided to catchup on my new year resolution of reading 50 books this year by finishing 7 books over the cours...
The advent of the internet has moved the power of PR from the hands of companies into the hands of...
Founders are funny people. The good founder will prepare elaborate excel charts, aggregate research reports and
Yesterday, I did my 8th continuous weekly review meeting with Artha’s interns, analysts, associates, and heads of...
It is quite easy to understand the objective of a child’s day.
96% of all startups shutdown within 10 years of “starting-up.”
There were 15 deals in week 5 of 2020 that were available on Traxcn, Inc42, and YourStory...
Most founders deem that their relationship with their board will be adversarial and combative.
Hey founders, today I’m going to address acrucial topic:
It is easy to figure out when founders have been pitching for investments without any success and for a while.
Vinod shared an interesting post inspiredfrom a talk he gave at an event in Nagpur, on Sunday:
A few days ago while rushing into a meeting, I heard someone call out my name.
In many cases, food-tech founders extend their line of products to capture as many customers as possible,...
An entrepreneur’s primary role is to sell. At any given point the entrepreneur is selling whether it is...
Today I met with an entrepreneur in the travel space that kept reiterating that they wanted to grow organically and...
While I was in London last week, I was lucky enough to have fish and chips with Dr Marcel Muenster of TheGritti Fund.
I have to admit that after my interaction with Dr Marcel, I have been a little obsessed with researching about...
A comment on my post yesterday inspired my post for today.
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