A couple of weeks ago a small cap stock showed up on my India stock screener. My preliminary research yielded that ....
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...
After 20 years I returned to Kullu Manali for a short trip. The drive from to the hotel was breathtaking. The beautiful...
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...
An experienced sales person will tell you that the most nervous moment for a salesperson, who is about to close a...
“Such a prima facie view is being taken in view of the fact that the assignment of the huge debt by...
Our company holds a very unique position between Knowlarity and Exotel...
I have wanted to write this post for a very long time but kept putting it off for some good reason best known to ...
We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific...
The verb “cross subsidize” as defined by the Oxford dictionary is “Subsidize (a business or activity) out of the profits o...
I like Tony Fernandes. He is the CEO of Air Asia with a spunky attitude which has made him one of the richest p...
Before I open up with my views on this highly controversial topic, I must tell you that I grappled with the thought of...
A picture that says so much about our highly competitive society.
Last 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.
Last week 27 start-ups raised $567 million. Given the record-breaking year of 2021 in terms of fund inflow and the emergence of unicorns for the Indian start-up ecosystem, the early signs of 2022 give hope that this momentum may continue.
Last week 28 startups raised $705 million; the slowdown in China has only increased the confidence in India!
Last 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...
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...
Last week 27 startups raised $847 million; the impressive number streak continues with 113 startups raising in the previous 28 days!
Propstack Sales Guy (PSG): Hello, is this Anirudh Damani? Me: Yes, who is this? ...
India had sent its biggest ever contingent of athletes (126), competing in 69 disciplines. Therefore, despite the...
How quickly we’ve recovered from the impact, COVID had on our life & lifestyles.
Last week 36 startups raised $761 million! The number of deals taking place continued climbing, and...
In this week's episode of #DamaniTalks I spoke to Kailash Katkar, Founder of Quick Heal a man who built a ₹1800 crore...
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 30 startups raised $293 million; while the total funding amount fell, most heartening is the number of deals...
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...
Last week 25 startups raised $638 million; as expected, the number of deals and the amounts raised continue trending...
There was a time when a degree from a top college guaranteed a prosperous life. But, because the knowledge taught...
Last week 16 startups raised $403 million, marking a trend of improving deals and amounts raised. The good news...
Last week 19 startups raising $285 million showed a steady revival in the number of deals closed and the aggregated...
Last week 13 startups raised $9 million, indicating a drop in funding in terms of the total amount raised and the number...
A bug in my blog led to a critical error that stopped me from posting a new blog. Therefore I missed out on sending my...
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...
The surge in COVID19 cases did not dampen the VC ecosystem's investment spirits as 10 startups raised...
An exciting read forwarded to me by my team inspired the blog for today.Tauseef Shahidi goes into depth about how...
May 15th, 2021, the day that many privacy champions have dreaded, is finally here.
Last week, 17 startups raised $157 million, therefore continuing a strong revival in our ecosystem's funding interest.
Last week, 20 startups raised $612 million, starting 2021 on the right track as the previous few weeks' slowdowns get...
Last week, 28 startups raised $300 million, and the most heartening statistic to track here is that the number of ...
Last week, 9 startups raised $20 million. The first few days of a new year are usually slow; therefore, I expected the lo...
Last week, 23 startups raised $118 million. The ecosystem is striking back!
Last week, 23 startups raised $501 million. While we are finally back to funding happening more frequently (almost a...
The 1st was a piece of advice I received from the owner of a leading Mumbai based bakery brand. He was sampling th...
Yesterday, I pitched 3 family offices to invest in our fund. Oddly enough, I got the same question in each of those...
Sanjay shared this article over WhatsApp last night, How venture capitalists are deforming capitalism. I guessed that it...
Last week, 16 startups raised $32 million. Another week that saw the deal value oscillate below $100 million, but there...
Last week, 18 startups raised $225 million. Although we’re bouncing above and below the $100 million mark every ...
I have (for a very long time) said that angel networks in India are in a deadly spiral. I had not (yet) discovered "why"...
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...
Yesterday, I was on a pitch call with a consumer brand creating a niche in a mass-market commodity with strong...
Yesterday, an icon in the sports entertainment space – where I have innumerable memories with family, friends, team,...
I wrote my first Sponsorship Sunday blog in April, backing Savety – The Instant Smart Water Tap. Shortly after, as I ...
The greatest gift one could receive is the gift of growth. You could make a lot of money, live in mansions, and own an...
Two contrasting events took place yesterday. First, as we got to the end of a board meeting, the founders initiated a...
Last week, the ecosystem bounced back with over 3 equity deals/day average, with 19 startups raising $70 million. It i...
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...
I haven’t blogged consistently as much as I would have liked to in the past few weeks. However, as I started writing the...
For the past several weeks, the ecosystem is plateauing at barely double-digit transactions per week with 10 startups...
Triggero was an enterprise rewards and recognition services platform. Triggero worked on a SAAS model and was a...
Last week 27 startups raised $847 million; the impressive number streak continues with 113 startups raising in the...
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...
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...
Every Monday, I sit with my team to review the funding activity of the previous week. Then, I pick out a few companies...
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...
Two interns finished their learning cycle with Artha this week. One of them wanted to speak to me and get my feedbac...
Exotel is a cloud telephony(IVR, missed call management.)service provider offering various products for a hassle-free ...
Entrepreneurship is an inspired action. Many people equate entrepreneurs as business people, and that assumption ...
It is increasingly clear that India will get back to work in the next 2-4 weeks. However, it won't be business as usual...
6 months ago, I wrote about the real cost of customer acquisition after visiting the offices of a prospective startup that we were evaluating.
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...
During my door to door salesman days, I could go through a wall if that meant I would get a referral to a potential sale.
The history of sports and wars is replete with moments of inspiration.
After the turbulence of the last few weeks, I finally carved out the time to share my funding picks of Week...
It has been fourteen days since VG Siddhartha took his life.
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, ...
If all things are equal between two candidates that want me to be their mentor, what would be the difference...
I just got back from my trip to Kolkata which was planned in order to introduce the founding team of an upcoming investment to...
When is the right time for an investor to give up working with a venture?
Do you know that in the 16-year period between 1988 and 2014, the weight of an average American male increased by...
I finally saw Padman on Thursday night and I’ve got to confess, I absolutely loved it!
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