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Ofher than the ROI, revenue streams , retention & acquisition strategies. Q1. What is your view on how a company looks towards their customers? Q2. What business sustainability metrics you look forward to when you are working with a startup.

Summarising some basics to the VC world and Startup world here below : Please note, that this is my opinion and view (may or may not be correct), but in the end this ecosystem is about building a perspective and sticking to it. 1. My definition of a startup is a business which can reach 1000 Cr in revenue within a period of 10 years using up to a maximum of 500Cr as capital infused. This 1000 Cr should have a EBITDA pool of about ~50% and should be able to grow at a pace of about 20% annually from the 1000 Cr number over the next 5 years. Typically most of such business are tech enabled. Also the revenue can be higher with a lower EBITDA %ge. But the business has to have a potential to generate 500Cr EBITDA in 10 years with a 20% potential of growth for the next 5 years, post which it can stabilise.

Can I contact you to share my deck 😅. Startup is in Consumer Tech.

My AI SaaS startup's deck has these 16 slides, so dear VC can you suggest me which slides should be there and which should not be there. And which line should be deleted in the slide and which line should be added to it. 1. Company logo with prototype version site mobile image of the product. 2. Features of prototype version + product result + survey result. 3. How does our technology work? 4. Vision 5. Purpose + MOAT 6. Problem + Solution w/ Why Now? 7. Product Roadmap (with 4 versions) 8. In how many ways does competition arise? + How will we beat the competition? 9. Competitors Profile + Our USP 10. GTM Strategy 11.Revenue Model 12. Market size 13. Team 14. Funding Ask + Where will these funds be used? 15. Contact + Slogan 16. Thank you

An AI startup has prepared its MVP, what kind of product it will be, what it will do and all the tastings have been done. It is working well, the product is as thought and surveys with the target audience of this product I showed him this MVP, In which I found out that this is a big pain point of the target audience. And after talking to the target audience, I came to know that if this product comes in the market then they will definitely use it. That is, there is 100% acceptance rate. But now this product is not suitable for consumers to use, as it requires a lot of data, resources and team. Only then will this product be used by consumers. Now the market size of this product, features of the product, vision is brilliant. will investors like to invest in this startup, because traction is not available.

How do VCs value a AI SaaS startup? up to TAM $100B +. And that startup is making such a product which does not exist and will create a monopoly in this market in the coming time. So they are raising $2M in seed round, how much equity will VCs take for this raising amount. One more: What do investors like to see in a deck and what don't they?

WHat should be the most important thing for a first time founder to keep in mind while accepting a termsheet or investor?

Do VCs read all mails ?

Do VC s invest in profitable boring old school businesses which have huge scope ?

Why you VS guys not hire from tier 3 graduates?..

Do employees in VC also switch jobs for better pay?

Do you think the venture capital market will expand in India? As in, do you think more and more VCs will come in India?

Why are VC’s in India skeptical about AI startups despite the buzz? Anyone we talk to eventually stalls us.

Do VC people talk to each other a lot? Do you guys share deals and stuff or is it cutthroat competition to invest in a startup you like and not let the deal go to anyone else?

What are the few best startup building practices that you'd suggest a 22 year old novice startup enthusiast?

How does the time frame for investments looks like for you? Let’s say if I send in my pitch deck how long will it take for money to hit my bank account?

Do you guys invest in Tier 2 or tier 3 cities? Or only top cities like Blr, Del and Bom?

How many pitch decks do you receive generally?

Is the market bad to start-up right now? Should I wait for a bull market or should I start anyway? And when will the market recover?

How many investments do you make in a month/year?