In category creation burn is OK for acquiring customers, marketing, etc. But in other well established categories why businesses are burning?
Because if competition?
Anonymous 2
Hey I am on Medial • 1y
Vc money is for burning only. But if you don’t show growth metrics. You’ll Be in trouble.
For example builder.ai they raised 4000 cr
Now they are arrested 🤷🏽♂️🤣
Har 6 mahine paise raise karta tha 💀In Total Raised somewhere around 4000+ cr., appeared on 1)rodies
2) shark tank
3) 100+ influencer collabs
4) wrote a book
Sharechat spent 4000 Cr+ to earn 533cr in rev. What is their future? Have heard from sources that the company is majorly cash-strapped and might go bust in less than two years unless they get acquired or raised at a seriously lower valuation.
Just imagine that Indian startups raised more than 4000 Cr in a single week. And you are worried if you’d get a placement of 30k a month or not. The game is different. Adapt or be a nobody. There is no tomorrow. You think you have time but you really
Hello Guys i just want to know how does VC Firms make Money ?
Some of the ways which i know is Through Acquisitions and whenever they help startup to raise new round they charges 2% of the total raised amounts
Is there any other options that VC make
Why Are Startups Still Chasing VC Funding Instead of Bootstrapping Their Way to Success?
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Nimesh Pinnamaneni
Making synthetic DNA... • 11d
🚨 The magic number: ₹800 Cr
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VCs invest in businesses that can be big enough to return their entire fund.
To get VCs interested, your startup must at least have the potential to reach ₹800 Cr+ in annual revenue or ₹8,000 Cr+ in market cap (assumi
I admire the guts of bluelearn founders. This is not even their early stage. They started this from their college days itself from an telegram account. They made an app, business and raised money.
After all these they thoroughly thought of the mone
Raised $250 million which is Rs. 2000 Crore for this AI pin and now after it flopped they want to sell it at $800 Mil - $1B (approx rs 8000 cr). Delusional founders. I feel sad for their investors. An influencer can really screw you up.
Burning through funds to capture Market share is TRENDING. For that startup sacrifice the control they have on the business.
To what extent should we raise funds and what all things should we consider about the VC from which we are raising funds.
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