In India there is a sudden shift for profitability among startups but the cost of profitability is innovation and growth.
Innovation is expensive. It requires years of suffering in terms of balance sheet and name calling.
Anonymous 2
Hey I am on Medial • 6m
Agreed. VCs here are like private equity firms, just chasing exists. It doesn’t enable innovation
I run a private equity firm in London with my dad, PEMD Ltd. part of the PLMD Group,
plmd group manages over £23M worth of properties/assets
and now we want to make our name in private equity,
perhaps having capital, we prefer to work with investors
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SamCtrlPlusAltMan
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OpenAI • 10m
Studying India's rapidly evolving VC landscape & have some hypotheses on its future:
1. Cold outreach deals?
With startups outpacing VCs, cold outreach may rise, pushing VCs to better evaluate pitches.
2. Deal sourcing shake-up?
The Impact of Venture Capital on Innovation!
Venture capital (VC) plays a crucial role in driving innovation. By providing the necessary funds, VCs enable startups to scale and develop groundbreaking technologies.
Think of companies like Uber, Air
India’s startup pitch: ‘We are solving for Bharat!’
VCs: ‘Great! But will this scale in Silicon Valley?’
Why do we hustle for global approval when our real market is right here? Are we chasing dollars or missing sense? 🤔
Let’s unpack this paradox
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AprameyaAI • 7m
Just because you can do anything doesn't mean you should do it
👉 Capability doesn’t equal necessity.
👉 Busy work isn’t business growth.
👉 Focus beats frenzy.
👉 Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.
👉 Not every opportunity is worth
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gray man
I'm just a normal gu... • 21d
Singapore's government-owned private equity firm, Temasek, has agreed to acquire a 10% stake in Haldiram Snacks Pvt Ltd for ₹8,500 crore.
This investment marks a significant move in India's thriving snack and packaged food industry, further strengt
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Aastha Anand
Startup | VC | Autom... • 1d
A lot of founders think funding = validation, but that’s just step one. If you can’t turn that capital into real, sustainable growth, it’s just a countdown to running out of cash. Just because a startup raises VC money doesn’t mean it’s successful. V
I just finished my btech, but I found out I don't want to code. I want to work in finance in private equity funds, etc. I also don't have good marks to get into iim. What should i do?
Biggest Crash In The History!
• NVIDIA almost lost $600 billion in market cap in a single day, marking the largest crash in history. The reason is that the Chinese startup DeepSeek launched its DeepSeek R1 Open-Source Model.
• I am using the DeepSe
