My Experience with VCs of India as a deep-tech founder. Day 3: Artha Venture Fund
My next experience is with Artha Venture Fund, they're a big VC firm with a good history and have backed quite a good number of startups.
We had been hearing about Ar
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kamal p
Tech-enthusiast • 7m
The chances of VC funding are only 1%. I am sure it is tough although it was not like this back even till 2022
There was a app namely Foodybuddy which by developed and run by few people from Bangalore. It was progressing well till COVID struck and it disappeared as the model became redundant owing to lockdown. Today got to know that it was bought by a VC. Any
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Vishu Bheda
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Medial • 8m
Airbnb, now worth ~$100 billion, was rejected by 7 investors in 2007.
Not because it was a bad idea, but because VCs reject 99% of startups.
Lesson: If ALL your plans depend on VC funding rather than customer funding, you are already fighting 99% f
An Advanced Startup mantra : "Fake it till you make it... or until the funding runs out" 😂
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Shazam
Tech/Business Enthus... • 1y
Do you think it's worth reading more startup success/failure stories and news about acquisitions and funding to increase the chances of your startup being successful or does luck and timing play an even major role in it.
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Harsh Dwivedi
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Medial • 9m
Wonder what would happen if Koo app was still alive. It was anyways for some reason famous in Brazil. It would have exploded there after X ban.
Source: tech crunch - 2022
Is it better to bootstrap or seek VC funding for your startup?
The endless debate: Bootstrap vs. VC funding.
- Bootstrapping builds resilience and deep customer focus. You prioritize solving real problems over chasing valuations.
- VC funding can
The dairy market in India was valued at USD 115.57 billion in 2022. It is projected to grow to USD 227.53 billion by 2030.
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Aastha
📉 • 11d
PE/VC Flows in India - Q1 2025 Recap
Despite a tough funding environment in #Asia, India’s startup ecosystem showed resilience in early 2025.
Indian startups raised around $2.5-3.1B in Q1, up ~8-9% YoY.
Deal flow remained healthy, with ~270 deals,
work until they call you crazy , then you're a genius. - Mr Beast
when I started Youtube it was hard to grow but now , if you start a youtube channel today I'm pretty sure that you will be earning up to $1k/M till the end of 2025 .
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Rishi Chavan
Ignoramus • 1m
Amul Chocolate's advertisement from 20 years ago.
I didn't even know it sold chocolates back then.