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Even though 25% of all startups on Carta have just a solo founder, VCs hesitate to fund them. Having 2 to 3 founders seems to be the sweet spot if you were to raise VC money while building a startup. So, Is there a way to make VC funding easier as

Deepseek challenging Nvidia is a reminder that competition is inevitable, regardless of company size. As startups, our priority must always be user-centricity. While we can fix inefficiencies within our business, we cannot prevent others from growin

Jensen Huang: “VCs don’t invest in business plans” Jensen Huang, NVIDIA’s founder, shares powerful advice on raising venture capital. He says: "VCs don’t invest in business plans—they invest in people they trust." This means your reputation and pa

Term of the day: Arbitrage Arbitrage is the exploitation of market inefficiencies where the price of an asset is different in different markets For example, Company X's stock is listed at 20$ on the New York Stock Exchange(NYSE), but $20.05 on th

This is what happens with unlisted shares people often don’t understand the risks involved. They just buy without proper knowledge. Just because a company is trading in the unlisted market doesn’t guarantee it will go for an IPO. When or if a pre-IPO

Why Private Funding is a Tougher Nut to Crack Than a Bank Loan Often, private funding proves harder to get than a traditional bank loan. Banks are risk-averse and highly regulated, relying on excellent credit, established history, and collateral. Thi

🚨 The magic number: ₹800 Cr ⸻ 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

Hey founder👋 why ₹1 today is more valuable than ₹1 tomorrow? Let me break down the concept of Present Value (PV)—it’s simpler than you think! It’s the value of future money today, adjusted for risk and opportunity cost using a "discount rate." It

The chances of someone taking your idea and developing it after you post it publicly depend on various factors, including the uniqueness of your idea, how well you articulate it, and the audience it reaches. If your idea is highly innovative and has

The Harsh Reality of Venture Capital: Recently, I spoke with a founder who had a fantastic business idea, but he was struggling to secure venture capital funding. Got myself thinking: why do some great ideas never get the backing they need? The tr