Peyush Bansal was interested in investing in Indulge Concierge on Shark Tank India S4, but as soon as he got to know that Nikhil Kamath exited from the company he also pulled himself back.
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This perfectly shows how Indian investors still focus more on "who else invested" rather than the actual business model. Same thing happened with multiple startups after SoftBank started pulling out in 2022
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